/neɪm ||; nem/noun1 [C] a word or words by which sb/sth is known 名字；名称: What's your name, please? 请问你叫什么名字？Do you know the name of this flower? 你知不知道这种花的名称？
2 [sing] an opinion that people have of a person or thing （人或事物的）名声，名望，名誉: That area of London has rather a bad name. 伦敦那个地区声名狼藉。 [SYN] reputation 同义词为reputation
3 [C] a famous person 名人: All the big names in show business were invited to the party. 所有演艺界的名人都获邀出席这个宴会。
by name using the name of sb/sth 以名字称呼；指名道姓:
It's a big school but the head teacher knows all the children by name. 这所学校很大，但是校长叫得出所有孩子的名字。 call sb names→
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in the name of sb;in sb's name for sb/sth; officially belonging to sb 为了…；名义上属于…:
The contract is in my name. 这项合同是以我的名义签的。 in the name of sth used to give a reason or excuse for an action, even when what you are doing might be wrong 以…的名义:
They acted in the name of democracy. 他们以民主的名义行事。 make a name for yourself;make your name to become well known and respected 成名；出名；受人敬佩:
She made a name for herself as a journalist. 她成了一个著名的记者。 Your first name (US often given name) is the name your parents choose for you when you are born. In Christian countries this is sometimes called your Christian name. Your parents may give you another name after your first name, called your middle name, which you rarely use except on formal, official documents where both names are referred to as your forenames. Surname is the word usually used for your family name which you are born with. When a woman marries she may change her surname to be the same as her husband's. Her surname before marriage is then called her maiden name. 父母在孩子出生时给他起的名字叫first name（美国英语常作given name），在基督教国家有时称为Christian name（教名）。父母也许在孩子名字后面再取个名字，称为middle name（中名），但这个名字除见于正式、官方文件外，平时很少使用。而这前后两个名字统一称为forenames。家族的姓氏(family name)叫surname（姓）。女子婚后或会改用丈夫的姓氏，其婚前姓氏则称为maiden name（娘家姓氏）。