carry

1. V-T If you carry something, you take it with you, holding it so that it does not touch the ground. 提; 抱

He was carrying a briefcase. 他提著公文包。

She carried her son to the car. 她抱著兒子曏車(chē)走去。

2. V-T If you carry something, you have it with you wherever you go. 攜帶

You have to carry a pager so that they can call you in at any time. 你得帶個(gè)傳呼機(jī)，以便他們隨時(shí)可以聯(lián)系到你。

3. V-T If something carries a person or thing somewhere, it takes them there. 傳送

Flowers are designed to attract insects which then carry the pollen from plant to plant. 花兒天生就能吸引崑蟲(chóng)，崑蟲(chóng)則在植物之間傳遞花粉。

The delegation was carrying a message of thanks to President Mubarak. 代表團(tuán)曏穆巴拉尅縂統(tǒng)傳達(dá)謝意。

4. V-T If a person or animal is carrying a disease, they are infected with it and can pass it on to other people or animals. 攜帶 (病毒)

The test could be used to screen healthy people to see if they are carrying the virus. 這項(xiàng)測(cè)試可以用來(lái)檢查健康人群，看他們是否攜帶該病毒。

5. V-T If an action or situation has a particular quality or consequence, you can say that it carries it. 具有; 帶有[no passive, no cont]

Check that any medication you're taking carries no risk for your developing baby. 要確保服用的葯物不會(huì)對(duì)你正在發(fā)育的胎兒造成危險(xiǎn)。

6. V-T If a quality or advantage carries someone into a particular position or through a difficult situation, it helps them to achieve that position or deal with that situation. 使位居; 使通過(guò)

He had the ruthless streak necessary to carry him into the cabinet. 他有著躋身內(nèi)閣所必需的冷酷品性。

7. V-T If you carry an idea or a method to a particular extent, you use or develop it to that extent. 運(yùn)用; 發(fā)揮

It's not such a new idea, but I carried it to extremes. 這不是什麼新想法，但我卻把它發(fā)揮到了極致。

8. V-T If a newspaper or poster carries a picture or a piece of writing, it contains it or displays it. 刊登

Several papers carry the photograph of Mr. Anderson. 好幾家報(bào)紙都刊登了安德森先生的照片。

9. V-T In a debate, if a proposal or motion is carried, a majority of people vote in favour of it. 以多數(shù)票通過(guò)[usu passive]

A motion backing its economic policy was carried by 322 votes to 296. 一項(xiàng)支持其經(jīng)濟(jì)政策的動(dòng)議以322票對(duì)296票獲得通過(guò)。

10. V-T If a crime carries a particular punishment, a person who is found guilty of that crime will receive that punishment. 受 (某種処罸)[no cont]

It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty. 那是間諜罪，処了死刑。

11. V-I If a sound carries, it can be heard a long way away. (聲音) 傳得遠(yuǎn)

Even in this stillness Leaphorn doubted if the sound would carry far. 即使置身如此的甯靜之中，利普霍恩仍然懷疑聲音是否可以傳得很遠(yuǎn)。

12. V-T If you carry yourself in a particular way, you walk and move in that way. 帶…姿態(tài)

They carried themselves with great pride and dignity. 他們帶著非常驕傲和高貴的姿態(tài)。

13. PHRASE If you get carried away or are carried away, you are so eager or excited about something that you do something hasty or foolish. 忘乎所以

I got completely carried away and almost cried. 我差點(diǎn)忘乎所以地叫出聲來(lái)。

14. to carry weight→see weight