/mi:t ||; mit/verb (
past tense past participle met /met
||; mɛt/)
1 [I,T] to come together by chance or because you have arranged it 遇见;碰见;见面;会面 · I just met Kareem on the train. 我刚刚在火车上遇见卡琳。What time shall we meet for lunch? 我们几点钟一块儿吃午饭?
2 [I,T] to see and know sb for the first time 初次见面;相识 · Where did you first meet your husband? 你在哪里跟你丈夫初次见面的?Have you two met before? 你们两人以前认识吗?
3 [T] to go to a place and wait for sb/sth to arrive 迎接;接: I'll come and meet you at the station. 我来车站接你。
4 [I,T] to play, fight, etc together as opponents in a sports competition (在体育竞赛中)相遇,交手: These two teams met in last year's final. 这两支球队在去年的决赛中相遇。Yamada will meet Suzuki in the second round. 山田将在第二回合中迎战铃木。
5 [T] to experience sth, often sth unpleasant 经历,遭受(往往是不好的事): We will never know how he met his death. 我们将永远搞不清他是怎样丧命的。
6 [I,T] to touch, join or make contact with 接触;联系;连接: The two roads meet not far from here. 这两条路在离这儿不远的地方交会。His eyes met hers. 他与她的目光相遇。
7 [T] to be enough for sth; to be able to deal with sth 满足;应付;符合: The money that I earn is enough to meet our basic needs. 我所赚的钱能满足我们的基本需要。to meet a challenge 应付挑战
make ends meet→
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there is more to sb/sth than meets the eye sb/sth is more interesting or complicated than he/she/it seems 比原想的更有趣或更复杂:
Do you think there's more to their relationship than meets the eye? 你是否认为他们的关系不单是表面看来的那么简单? meet up (with sb) to meet sb, especially after a period of being apart 再碰面,再见面(尤指分别一段时间以后):
I have a few things I need to do now, but let's meet up later. 我眼下有几件事情要办,不过我们过一会儿再见面吧。 meet with sb (
especially US 尤为美) to meet sb, especially for discussion 和某人会晤(尤指为讨论):
The President met with his advisers early this morning. 总统今日清晨会晤了他的顾问。 meet with sth to get a particular answer, reaction or result 得到某答案、反应或结果:
to meet with success/failure/opposition 获得成功;遭到失败;遭到反对