circulation
n
1 [C, U] movement of blood round the body from and back to the heart 血液循環
have
(a) good/bad circulation 血液循環良好[不佳].
2 [U]
(a) passing of sth from one person or place to another; spread 流傳; 傳播
the circulation of news, information, rumours, etc 新聞、 信息、 謠言的傳播.
(b) state of circulating or being circulated 流通
Police say a number of forged banknotes are in circulation. 警方稱市面上有一定數量的偽鈔.
Pound notes have been withdrawn from circulation. 一英鎊面值的鈔票已停止流通.
(fig 比喻) She's been ill but now she's back in circulation, ie going out and meeting people again. 她一直生病, 但現在又重新參加活動了.
3 [C] number of copies of a newspaper, magazine, etc sold to the public 報紙、 雜志等售出的份數; 發行額; 銷售量
a newspaper with a (daily) circulation of more than one million (日)銷售量超過一百萬份的報紙
[attrib 作定語]
circulation figures 銷售數字.
?? 擴展釋義
*[,s?:kju'lei??n]n. 流通, 循環, 發行量【化】 環流【經】 (貨幣,消息等的)流通, 傳播相關詞組: in circulation
?? 同詞根單詞
cyclen. 循環,周期;自行車;時代,一段時間;整套;
vi. 周而復始,循環;騎自行車;輪轉;
vt. 運轉,循環;使輪轉;