object CET4 TEM4 ( objecting, objected, objects )

名词读作ˈɒbdʒɪkt。动词读作əbˈdʒɛkt。

• 1. 

  N-COUNT An object is anything that has a fixed shape or form, that you can touch or see, and that is not alive. 物体

  例：

  He squinted his eyes as though he were studying an object on the horizon.

  他眯着眼睛，好像在研究地平线上的某个物体。

  例：

  ...an object the shape of a coconut.

  …一个椰子状的物体。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT The object of what someone is doing is their aim or purpose. 目的

  例：

  The object of the exercise is to raise money for the charity.

  此项活动的目的是为慈善筹款。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT The object of a particular feeling or reaction is the person or thing it is directed toward or that causes it. (某情感或反应的) 对象

  例：

  The object of her hatred was 24-year-old model Ros French.

  她憎恨的对象是24岁的模特罗斯·弗伦奇。

  例：

  The object of great interest at the temple was a large marble tower built in memory of Buddha.

  那庙里使人极感兴趣的东西是一座为纪念佛陀而修建的大理石巨塔。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT In grammar, the object of a verb or a preposition is the word or phrase which completes the structure begun by the verb or preposition. 宾语

• 5. 

  → see also direct object, indirect object

• 6. 

  V-T If you object to something, you express your dislike or disapproval of it. 反对

  例：

  A lot of people will object to the book.

  很多人会反对这本书。

  例：

  Cullen objected that his small staff would be unable to handle the added work.

  卡伦反对说，他职员少，将无法应付增多的工作。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If you say that money is no object or distance is no object, you are emphasizing that you are willing or able to spend as much money as necessary or travel whatever distance is required. …不成问题 [强调]

  例：

  This was a very impressive programme in which money seems to have been no object.

  这是一项颇具影响的计划，钱似乎从来不成问题。