chart /tʃɑːt/ CET4 TEM4 ( charting, charted, charts )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A chart is a diagram, picture, or graph which is intended to make information easier to understand. 图表

  例：

  Male unemployment was 14.2%, compared with 5.8% for women (see chart on next page).

  男性失业率是14.2%，相比女性为5.8% (参见下页图表)。

• 2. 

  → see also bar chart, flow chart, pie chart

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A chart is a map of the sea or stars. 海图; 星图

  例：

  ...charts of Greek waters.

  …希腊水域图。

• 4. 

  V-T If you chart an area of land, sea, or sky, or a feature in that area, you make a map of the area or show the feature in it. 绘制

  例：

  Ptolemy charted more than 1,000 stars in 48 constellations.

  托勒密绘制了48个星座中1000多颗星的星图。

• 5. 

  V-T If you chart the development or progress of something, you observe it and record or show it. You can also say that a report or graph charts the development or progress of something. 用图表记录

  例：

  One doctor has charted a dramatic rise in local childhood asthma since the road was built.

  一位医生用图表记录的方式，说明道路建成后当地儿童哮喘发病率急剧上升。