anchors

n.

v.

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 词典例句

1. N-COUNT An anchor is a heavy hooked object that is dropped from a boat into the water at the end of a chain in order to make the boat stay in one place. 
2. V-ERG 抛锚;使停泊 When a boat anchors or when you anchor it, its anchor is dropped into the water in order to make it stay in one place. 
  • We could anchor off the pier...

    我们可以在码头附近下锚停泊。

  • They anchored the boat.

    他们抛锚停船。

3. VERB 把…系住;使稳住;使固定 If you anchor an object somewhere, you fix it to something to prevent it moving from that place. 
  • The roots anchor the plant in the earth...

    根部使植物固定在土壤中。

  • The child seat belt was not properly anchored to the car.

    儿童坐椅的安全带并未在车上固定到位。

4. N-COUNT 固定桩;系缚物;支柱;靠山 If one thing is the anchor for something else, it makes that thing stable and secure. 
  • He provided an emotional anchor for her...

    他是她的精神支柱。

  • He remains the anchor of the country's fragile political balance.

    他仍然是维系该国脆弱的政治平衡的支柱。

5. VERB 与…有紧密联系;使扎根;使固守 If something is anchored in something or to something, it has strong links with it. 
  • A united Germany must be firmly anchored in NATO if Europe is to remain stable...

    欧洲要保持稳定,德国必须统一并固守北约。

  • His basic outlook remains anchored in the liberal tradition.

    他的基本观念依旧扎根于自由主义传统。

6. VERB 主持(电视或电台节目,尤指新闻节目) The person who anchors a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it and acts as a link between interviews and reports which come from other places or studios. 
  • Viewers saw him anchoring a five-minute summary of regional news.

    观众看见他主持一个5分钟的地方新闻摘要节目。

  • ...a series of cassettes on the Vietnam War, anchored by Mr. Cronkite.

    克朗凯特先生主持的关于越南战争的系列节目录像带

7. N-COUNT (尤指新闻节目的)电(视)台节目主持人 The anchor on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it. 
  • He worked in the news division of ABC — he was the anchor of its 15-minute evening newscast.

    他在美国广播公司的新闻部工作——他是晚间15分钟新闻播报的主持人。

8. PHRASE (船)抛着锚,停泊着 If a boat is at anchor, it is floating in a particular place and is prevented from moving by its anchor. 
  • Sailing boats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway.

    帆船停泊在狭窄的水道上。

9. PHRASE 抛锚;下锚 When the people on a boat drop anchor or cast anchor, they drop the boat's anchor into the water in order to prevent the boat from moving. 
  • We dropped anchor in a sheltered spot.

    我们在一个能够遮风挡雨的地方下了锚。

10. PHRASE 起锚;启航 When the people on a boat weigh anchor or up anchor, they pull the anchor of the boat out of the water so that they can sail away. 
1. She anchors the top-rated news show.
她主持要闻节目。

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