graft
n
1 piece cut from a living plant and fixed in a cut made in another plant, to form a new growth; process or result of doing this 接穗; 嫁接
A healthy shoot should form a strong graft. 健康的嫩枝可作強壯的接穗.
2 (medical 醫) piece of skin, bone, etc removed from a living body and attached to another body or another part of the same body, usu to replace unhealthy or damaged tissue; process or result of doing this (皮膚、 骨骼等的)移植物, 移植
a `skin graft 移植的皮膚. graft, v [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sth onto sth; ~ sth in/on attach sth as a graft (將某物作為移植物)移植, 嫁接
graft one variety of apple onto another 把一種蘋果樹嫁接到另一種蘋果樹上
New skin had to be grafted on. 需移植新皮膚.
(fig 比喻) trying to graft some innovations onto an outdated system 試將某些改革引進到一落伍的體制中.
graft n [U]
1 (esp US)
(a) use of illegal or unfair means (esp bribery) to gain an advantage in business, politics, etc 行賄; 賄賂
graft and corruption 行賄和貪污.
(b) profit obtained in this way 行賄得到的利益.
2 (Brit) hard work 艱巨的工作
Hard graft is the only way to succeed in business. 艱苦奮斗是在事業上成功的唯一途徑. graft, v
1 [I] (esp US) practice graft2(1a) 行賄; 賄賂.
2 [I, Ip] ~ (away) (Brit) work hard 努力工作
grafting (away) all day 苦干終日. grafter n hard worker 努力工作的人.