| 单词 | beta |
| 释义 | beta (once / 15491 pages) 1nadj 2adj Beta is the second letter of the Greek alaphabet. It also refers to a preliminary model of software or hardware that's not a finished project. There are two related meanings of beta: the first is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. The second refers to things that are secondary in a different way: the beta version of software or hardware is a version that isn't quite ready for prime time. The beta model is a testing version. Often a company will let some people use the beta version to see if there are problems which can be fixed before the final version comes out. WORD FAMILYbeta: betas USAGE EXAMPLESIt is currently in the early “beta” stage of development and there is an extensive waiting list to join. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) Amazon considers the program to be in “beta test” mode; in fact, only two customers are part of its Prime Air trial so far. Washington Post(Dec 14, 2016) Looking at the 10 biggest exchange-traded fund launches of 2016, nine are focused on “smart beta” strategies that are so in vogue with portfolio managers. Seattle Times(Dec 10, 2016) 1 1n the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet Hyper alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech 2adj second in order of importance 2the candidate, considered a beta male, was perceived to be unable to lead his party to victory Syn important, of import of great significance or value adj preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product a beta version beta software Syn explorative, exploratory serving in or intended for exploration or discovery Beta (once / 7524 pages) n WORD FAMILY Beta: Betas USAGE EXAMPLESOn the night they prepared to face down El Beta, Flaco spotted a soldier darting beneath a streetlight with his Kalashnikov rifle drawn. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) On the night they prepared to face down El Beta, Flaco spotted a soldier darting beneath a streetlight with a Kalashnikov rifle. Seattle Times(Dec 07, 2016) In 1950, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Pembroke College, Brown University’s women’s school at the time. New York Times(Dec 02, 2016) n beets Syn|Hyper genus Beta caryophylloid dicot genus genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers Chenopodiaceae, family Chenopodiaceae, goosefoot familyincludes spinach and beets |
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