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单词 system
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
sys•tem /ˈsɪstəm/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. a collection or combination of parts forming a complex or single whole:[countable]an improved transportation system.
  2. an organized body of methods or a scheme or plan of procedure:[countable]a system of government.
  3. an orderly, comprehensive set of (often explanatory) facts, principles, and ideas in a given field:[countable]an economic system.
  4. any regular or special method or orderly plan of proceeding, working etc.:[countable]What's your system for winning at poker?
  5. Biology, Anatomy[countable]
    • a combination of organs or related tissues in the body concerned with the same function:the digestive system.
    • the entire human or animal body considered as a functioning unit:That ingredient is toxic to the system.
  6. one's psychological makeup, esp. when referring to desires or preoccupations:[countable]Now that you've gotten that out of your system, can we please continue without arguing?
  7. the major authority in a society, business, etc., or in society in general:[countable* usually singular;often: the + ~;sometimes: System]trying to beat the system (= trying to overcome conventional rules or procedures, a bureaucracy, etc., to achieve some goal or secure some advantages).

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sys•tem  (sistəm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole:a mountain system; a railroad system.
  2. any assemblage or set of correlated members:a system of currency; a system of shorthand characters.
  3. an ordered and comprehensive assemblage of facts, principles, doctrines, or the like in a particular field of knowledge or thought:a system of philosophy.
  4. a coordinated body of methods or a scheme or plan of procedure;
    organizational scheme:a system of government.
  5. any formulated, regular, or special method or plan of procedure:a system of marking, numbering, or measuring; a winning system at bridge.
  6. due method or orderly manner of arrangement or procedure:There is no system in his work.
  7. the world or universe.
  8. Astronomy
    • a number of heavenly bodies associated and acting together according to certain natural laws:the solar system.
    • a hypothesis or theory of the disposition and arrangements of the heavenly bodies by which their phenomena, motions, changes, etc., are explained:the Ptolemaic system; the Copernican system.
  9. Biology, Anatomy
    • an assemblage of organs or related tissues concerned with the same function:the nervous system; the digestive system.
    • the entire human or animal body considered as a functioning unit:an ingredient toxic to the system.
  10. one's psychological makeup, esp. with reference to desires or preoccupations:to get something out of one's system.
  11. a method or scheme of classification:the Linnean system of plants.
  12. (sometimes cap.) the prevailing structure or organization of society, business, or politics or of society in general;
    establishment (usually prec. by the):to work within the system instead of trying to change it.
  13. Geologya major division of rocks comprising sedimentary deposits and igneous masses formed during a single geologic period.
  14. Chemistry[Physical Chem.]a combination of two or more phases, as a binary system, each of which consists of one or more substances, that is attaining or is in equilibrium.
  15. Computinga working combination of hardware, software, and data communications devices.
  16. Chess, Gameseither of the two groups of 16 playing squares on four alternate columns.
  • Greek sýstēma whole compounded of several parts, equivalent. to sy- sy- + stē- (variant stem of histánai to cause to stand; akin to Latin stāre to stand) + -ma noun, nominal suffix denoting result of action
  • Late Latin systēma
  • 1610–20
system•less, adj. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged organization.
    • 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cosmos.
    • 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged b. organism.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
system /ˈsɪstəm/ n
  1. a group or combination of interrelated, interdependent, or interacting elements forming a collective entity; a methodical or coordinated assemblage of parts, facts, concepts, etc
  2. any scheme of classification or arrangement
  3. a network of communications, transportation, or distribution
  4. a method or complex of methods: he has a perfect system at roulette
  5. orderliness; an ordered manner
  6. the system ⇒ (often capital) society seen as an environment exploiting, restricting, and repressing individuals
  7. an organism considered as a functioning entity
  8. any of various bodily parts or structures that are anatomically or physiologically related: the digestive system
  9. one's physiological or psychological constitution: get it out of your system
  10. any assembly of electronic, electrical, or mechanical components with interdependent functions, usually forming a self-contained unit: a brake system
  11. a group of celestial bodies that are associated as a result of natural laws, esp gravitational attraction: the solar system
  12. a point of view or doctrine used to interpret a branch of knowledge
  13. one of a group of divisions into which crystals may be placed on the basis of the lengths and inclinations of their axes
    Also called: crystal system
  14. a stratigraphical unit for the rock strata formed during a period of geological time. It can be subdivided into series
Etymology: 17th Century: from French système, from Late Latin systēma, from Greek sustēma, from syn- + histanai to cause to stand
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