/brɪŋ ||; brɪŋ/verb [T] (
past tense past participle brought /brɔ:t
||; brɔt/)
1 to carry or take sb/sth to a place with you 携带；带同: Is it all right if I bring a friend to the party? 我想带一个朋友去这个聚会，行吗？Could you bring us some water, please? 请给我们倒一杯水来。 (figurative 比喻) He will bring valuable skills and experience to the team. 他会给这个队带来宝贵的技巧和经验。My sister went to Spain on holiday and brought me back a T-shirt. 我妹妹到西班牙度假，回来时给我买了一件短袖汗衫。
2 to move sth somewhere 把某物移到某处: Louis brought a photo out of his wallet and showed it to us. 刘易斯从他的皮夹子里拿出照片给我们看。
3 to cause or result in sth 引致，造成（某种结果）: The sight of her brought a smile to his face. 他一见到她，脸上便露出笑容。Money doesn't always bring happiness. 金钱不一定就会带来幸福。
4 to cause sb/sth to be in a certain place or condition 使处于某地方或某种状态: Their screams brought people running from all directions. 他们尖声呼叫，引来四面八方的人。Add water to the mixture and bring it to the boil. 往混合物加点水，然后把它煮开。An injury can easily bring an athlete's career to an end. 受伤很容易使运动员生涯宣告结束。
5 bring yourself to do sth to force yourself to do sth 强迫自己（做某事）: The film was so horrible that I couldn't bring myself to watch it. 这部电影怪恐怖的，我着实看不下去。
For idioms containing bring, look at the entries for the nouns, adjectives, etc, for example bring up the rear is at rear. 含 bring 的习语，参看有关名词、形容词等词条，如 bring up the rear 可参看词条 rear。 bring about to cause sth to happen 使发生；促成:
to bring about changes in people's lives 使人们的生活起变化 bring sth back 1 to cause sth that existed before to be introduced again 恢复；回复: Nobody wants to bring back the days of child labour. 没有人希望回复到雇用童工的日子。
2 to cause sb to remember sth 唤起回忆: The photographs brought back memories of his childhood. 这些照片让他回忆起童年往事。
bring sb/sth down to defeat sb/sth; to make sb/sth lose a position of power 打倒；推翻:
to bring down the government 推翻政府 bring sth down to make sth lower in level 削减；降低:
to bring down the price of sth 降低某物的价格 bring sth forward 1 to move sth to an earlier time 提前: The date of the meeting has been brought forward by two weeks. 会议提前两周举行。 [OPP] put sth back 反义词为 put sth back
2 to suggest sth for discussion 提出（供讨论）
bring sb in to ask or employ sb to do a particular job 商请某人出任；雇用某人:
A specialist was brought in to set up the new computer system. 聘了一位专家来建立新的计算机系统。 bring sth in to introduce sth 引进:
The government have brought in a new law on dangerous dogs. 政府就危险狗只制定了新法令。 bring sth off to manage to do sth difficult 成功做好困难的事:
The team brought off an amazing victory. 球队克服困难，取得惊人的胜利。 bring sth on to cause sth 引发:
Her headaches are brought on by stress. 她经常头痛是精神紧张所致。 bring sth out to produce sth or cause sth to appear 推出；生产:
When is the company bringing out its next new model? 不知道公司会在什么时候推出下一个新的型号？ bring sb round to make sb become conscious again 使恢复知觉或苏醒:
I splashed cold water on his face to try to bring him round. 我往他脸上泼些凉水，试图使他苏醒。 bring sb round (to sth) to persuade sb to agree with your opinion 说服:
After a lot of discussion we finally brought them round to our point of view. 经过多番讨论，我们终于使他们接纳我们的观点。 bring sth round to sth to direct a conversation to a particular subject 把话题引向…:
I finally brought the conversation round to the subject of money. 我终于把谈话的内容引到钱的问题上。 bring sb up to look after a child until he/she is adult and to teach him/her how to behave 养育孩子:
After her parents were killed the child was brought up by her uncle. 孩子的父母被杀后，她便由舅父抚养成人。a well brought up child 有教养的孩子 bring sth up 1 to be sick so that food that you have swallowed comes back out of your mouth; to vomit 呕吐
2 to introduce sth into a discussion or conversation 提出: I intend to bring the matter up at the next meeting. 我想在下次会议上把这事提出来。