| 单词 | mention |
| 释义 | mention (once / 44 pages) vn To mention something is to bring it up. If your mother embarrasses you by constantly mentioning your stuffed animal that you've been sleeping with for the past 15 years, you might mention it to her. In the context of awards, an "honorable mention" is an official recognition but not a prize. If you enter a writing competition, the judges might not think your piece is the best, but they might mention, or briefly say, that it came very close to winning. WORD FAMILYmention: mentioned, mentioner, mentioning, mentions, unmentionable+/mentioned: undermentioned/unmentionable: unmentionables, unmentionably USAGE EXAMPLESThe club’s bar will need government approvals to serve alcohol, not to mention other regulatory issues. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) “We think it should be large. He’s mentioned a trillion dollars. I told him that sounded good to me,” Schumer told ABC News. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) “I honestly don’t care about that place. And mentioning the racist legacy of a place is legal, right?” Salon(Jan 02, 2017) 1v make reference to His name was mentioned in connection with the invention Syn|Hypo|Hyper advert, bring up, cite, name, refer commend, remember mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship speak of the devilmention someone's name who just then appears remembermention favorably, as in prayer cite, quoterefer to for illustration or proof touch onrefer to or discuss briefly appeal, invokecite as an authority; resort to namedroprefer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them bring up, raiseput forward for consideration or discussion drag up, dredge upmention something unpleasant from the past cross-referrefer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists have in mind, mean, think of intend to refer to 2v make mention of Syn|Hypo|Hyper note, observe, remark comment, notice, point out, remark make or write a comment on criticise, criticize, knock, pick apartfind fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws wisecrackmake a comment, usually ironic kibbitz, kibitzmake unwanted and intrusive comments say, state, tell express in words 3v commend Syn|Hyper cite acknowledge, notice express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with 4n a remark that calls attention to something or someone she made frequent mention of her promotion there was no mention of it Syn|Hypo|Hyper reference allusion passing reference or indirect mention retrospectionreference to things past name-droppingthe practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener comment, input, remark a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information 5n a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage the article includes mention of similar clinical cases Syn|Hypo|Hyper acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, quotation, reference photo credit a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph cross-index, cross-referencea reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work annotation, notation, note a comment or instruction (usually added) 6n an official recognition of merit although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention Syn|Hyper honorable mention accolade, award, honor, honour, laurels a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction |
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