ride /raɪd/ CET4 TEM4 ( riding, rode, ridden, rides )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I When you ride a horse, you sit on it and control its movements. 骑 (马); 骑马

  例：

  I saw a girl riding a horse.

  我看见一个骑着马的女孩。

  例：

  Can you ride?

  你会骑马吗？

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I When you ride a bicycle or a motorcycle, you sit on it, control it, and travel along on it. 骑 (自行车或摩托车); 骑车

  例：

  Riding a bike is great exercise.

  骑自行车是很好的锻炼。

  例：

  Two men riding on motorcycles opened fire on him.

  两个骑在摩托车上的人向他开了枪。

• 3. 

  V-I When you ride in a vehicle such as a car, you travel in it. 乘坐

  例：

  He prefers travelling on the subway to riding in a limousine.

  他宁愿乘坐地铁出行而不愿乘坐豪华加长轿车。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A ride is a trip on a horse or bicycle, or in a vehicle. (骑马、骑车、乘车的) 旅程

  例：

  She took some friends for a ride in the family car.

  她用私家车载了朋友们一程。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT In an amusement park, a ride is a large machine that people ride on for fun. (游乐园中的) 飞车

  例：

  ...roller coasters or other thrill rides at amusement parks.

  …游乐园里的过山车或其他的飞车娱乐。

• 6. 

  V-I If you say that one thing is riding on another, you mean that the first thing depends on the second thing. 依赖于; 取决于 [oft cont]

  例：

  Billions of dollars are riding on the outcome of the election.

  数十亿美元取决于选举的结果。

• 7. 

  → see also riding

• 8. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone faces a rough ride, you mean that things are going to be difficult for them because people will criticize them a lot or treat them badly. 难关 [非正式]

  例：

  The president could face a rough ride unless the plan works.

  除非计划奏效，否则该总统会面临一个难关。

• 9. 

  PHRASE If you describe something as a free ride, you mean that things are going to be very easy and that people will take advantage of this. 顺利无阻的事 [非正式]

  例：

  I've had an opponent every time. I've never had a free ride. I've had to fight.

  每次我都有一个对手。我从未遇到一件一帆风顺的事。我一直都得奋斗。

• 10. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone has been taken for a ride, you mean that they have been deceived or cheated. 受骗 [非正式]

  例：

  You got taken for a ride. Why did you give him five thousand dollars?

  你受骗了。你为什么要给他5000美元？

• 11. 

  PHRASE If someone rides herd on other people or their actions, they supervise them or watch them closely. 监督; 严管 [美国英语] [PHR n]

  例：

  ...state efforts to ride herd on the oil companies.

  …国家严管石油公司的努力。

  例：

  ...Hank, who often stayed late riding herd on the day-to-day business of the magazine.

  …经常为监督杂志社的日常事务而工作到很晚的汉克。

• 12. 

  PHRASE Someone who rides the rails travels by train, especially over a long period of time and without buying a ticket. (长期乘火车) 逃票 [美国英语]

  例：

  It is 1933, the height of the Great Depression, and the hobos are busy riding the rails.

  那是1933年，经济大萧条的高峰期，流动工人们加紧在火车上逃票。