| 单词 | reach |
| 释义 | reach I. transitive verb 1. a. (1) < reached out his hand to her > (2) < a tree that reaches its branches over the wall > b. < reached his sword up and touched the mark > c. archaic (1) (2) < a sudden punch which he reached at the nose of his lordship — Henry Brooke > 2. a. obsolete < the hand of death hath raught him — Shakespeare > b. (1) < the shelf was too high for the little boy to reach it > < probed about in the darkness with his foot and at last reached the bottom step > < could not reach the bullet with the probe > (2) archaic (3) < reached a cup from the shelf > < reached down his hat > c. (1) < by evening the shadow of the tree reached the wall > (2) < can reach the gate by following this path > < your letter has reached me > < her voice was not strong enough to reach everyone in the auditorium > < has reached middle age > : go as far as < has reached a new height of absurdity > < a book that has now reached its third edition > : attain < spent his whole life trying to reach happiness > < think we can reach an understanding by further discussion > (3) < a telescope that reaches remote points in space > < the news reached every part of the world > (4) < reaching a profound knowledge of the subject > d. (1) < a situation that the law certainly reaches > (2) < was not sure how she could reach a person with a background like that > : make an impression on (3) < reached him by phone at the office > < you can reach me by addressing your letters to New York > < could reach a vast audience with such a magazine > 3. dialect chiefly England 4. < reach me the catsup > 5. archaic < some double sense that I reach not — P.B.Shelley > intransitive verb 1. a. < reached for some money > < stood on tiptoe and reached toward the book on the top shelf > < reached for the stone with his foot > b. (1) < does not dare to reach after fame > (2) < reaching above our nature does no good — John Dryden > 2. a. < his land reaches to the river > < power that reaches to every corner of the country > b. < the forest stretched as far as the eye could reach > 3. dialect chiefly England 4. Synonyms: < our team reached the finals > < the wheat crop reached 500,000 tons > < the automobile reached a speed of 120 miles per hour > < the life boat reached land in the morning > < Pictured Rocks, where the coloration reaches its greatest intensity — American Guide Series: Michigan > gain often but not always implies coming to a desired goal, vantage point, or advantage through effort or struggle < to gain the championship > < gaining the presidency > < gaining distinction by his research > < gaining prestige > < gaining success in his field > < he gained the confidence of the mountain people by his understanding and sympathetic approach — F.T.Persons > compass may suggest gaining an end as by skillful resolution, crafty encirclement, circumvention, or extension < compassing almost equally with verse man's thought however sublime, his emotion however profound — A.T.Quiller-Couch > < he certainly managed to compass the hardest thing that a man who has drunk heavily can do. He took his peg and wine at dinner; but he never drank alone, and never let what he drank have the least hold on him — Rudyard Kipling > achieve may imply skill, courage, persistence, or endurance in struggle or quest < in twenty-five years of unremitting toil, he had achieved a distinguished position — R.J.Wickenden > < man will want consciously and desperately to achieve the consolation and create the beauty we have always called literature — C.F.Strauch > attain sometimes suggests a reaching to the extreme, the difficult, the unusual < an object, in its own nature so really and undeniably good, as to be the compensation of a great deal of thought in the compassing, and a great deal of trouble in the attaining — J.H.Newman > < men had attained the stratosphere — Waldemar Kaempffert > < its refinement of detail and subtle proportions, which attain an almost monumental quality — American Guide Series: Maine > II. 1. a. (1) < made a reach for the nearest one > (2) < arriving at the post after three reaches > b. (1) < if the shelf is lowered, a long reach won't be necessary > (2) < has a remarkable reach > < this is within your reach > c. < a mind of vast reach > 2. a. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) b. < the narrow stairwell turned back upon itself in a succession of niggard reaches — William Faulkner > 3. obsolete 4. a. b. c. 5. Synonyms: see range III. 1. dialect chiefly England a. b. 2. dialect chiefly England a. b. |
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