register /ˈrɛdʒɪstə/ CET4 TEM4 ( registering, registered, registers )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A register is an official list or record of people or things. 登记簿

  例：

  ...registers of births, deaths, and marriages.

  …出生、死亡及结婚登记簿。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I If you register to do something, you put your name on an official list, in order to be able to do that thing or to receive a service. 登记; 注册

  例：

  Have you come to register at the school?

  你到学校来注册过了吗？

  例：

  Thousands lined up to register to vote.

  数千人排队登记投票。

• 3. 

  V-T If you register something, such as the name of a person who has just died or information about something you own, you have these facts recorded on an official list. 登记

  例：

  In order to register a car in Japan, the owner must have somewhere to park it.

  在日本要想登记一辆汽车，车主必须要有停车的地方。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I When something registers on a scale or measuring instrument, it shows on the scale or instrument. (在仪表上) 显示

  例：

  It will only register on sophisticated X-ray equipment.

  只有在先进的X光设备上它才会显示出来。

  例：

  The earthquake registered 5.7 on the Richter scale.

  这次地震显示为里氏5.7级。

• 5. 

  V-T If you register your feelings or opinions about something, you do something that makes them clear to other people. 表示 (感情或看法)

  例：

  Voters wish to register their dissatisfaction with the ruling party.

  选民们希望表达他们对执政党的不满。

• 6. 

  V-I If a feeling registers on someone's face, their expression shows clearly that they have that feeling. (面部表情) 流露

  例：

  Surprise again registered on Rodney's face.

  罗德尼的脸上再次流露出惊讶的表情。

• 7. 

  V-T/V-I If a piece of information does not register or if you do not register it, you do not really pay attention to it, and so you do not remember it or react to it. 留意; 留下印象

  例：

  It wasn't that she couldn't hear me, it was just that what I said sometimes didn't register in her brain.

  并不是她听不到我说话，而是我的话有时候没有在她脑子里留下印象。

• 8. 

  → see also cash register