dump /dʌmp/ CET4 TEM4 ( dumping, dumped, dumps )

• 1. 

  V-T If you dump something somewhere, you put it or unload it there quickly and carelessly. 扔下; 倾倒 [非正式]

  例：

  We dumped our bags at the nearby Grand Hotel and hurried toward the market.

  我们把包扔在附近的格兰德旅馆，急匆匆地向市场赶去。

• 2. 

  V-T If something is dumped somewhere, it is put or left there because it is no longer wanted or needed. 丢弃 [非正式]

  例：

  The getaway car was dumped near the motorway.

  那辆逃亡的小汽车被丢弃在高速公路附近。

• 3. 

  dumping N-UNCOUNT 倾倒; 丢弃

  例：

  German law forbids the dumping of hazardous waste on German soil.

  德国法律禁止在德国国土上倒弃危险废弃物。

• 4. 

  V-T To dump something such as an idea, policy, or practice means to stop supporting or using it. 抛弃 (念头、政策或惯例) [非正式]

  例：

  The party dumped the policy of nationalization in favour of the free market.

  该党抛弃了国有化政策，转而支持自由市场政策。

• 5. 

  V-T If a firm or company dumps goods, it sells large quantities of them at prices far below their real value, usually in another country, in order to gain a bigger market share or to keep prices high in the home market. 倾销 [商业]

  例：

  It produces more than it needs, then dumps its surplus onto the world market.

  它出产过剩，于是就将过剩的产品倾销到全球市场。

• 6. 

  V-T If you dump someone, you end your relationship with them. 抛弃 (某人) [非正式]

  例：

  My heart sank because I thought he was going to dump me for another girl.

  想到他将抛弃我去追求另一个女孩，我的心沉了。

• 7. 

  V-T To dump computer data or memory means to copy it from one storage system onto another, such as from disk to magnetic tape. 转储 [计算机]

  例：

  All the data is then dumped into the main computer.

  所有的资料接着被转储到主计算机中。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT A dump is a place where rubbish and waste material are left, for example, on open ground outside a town. 垃圾场

  例：

  ...companies that bring their waste straight to the dump.

  …将废弃物直接运到垃圾场的公司。

• 9. 

  N-COUNT If you say that a place is a dump, you think it is ugly and unpleasant to live in or visit. 肮脏不堪的地方 [非正式]

  例：

  "What a dump!" Christabel said, standing in the doorway of the youth hostel.

  克丽丝特布尓站在青年旅舍的门口说道：“真是个肮脏的地方！”

• 10. 

  N-COUNT A dump is a list of the data that is stored in a computer's memory at a particular time. Dumps are often used by computer programmers to find out what is causing a problem with a program. (常用来发现程序问题) 数据转储 [计算机]

  例：

  ...print it out and it'll do a screen dump of what's there.

  把它打印出来，它会将所在的信息进行屏幕转储。

• 11. 

  N an act of defecation 排便 [美国英语] [slang]