expression
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(a) [U] action or process of expressing (express3 1) 表示; 表達
She gave expression to her sadness, ie said or showed how sad she was. 她流露出了悲傷之情.
The school encourages free expression in art, drama and creative writing. 學校鼓勵師生在藝術、 戲劇和文學創(chuàng)作上自由發(fā)揮.
The scenery was beautiful beyond expression, ie too beautiful to describe. 那景色妙不可言.
The poet's anger finds expression (ie a means of expressing itself) in the last line of the poem. 詩人在詩中最後一行把憤怒宣泄出來.
(b) [C] (fml 文) instance or example of this 表示; 表達
expressions of welcome to the queen 對女王歡迎的表示
They greeted the president with many expressions of pleasure. 他們興高采烈地歡迎總統(tǒng).
2 [C] look on a person's face that shows a mood or feeling 神色; 表情
a happy expression 愉快的神情
`I don't understand,' he said, with an expression of complete surprise (on his face). `我不明白,'他說時(臉上)顯出驚訝的神色.
3 [U] showing feeling for the meaning when playing music or speaking (演奏樂曲或說話時流露出的)感情
recite a poem with expression 帶感情地朗讀詩歌
She puts great expression into her violin playing. 她的小提琴演奏感情充沛.
4 [C] word or phrase 詞; 詞語
`Shut up' (meaning `Stop talking') is not a polite expression. `閉嘴'(意為`別說話')不是禮貌用語. * slang expressions 俚語.
5 [C] (mathematics 數(shù)) group of symbols expressing a quantity 式; 表達式
3xy2 is a mathematical expression. 3xy2是數(shù)學式.