intro·duce /ɪntrədus/ ( introduces, introducing, introduced ) CET4

• V-T To introduce something means to cause it to enter a place or exist in a system for the first time. 引进

  例: MGM introduced a new system for hiring writers.

  米高梅公司引进了一项新的制度来雇人写作。

  intro·duc·tion N-UNCOUNT 引进

  例: What he is better remembered for is the introduction of the moving assembly-line in Detroit in 1913.

  他更加令人铭记在心的是曾在1913年将流动生产线引入底特律。

• V-T If you introduce one person to another, or you introduce two people, you tell them each other's names, so that they can get to know each other. If you introduce yourself to someone, you tell them your name. 介绍

  例: Tim, may I introduce you to my uncle's secretary, Mary Waller?

  蒂姆，我可以把你介绍给我叔叔的秘书玛丽·沃勒吗？

  例: We haven't been introduced. My name is Nero Wolfe.

  我们还没有被介绍到。我叫尼罗·沃尔夫。

  intro·duc·tion N-VAR 介绍

  例: With considerable shyness, Elaine performed the introductions.

  伊莱恩十分害羞地做了介绍。

• V-T If you introduce someone to something, you cause them to learn about it or experience it for the first time. 使初次接触

  例: He introduced us to the delights of natural food.

  他使我们第一次享受到了品尝天然食品的乐趣。

  intro·duc·tion N-SING 初次接触

  例: His introduction to fieldwork was a series of expeditions.

  他初次参加的实地考察工作是一系列的探险活动。

• V-T The person who introduces a television or radio program speaks at the beginning of it, and often between the different items in it, in order to explain what the program or the items are about. 为 (电视或广播节目) 作开场白; 主持

  例: ...talk shows introduced by women.

  …由女性主持的访谈节目。