carry /ˈkærɪ/ CET4 TEM4 ( carrying, carried, carries )

• 1. 

  V-T If you carry something, you take it with you, holding it so that it does not touch the ground. 提; 抱

  例：

  He was carrying a briefcase.

  他提着公文包。

  例：

  She carried her son to the car.

  她抱着儿子向车走去。

• 2. 

  V-T If you carry something, you have it with you wherever you go. 携带

  例：

  You have to carry a pager so that they can call you in at any time.

  你得带个传呼机，以便他们随时可以联系到你。

• 3. 

  V-T If something carries a person or thing somewhere, it takes them there. 传送

  例：

  Flowers are designed to attract insects which then carry the pollen from plant to plant.

  花儿天生就能吸引昆虫，昆虫则在植物之间传递花粉。

  例：

  The delegation was carrying a message of thanks to President Mubarak.

  代表团向穆巴拉克总统传达谢意。

• 4. 

  V-T If a person or animal is carrying a disease, they are infected with it and can pass it on to other people or animals. 携带 (病毒)

  例：

  The test could be used to screen healthy people to see if they are carrying the virus.

  这项测试可以用来检查健康人群，看他们是否携带该病毒。

• 5. 

  V-T If an action or situation has a particular quality or consequence, you can say that it carries it. 具有; 带有 [no passive, no cont]

  例：

  Check that any medication you're taking carries no risk for your developing baby.

  要确保服用的药物不会对你正在发育的胎儿造成危险。

• 6. 

  V-T If a quality or advantage carries someone into a particular position or through a difficult situation, it helps them to achieve that position or deal with that situation. 使位居; 使通过

  例：

  He had the ruthless streak necessary to carry him into the cabinet.

  他有着跻身内阁所必需的冷酷品性。

• 7. 

  V-T If you carry an idea or a method to a particular extent, you use or develop it to that extent. 运用; 发挥

  例：

  It's not such a new idea, but I carried it to extremes.

  这不是什么新想法，但我却把它发挥到了极致。

• 8. 

  V-T If a newspaper or poster carries a picture or a piece of writing, it contains it or displays it. 刊登

  例：

  Several papers carry the photograph of Mr. Anderson.

  好几家报纸都刊登了安德森先生的照片。

• 9. 

  V-T In a debate, if a proposal or motion is carried, a majority of people vote in favour of it. 以多数票通过 [usu passive]

  例：

  A motion backing its economic policy was carried by 322 votes to 296.

  一项支持其经济政策的动议以322票对296票获得通过。

• 10. 

  V-T If a crime carries a particular punishment, a person who is found guilty of that crime will receive that punishment. 受 (某种处罚) [no cont]

  例：

  It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty.

  那是间谍罪，处了死刑。

• 11. 

  V-I If a sound carries, it can be heard a long way away. (声音) 传得远

  例：

  Even in this stillness Leaphorn doubted if the sound would carry far.

  即使置身如此的宁静之中，利普霍恩仍然怀疑声音是否可以传得很远。

• 12. 

  V-T If you carry yourself in a particular way, you walk and move in that way. 带…姿态

  例：

  They carried themselves with great pride and dignity.

  他们带着非常骄傲和高贵的姿态。

• 13. 

  PHRASE If you get carried away or are carried away, you are so eager or excited about something that you do something hasty or foolish. 忘乎所以

  例：

  I got completely carried away and almost cried.

  我差点忘乎所以地叫出声来。

• 14. 

  to carry weight →see weight