reading
n
1 [U]
(a) action of a person who reads 閱讀; 朗讀
be fond of reading 喜歡讀書
[attrib 作定語]
reading matter, ie books, newspapers, etc 閱讀材料(書、 報等)
have a reading knowledge of French, ie understand it when written 有閱讀法語的能力.
(b) books, etc intended to be read 讀物; 讀本
heavy/light reading, ie for study/entertainment 學習[消遣]讀物
Her articles make/are interesting reading for travellers. 她的文章旅行的人很喜歡看.
(c) knowledge gained from books 書本知識
a pupil of wide reading 有豐富書本知識的學生.
2 [C] amount indicated or registered by a measuring instrument (儀器上的)讀數(shù)
readings on a thermometer, dial, etc 溫度計、 刻度盤等的讀數(shù)
The readings we took were well above average. 我們記錄的讀數(shù)遠遠高於平均數(shù).
3 [C] way in which sth is interpreted or understood (對某事物的)解釋, 理解
my reading of this clause in the contract, ie what I think it means 我對合同中這一條款的理解
Give me your reading of the situation. 告訴我你對局勢的看法.
4 [C] variant wording of a text, esp when more than one version of it exists 異文(尤指不同版本的)
different readings (eg by editors) of a speech in Hamlet 《哈姆雷特》劇中一段臺詞的異文(如經(jīng)編者改動過的).
5 [C]
(a) entertainment at which sth is read to an audience; passage read in this way 朗誦會; 朗誦的章節(jié)
a poetry-/play-reading 詩歌[劇本]朗誦會
readings from Dickens 狄更斯作品的朗誦片段.
(b) formal announcement of sth to an audience 向公眾正式宣布的事物; 告白
the reading of a will, marriage banns, etc 遺囑、 結(jié)婚等的啟事.
(c) formal reading aloud of a passage from the Bible (在儀式上朗讀的)《圣經(jīng)》中的章節(jié)
a reading from St John's gospel 選自《約翰福音》的朗讀.
6 [C] (in the British parliament) one of the three stages of debate through which a Bill must pass before it is ready for royal assent (英國議會中)一法案在提交國王批準以前須通過的三讀之任何一次.