join /dʒɔɪn/ CET4 TEM4 ( joining, joined, joins )

• 1. 

  V-T If one person joins another, they move or go to the same place, for example, so that both of them can do something together. 和…一道

  例：

  His wife and children moved to join him in their new home.

  他的妻子和孩子们搬来和他一起住在新家。

• 2. 

  V-T If you join an organization, you become a member of it or start work as an employee of it. 参加 (组织)

  例：

  He joined the Army five years ago.

  他５年前参了军。

• 3. 

  V-T/V-I If you join an activity that other people are doing, you take part in it or become involved with it. 参加 (活动)

  例：

  The United States joined the war in April 1917.

  美国于1917年4月参战。

  例：

  The pastor requested the women present to join him in prayer.

  该牧师请在场的妇女和他一起祈祷。

  例：

  Nine Republicans joined in supporting the measure.

  ９名共和党人加入支持这项举措。

• 4. 

  V-T If you join a line, you stand at the end of it so that you are part of it. 加入 (队列)

  例：

  It is advised that fans seeking autographs join the line before practice starts.

  建议寻求亲笔签名的影迷们在活动开始前排好队。

• 5. 

  V-T To join two things means to attach or fasten them together. 连接; 接合

  例：

  The opened link is used to join the two ends of the chain.

  这个开口环是用来连接链条两头的。

  例：

  ...the conjunctiva, the skin which joins the eye to the lid.

  …结膜，连接眼球和眼睑的外膜。

• 6. 

  V-T If something such as a line or path joins two things, it connects them. (线、路等) 连接 (两物)

  例：

  ...a global highway of cables joining all the continents together.

  …一条连接各大洲的全球电缆主干线路。

• 7. 

  V-RECIP If two roads or rivers join, they meet or come together at a particular point. 汇合

  例：

  Do you know the motorway to Tulsa? The airport road joins it.

  你知道通往塔尔萨的公路吗？机场公路和它相连。

• 8. 

  join forces →see force