| 单词 | subject |
| 释义 | subjectsubjectssubjectsubject1 /ˈsʌbdʒɪkt/ noun [countable]1topic something that you are talking or writing aboutsubject ofI don’t want to talk about the subject of death.我不想谈论死亡这个话题。on/about a subjectShe’s written several books on this subject.writebook 她写过几本有关这个主题的书。2something you study something that you study at a school or university: ‘What’s your favourite subject?’ ‘Science.’“你最喜欢什么学科？”“科学。”3in grammar the word that usually comes before the verb in a sentence and shows who is doing the action of the verb. In the sentence ‘Jean loves cats’, ‘Jean’ is the subject. ➔ object4in an experiment a person or animal that is used in a test or experiment5somebody from a country someone who is from a country that has a king or queen: a British subject英国国民COLLOCATIONS: subjectverbsto discuss/talk about a subjectHe refused to discuss the subject.refuseto change the subject (=to start talking about something different)Don’t change the subject!to bring up/raise a subject (=to deliberately start talking about it)Someone brought up the subject of payment.bringto drop a subject (=to stop talking about it)Can we just drop the subject now, please?to mention a subjectNo one ever mentions the subject of his health.mentionto get onto a subject (=to happen to start talking about it)We somehow got onto the subject of detective stories.getstoryto deal with/cover a subject (=to speak or write about it)We will deal with this subject in the following chapter.followto avoid a subject (=to not talk about it)We avoided the subject of his divorce.avoida subject comes up (=people start talking about it)The subject of payment never came up.comeadjectivesan interesting/fascinating subjectHe has spent years researching this fascinating subject.havespendyearresearchfascinatea controversial subjectContraception is a controversial subject.bea sensitive/touchy subject (=one that people may get upset about)Try to avoid sensitive subjects.subjectTHESAURUS: subjectsubject something that you are talking or writing about: We talked about all sorts of subjects.talksortsubjecttopic a subject that people often discuss or write about, in books, in newspapers, at school etc: a list of the topics we will be covering in historytopiccovermatter formal a subject: This is a very serious matter.beissue an important subject that people discuss and argue about: the issue of racismtheme the subject of a film, book etc: The theme of the story is love.be |
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