Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense tides, present participle tiding, past tense, past participle tided
1N-COUNT 潮;潮水;潮汐The tide is the regular change in the level of the sea on the shore. 潮;潮水;潮汐
The tide was at its highest.
潮水正处于最高位。
The tide was going out, and the sand was smooth and glittering.
正在退潮,沙滩平坦,闪着微光。
State police say that high tides and severe flooding have damaged beaches.
州警方称,高潮位和严重的水灾冲坏了海滩。
2N-COUNT (不断冲刷海岸的)潮水,潮汐 A tide is a current in the sea that is caused by the regular and continuous movement of large areas of water towards and away from the shore. (不断冲刷海岸的)潮水,潮汐
Roman vessels used to sail with the tide from Boulogne to Richborough.
3N-SING (观点等的)潮流,趋势 The tide of opinion, for example, is what the majority of people think at a particular time. (观点等的)潮流,趋势
The tide of opinion seems overwhelmingly in his favour. [+ of]
绝大多数人的观点看来是一边倒地支持他的。
4N-SING (无法抗拒的)潮流,浪潮 People sometimes refer to events or forces that are difficult or impossible to control as the tide of history, for example. (无法抗拒的)潮流,浪潮
They talked of reversing the tide of history. [+ of]
5N-SING (尤指不好的)浪潮,势头 You can talk about a tide of something, especially something which is unpleasant, when there is a large and increasing amount of it. (尤指不好的)浪潮,势头
...an ever increasing tide of crime. [+ of]
不断高涨的犯罪浪潮
The tide of nationalism is still running high in a number of republics.
1change in the level of the sea海平面變化ADJECTIVE | VERB + TIDE | TIDE + VERB | TIDE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤strong洶湧的潮水▸➤flood, incoming, rising漲潮▸➤ebb, outgoing退潮;落潮▸➤high, low高潮;低潮▸➤neap, spring小潮;大潮▸➤ocean (especially NAmE) 海潮➤rip裂流;離岸流◇If caught in a rip tide, strong swimmers should swim for shore.如果陷入裂流,身強力壯的游泳者應該向岸邊游。VERB + TIDE➤catch趕潮◇We have to get up early to catch the tide (= leave at the same time as the tide goes out).我們得早起乘潮出海。TIDE + VERB➤be in潮來;潮漲▸➤be out潮去;潮落▸➤come in, rise潮來;潮漲▸➤ebb, fall, go out, recede, retreat (especially BrE) 潮退;潮落;潮去▸➤be on the turn, turn高低潮轉換▸➤occur潮汐出現◇the time of day when the highest tides occur一天中出現最高潮的時候➤wash sb/sth up潮水把⋯沖上岸◇The body was washed up by the tide the next day.第二天屍體被潮水沖上了岸。TIDE + NOUN➤line, mark漲潮線;潮標◇the high tide mark高潮標誌➤pool潮水坑;潮水潭◇When the sea recedes, tide pools reveal a bewildering diversity of marine life.海水退去後,潮水潭裏會出現各種各樣的海洋生物,令人眼花繚亂。PREPOSITION➤at... tide在⋯潮時◇Seals lie on the rocks at low tide.低潮時海豹趴在岩石上。➤on a/the tide在⋯潮時◇We went out to sea on the ebb tide.我們趁着退潮時出海。tide
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2movement of opinion; sudden increase意見的變動;突增ADJECTIVE | VERB + TIDE | TIDE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤growing, rising增長的/上升的趨勢◇the rising tide of crime犯罪的上升趨勢➤shifting變換的潮流▸➤political政治潮流◇He didn't have the courage to swim against the political tide.他沒有勇氣逆政治潮流而動。VERB + TIDE➤go with, ride順應潮流▸➤go against, swim against逆潮流而動▸➤reverse, stem, turn, turn back扭轉潮流;抑制潮流◇attempts to stem the tide of revolution遏制革命潮流的企圖TIDE + VERB➤run潮流發展◇Seeing the tide was now running in his direction, he renewed his campaign for reform.看到形勢朝對他有利的方向發展,他重新開始了改革運動。➤carry sb/sth along潮流推動⋯向前▸➤turn潮流扭轉◇The tide of public opinion seems to be turning at last.輿論風向好像終於改變了。PREPOSITION➤against a/the tide逆潮流◇It takes courage to speak out against the tide of public opinion.發表背逆輿論潮流的意見需要勇氣。➤on a tide乘潮流◇They were carried along on a tide of euphoria.他們也喜不自禁。➤tide against, tide in favour/favor of反對/支持⋯的潮流◇Civil liberties groups helped to turn the tide against industrial violence.公民自由團體幫助扭轉勞資糾紛引發暴力的潮流。PHRASES➤the tide of history歷史潮流◇the shifting tides of history不斷轉變的歷史潮流➤the turn of the tide潮流轉變◇In the early 1990s there was a marked turn of the tide.20 世紀 90 年代初有一次明顯的潮流轉變。