bring

1. V-T If you bring someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you. 帶來(lái)

Remember to bring an apron or an old shirt to protect your clothes. 記著帶一條圍裙或一件舊襯衫來(lái)保護(hù)你的衣服。

Someone went upstairs and brought down a huge kettle. 有人上樓拿下來(lái)一個(gè)巨大的水壺。

2. V-T If you bring something somewhere, you move it there. 把…移動(dòng)到

Reaching into her pocket, she brought out a cigarette. 她把手伸進(jìn)口袋，拿出一根香煙。

3. V-T If you bring something that someone wants or needs, you get it for them or carry it to them. 拿給

He went and poured a brandy for Dena and brought it to her. 他去給德娜倒了杯白蘭地并拿給了她。

4. V-T To bring something or someone to a place or position means to cause them to come to the place or move into that position. 把…引到

I told you about what brought me here. 我告訴過(guò)你是什么把我引到這里來(lái)的。

The shock of her husband's arrival brought her to her feet. 丈夫的到來(lái)驚得她不由自主地站了起來(lái)。

5. V-T If you bring something new to a place or group of people, you introduce it to that place or cause those people to hear or know about it. 把…引入 (某地); 把…介紹給 (某些人)

...the drive to bring art to the public. …把藝術(shù)介紹給大眾的動(dòng)力。

6. V-T To bring someone or something into a particular state or condition means to cause them to be in that state or condition. 使處于 (某種狀態(tài)、情勢(shì)等)

He brought the car to a stop in front of the square. 他在廣場(chǎng)前把車停了下來(lái)。

They have brought down income taxes. 他們已經(jīng)降低了所得稅。

7. V-T If something brings a particular feeling, situation, or quality, it makes people experience it or have it. 帶來(lái)

He called on the United States to play a more effective role in bringing peace to the region. 他呼吁美國(guó)在給該地區(qū)帶來(lái)和平的問(wèn)題上發(fā)揮更加有效的作用。

Her three children brought her joy. 她的3個(gè)孩子給她得帶來(lái)了快樂(lè)。

8. V-T If a period of time brings a particular thing, it happens during that time. 帶來(lái)

For Sandro, the new year brought disaster. 對(duì)桑德羅來(lái)說(shuō)，新年給他帶來(lái)了災(zāi)難。

9. V-T When you are talking, you can say that something brings you to a particular point in order to indicate that you have now reached that point and are going to talk about a new subject. 帶入 (某話題)

And that brings us to the end of this special report from Germany. 那我們就此結(jié)束這篇來(lái)自德國(guó)的特別報(bào)道。

10. V-T If you cannot bring yourself to do something, you cannot do it because you find it too upsetting, embarrassing, or disgusting. 使自己 (做某事)[with brd-neg]

It is all very tragic and I am afraid I just cannot bring myself to talk about it at the moment. 太悲慘了，恐怕我現(xiàn)在還無(wú)法讓自己去談?wù)撍?/p>

11. to bring something alive→see alive

12. to bring the house down→see house

13. to bring up the rear→see rear