n.

1. 学习；研究；调查[U][P1]
   The plan is under study.

   那个计划正在研究中。

   He has made great progress in his English studies.

   他在学习英文方面进步很大。

2. 研究论文，专题论文[C]
   She wrote a study of Shakespeare.

   她写了一篇有关莎士比亚的论文。

3. 学科；学问[C]
   Bioengineering is a new study.

   生物工程学是一门新的学问。

4. 课题，研究对象[C]
5. 书房[C]
   Mr. Smith is reading in his study.

   史密斯先生在书房内看书。

6. 【画】习作；试画[C]
7. 【音】练习曲[C]

vt.

1. 学习；研究
   For a year he studied Chinese with me.

   他跟我学了一年中文。

2. 细看，细察
   I studied him closely.

   我仔细地看了看他。

3. 仔细考虑
   We need time to study a suitable answer.

   我们需要时间去考虑一个适当的答复。

   They studied the question carefully before they made the decision.

   他们认真研究了这一问题，然后才作出决定。

vi.

1. 学习，用功
   My daughter often studies late into the night.

   我女儿常常读书到深夜。

2. 努力

n.

1. the devotion of time and attention to acquiring knowledge, especially from books.
   ▸ (studies) work done by a person to acquire knowledge.
   ▸ (studies) used in the title of an academic subject:

   a course in transport studies.
2. a detailed investigation and analysis of a subject or situation.
   ▸archaic a thing that is or deserves to be investigated.
3. a room for reading, writing, or academic work.
4. a piece of work, especially a drawing, done for practice or as an experiment.
   ▸a musical composition designed to develop a player's technical skill.
5. (a study in) a good example of (a quality or emotion):
   he perched on the bed, a study in misery.
6. theatrical slang a person who memorizes a role at a specified speed. See also quick study.

v.

1. acquire knowledge about.
   ▸make a study of.
   ▸apply oneself to study.
   ▸ (study up) US learn intensively about something, especially in preparation for a test.
   ▸(of an actor) try to learn (the words of one's role).
2. look at closely in order to observe or read.
3. [as adj. studied] done with deliberate and careful effort.