Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense papers, present participle papering, past tense, past participle papered
1N-UNCOUNT 纸Paper is a material that you write on or wrap things with. The pages of this book are made of paper. 纸
He wrote his name down on a piece of paper for me.
他把他的名字写在一张纸上交给我。
She sat at the table with pen and paper.
她拿着纸笔坐在桌旁。
...a sheet of pretty wrapping paper.
漂亮的包装纸
...a paper bag.
纸袋
2N-COUNT (一份)报纸 A paper is a newspaper. (一份)报纸
I might get a paper in the village.
我或许能在村子里找到一份报纸。
I'll cook and you read the paper.
我做饭,你看报纸。
3N-COUNT (总称)报纸 You can refer to newspapers in general as the paper or the papers . (总称)报纸
You can't believe everything you read in the paper.
报纸上看到的东西不能全信。
There's been a lot in the papers about the problems facing stepchildren.
报纸上有很多关于继子女所面临的问题的报道。
4N-PLURAL [usually with poss]材料;资料;文件 Your papers are sheets of paper with writing or information on them, which you might keep in a safe place at home. 材料;资料;文件
Her papers included unpublished articles and correspondence.
她的资料包括未发表的文章和信件。
5N-PLURAL [usually poss NOUN](证明身份的)证件 Your papers are official documents, for example your passport or identity card, which prove who you are or which give you official permission to do something. (证明身份的)证件
A young Moroccan stopped by police refused to show his papers.
一位被警察拦下的摩洛哥青年拒绝出示他的证件。
They have arrested four people who were trying to leave the country with forged papers.
他们已经逮捕了4名企图利用伪造证件离境的人。
6N-COUNT 论文 A paper is a long, formal piece of writing about an academic subject. 论文
He just published a paper in the journal Nature analyzing the fires.
10N-COUNT (政府或委员会发表的关于重大问题的)文件,报告 A paper prepared by a government or a committee is a report on a question they have been considering or a set of proposals for changes in the law. (政府或委员会发表的关于重大问题的)文件,报告
...a new government paper on European policy. [+ on]
12ADJ [ADJ n]书面的;账面的Paper agreements, qualifications, or profits are ones that are stated by official documents to exist, although they may not really be effective or useful. 书面的;账面的
They expressed deep mistrust of the paper promises.
他们对书面承诺表现出极度的不信任。
We're looking for people who have experience rather than paper qualifications.
14PHRASE 以书面形式;在纸上 If you put your thoughts down on paper, you write them down. 以书面形式;在纸上
It is important to get something down on paper.
把一些东西写在纸上很重要。
It was the first time I had put it all down on paper. I found it helped.
这是我第一次把所有的东西都写在纸上,我觉得这有帮助。
SYN in writing, written down, on (the) record, in print
15PHRASE 在字面上;理论上 If something seems to be the case on paper, it seems to be the case from what you read or hear about it, but it may not really be the case. 在字面上;理论上
On paper, I am the healthiest man alive, yet I feel permanently unwell.
理论上,我是活着的最健康的人,但是我总感觉不舒服。
The family is estimated to have been worth, on paper at least, more than £1.1billion.
据估计,这个家族理论上至少拥有11亿英镑以上的财富。
16PHRASE 毫无价值;一纸空文 If you say that a promise, an agreement, or a guarantee is not worth the paper it's written on, you mean that although it has been written down and seems to be official, it is in fact worthless because what has been promised will not be done. 毫无价值;一纸空文 [disapproval]