n.[C]
- 例子;样本;样品[(+of)]
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This dictionary has many
examples of how verbs are used.
这本词典有许多关于动词用法的例句。
- 范例;榜样;楷模[(+to)]
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Their courage was an
example to all of us.
他们的勇气是我们大家学习的榜样。
- 儆戒,警告
短语
Example is better than precept.
- 身教重于言教。
for example
- 例如
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Many great people rose from poor backgrounds -- Lincoln
for example.
很多伟人出身贫寒,林肯就是一例。
make an example of
- 惩罚……以儆戒他人
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The teacher
made an example of the student who had copied his neighbor's answers during the finals.
老师当众惩罚在期末考试中抄袭邻座答案的那位学生以儆效尤。
set an example
- 树立榜样
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She arrived at the office early to
set an example to the others.
她很早就来到办公室,作为他人的表率。
without/beyond example
- 没有先例
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Such hot weather in May is
without example in this area.
五月份这么热的天气在这一地区还从来没有过。
辨析
n.
- a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.
▸a written problem or exercise designed to illustrate a rule.
- a person or thing regarded in terms of their fitness to be imitated:
parents should set an example.
v.
(
be exampled)
be exemplified.
Phrase
- for example
by way of illustration. - make an example of
punish as a warning or deterrent to others.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., from L. exemplum, from eximere ‘take out’; cf. sample.