meet

verb

偶然地 by chance

1. 相遇；相逢；遇见
   to be in the same place as sb by chance and talk to them
   1. Maybe we'll meet again some time.
      说不定我们什么时候还会再见面的。
   2. Did you meet anyone in town?
      你在城里碰见什么人了吗？

通过安排 by arrangement

2. 开会；会晤
   to come together formally in order to discuss sth
   1. The committee meets on Fridays.
      委员会每周五开会。
   2. The Prime Minister met other European leaders for talks.
      首相与其他欧洲首脑举行会谈。
3. （与…）会面；集合
   to come together socially after you have arranged it
   1. Let's meet for a drink after work.
      下班后我们一起去喝一杯吧。
   2. We're meeting them outside the theatre at 7.
      我们7点钟在剧院外面和他们会合。
4. 迎接
   to go to a place and wait there for a particular person to arrive
   1. Will you meet me at the airport?
      你到机场接我好吗？
   2. The hotel bus meets all incoming flights.
      酒店有车在机场迎接各航班的旅客。
   3. I met him off the plane.
      他下飞机后我就接到了他。

初次 for the first time

5. 相识；结识；被引见介绍（给某人）
   to see and know sb for the first time; to be introduced to sb
   1. Where did you first meet your husband?
      你是在哪儿和你丈夫初次相识的？
   2. Pleased to meet you .
      见到你我很高兴。
   3. Nice meeting you .
      很高兴认识你。
   4. There's someone I want you to meet.
      我想介绍你认识一个人。
   5. I don't think we've met.
      我想我们没见过面吧。

比赛 in contest

6. 遭遇；交锋
   to play, fight, etc. together as opponents in a competition
   1. Smith and Jones met in last year's final.
      史密斯和琼斯在去年的决赛中相遇。
   2. Smith met Jones in last year's final.
      在去年的决赛中，史密斯与琼斯交锋。

经历 experience sth

7. 经历（常指不愉快的事）
   to experience sth, often sth unpleasant
   1. Others have met similar problems.
      其他人遇到过同样的问题。
   2. How she met her death will probably never be known.
      她的死因也许将永远无人知晓。

接触；连接 touch/join

8. 接触（某物）；连接
   to touch sth; to join
   1. The curtains don't meet in the middle.
      这窗帘中间合不拢。
   2. That's where the river meets the sea.
      这条河就在这里流入大海。
   3. His hand met hers.
      他的手碰到她的手。

满足 satisfy

9. 满足；使满意
   to do or satisfy what is needed or what sb asks for
   1. How can we best meet the needs of all the different groups?
      我们怎样才能最好地满足各种人的需要呢？
   2. Until these conditions are met we cannot proceed with the sale.
      除非这些条件得到满足，否则我们不能进行这项交易。
   3. I can't possibly meet that deadline.
      我不可能如期完成。

支付 pay

10. 支付；偿付
    to pay sth
    1. The cost will be met by the company.
       费用将由公司支付。

noun

1. 体育比赛；运动会
   a sports competition
   1. a track meet
      径赛运动会
2. 猎狐运动
   an event at which horse riders and dogs hunt foxes

1. V-RECIP 碰到;遇见
   If you meet someone, you happen to be in the same place as them and start talking to them. You may know the other person, but be surprised to see them, or you may not know them at all.
   1. I have just met the man I want to spend the rest of my life with...
      我刚刚遇到了我想与之共度余生的男人。
   2. He's the kindest and sincerest person I've ever met...
      他是我所见过的最友善、最真诚的人。
   3. We met by chance.
      我们是偶然相遇的。
   4. Meet up means the same as meet .
      meet up同 meet
   5. When he was in the supermarket, he met up with a buddy he had at Oxford...
      他在超市遇见了他在牛津时的一个朋友。
   6. They met up in 1956, when they were both young schoolboys.
      他们1956年相遇，那时他们俩都还是小男生。
2. V-RECIP (约定在某处)相会，碰头
   If two or more people meet, they go to the same place, which they have earlier arranged to do, so that they can talk or do something together.
   1. We could meet for a drink after work...
      下班后我们可以见面喝上一杯。
   2. Meet me down at the beach tomorrow, at 6am sharp.
      明天早上6点整在海滩上跟我见面。
   3. Meet up means the same as meet .
      meet up 同 meet
   4. We tend to meet up for lunch once a week...
      我们往往每周共进一次午餐。
   5. My intention was to have a holiday and meet up with old friends.
      我原本打算度个假，跟老朋友们见见面。
3. VERB 被引见给;认识;结识
   If you meet someone, you are introduced to them and begin talking to them and getting to know them.
   1. Hey, Terry, come and meet my Dad.
      嗨，特里，过来认识一下我爸爸。
4. VERB （初次）见面;认识;结识
   You use meet in expressions such as 'Pleased to meet you' and 'Nice to have met you' when you want to politely say hello or goodbye to someone you have just met for the first time.
   1. 'Jennifer,' Miss Mallory said, 'this is Leigh Van-Voreen.' — 'Pleased to meet you,' Jennifer said...
      “珍妮弗，”马洛里小姐说，“这位是利·范沃林。”——“见到您很高兴，”珍妮弗说。
   2. I have to leave. Nice to have met you.
      我得走了。认识您很高兴。
5. VERB (到火车站、飞机场或公共汽车站)迎接
   If you meet someone off their train, plane, or bus, you go to the station, airport, or bus stop in order to be there when they arrive.
   1. Mama met me at the station...
      妈妈在车站接我。
   2. Lili and my father met me off the boat...
      莉莉和我父亲在码头迎接我。
   3. Kurt's parents weren't able to meet our plane so we took a taxi.
      库尔特的父母无法来接机，于是我们打了车。
6. VERB 会晤;开会
   When a group of people such as a committee meet, they gather together for a particular purpose.
   1. Officials from the two countries will meet again soon to resume negotiations...
      两国官员不久将再度会晤以重启谈判。
   2. The commission met 14 times between 1988 and 1991.
      1988至1991年间，该委员会举行了14次会议。
7. VERB (与…)会晤
   If you meet with someone, you have a meeting with them.
   1. Most of the lawmakers who met with the president yesterday said they backed the mission.
      大多数昨天与总统会晤的立法者说他们支持这个行动。
8. V-ERG 遭到;遇到;获得
   If something such as a suggestion, proposal, or new book meets with or is met with a particular reaction, it gets that reaction from people.
   1. The idea met with a cool response from various quarters...
      这个想法遭到了各方人士的冷遇。
   2. We hope today's offer will meet with your approval too...
      我们希望今天的提议也能够得到您的首肯。
   3. Reagan's speech was met with incredulity in the US.
      里根的演讲在美国遭到了质疑。
9. VERB 满足;达到
   If something meets a need, requirement, or condition, it is good enough to do what is required.
   1. The current arrangements for the care of severely mentally ill people are inadequate to meet their needs...
      目前对严重精神病患者的护理安排不足以满足他们的需要。
   2. Out of the original 23,000 applications, 16,000 candidates meet the entry requirements.
      最初的2.3万份申请中有1.6万份满足入选的要求。
10. VERB 对付;应对;克服
    If you meet something such as a problem or challenge, you deal with it satisfactorily or do what is required.
    1. British manufacturing failed to meet the crisis of the 1970s...
       英国制造业未能经受住20世纪70年代危机的考验。
    2. It is an enormous challenge but we hope to meet it within a year or 18 months...
       这是一个巨大的挑战，但是我们希望在1年或18个月之内能够战胜它。
    3. They had worked heroically to meet the deadline.
       为了如期完成任务，他们拼命地工作。
11. VERB 偿付;支付
    If you meet the cost of something, you provide the money that is needed for it.
    1. The government said it will help meet some of the cost of the damage...
       政府说将帮助支付损害造成的部分费用。
    2. As your income increases you will find less difficulty in finding the money to meet your monthly repayments.
       随着收入的增加，你会发现筹钱支付每月的还款没那么难了。
12. VERB 碰上，遇到，遭遇(情况、态度、问题等)
    If you meet a situation, attitude, or problem, you experience it or become aware of it.
    1. I honestly don't know how I will react the next time I meet a potentially dangerous situation...
       我真不知道下次再碰上有潜在危险的情况时会作何反应。
    2. Never had she met such spite and pettiness.
       她从未遭遇过如此恶毒和狭隘的事情。
13. VERB 获得(成功);遭到(失败)
    You can say that someone meets with success or failure when they are successful or unsuccessful.
    1. Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure...
       寻找平民志愿者的种种尝试都遭遇了令人难堪的失败。
    2. Efforts to commercialise the Russian space programme have met with little success.
       为使俄罗斯太空项目走向商业化而作出的种种努力几乎没有取得什么成功。
14. V-RECIP 和…接触;与…相碰
    When a moving object meets another object, it hits or touches it.
    1. You sense the stresses in the hull each time the keel meets the ground...
       每次龙骨触地的时候你都能感受到船体所受的压力。
    2. Nick's head bent slowly over hers until their mouths met.
       尼克慢慢向她低下头去，直到他们的嘴唇碰在了一起。
15. V-RECIP (目光)接触,相遇
    If your eyes meet someone else's, you both look at each other at the same time.
    1. Nina's eyes met her sisters' across the table...
       尼娜与桌子对面的姐妹们目光相遇。
    2. I found myself smiling back instinctively when our eyes met.
       我发现当我们的目光相遇时，我本能地还以微笑。
16. V-RECIP (两片区域,尤指两片陆地或海洋)相接，汇合,相邻
    If two areas meet, especially two areas of land or sea, they are next to one another.
    1. It is one of the rare places in the world where the desert meets the sea.
       世界上沙漠与大海相接的地方非常少见，这里就是一处。
    2. ...the southernmost point of South America where the Pacific and Atlantic oceans meet.
       南美洲最南端、太平洋与大西洋的汇合处
17. V-RECIP (两条线)相交，交叉
    The place where two lines meet is the place where they join together.
    1. Parallel lines will never meet no matter how far extended...
       无论延伸多长，平行线永不相交。
    2. The track widened as it met the road.
       小路在和公路相交的地方变宽了。
18. V-RECIP (两个运动员、球队或军队)比赛,较量,交锋
    If two sportsmen, teams, or armies meet, they compete or fight against one another.
    1. The two women will meet tomorrow in the final...
       这两位女选手将在明天的决赛里决一胜负。
    2. The unevenly matched armies met at Guilford on 15 March 1781...
       1781年3月15日，力量悬殊的两支队伍在吉尔福德狭路相逢。
    3. ...when England last met the Aussies in a cricket Test match.
       英格兰队上次在国际板球锦标赛中遭遇澳大利亚队时
19. N-COUNT 运动会
    A meet is an event in which athletes come to a particular place in order to take part in a race or races.
    1. John Pennel became the first person to pole-vault 17 ft., at a meet in Miami, Florida.
       约翰·佩内尔在佛罗里达迈阿密的一次运动会上成为撑竿越过17英尺的第一人。
20. (猎狐前猎人和猎犬的)集合
    A meet is when riders and dogs gather somewhere before they set off on a fox hunt.
21. PHRASE 迎着(或直视)(某人的)目光
    If you do not meet someone's eyes or meet someone's gaze, you do not look at them although they are looking at you, for example because you are ashamed.
    1. He hesitated, then shook his head, refusing to meet her eyes.
       他犹豫起来，然后摇摇头，避开了她的目光。
22. PHRASE （尤指因暴力或蹊跷）死去
    If someone meets their death or meets their end, they die, especially in a violent or suspicious way.
    1. Jacob Sinclair met his death at the hands of a soldier...
       雅各布·辛克莱在一名士兵的手里送了命。
    2. No one knows exactly how or where he met his end.
       没有人知道他究竟是如何或在何处丢掉性命的。
23. to make ends meet → see: end

1. I have just met the man I want to spend the rest of my life with
   我刚刚遇到了我想与之共度余生的男人。
2. He's the kindest and sincerest person I've ever met
   他是我所见过的最友善、最真诚的人。
3. We met by chance.
   我们是偶然相遇的。
4. We could meet for a drink after work
   下班后我们可以见面喝上一杯。
5. Meet me down at the beach tomorrow, at 6am sharp.
   明天早上6点整在海滩上跟我见面。
6. Hey, Terry, come and meet my Dad.
   嗨，特里，过来认识一下我爸爸。
7. 'Jennifer,' Miss Mallory said, 'this is Leigh Van-Voreen.' — 'Pleased to meet you,' Jennifer said
   “珍妮弗，”马洛里小姐说，“这位是利·范沃林。”——“见到您很高兴，”珍妮弗说。
8. I have to leave. Nice to have met you.
   我得走了。认识您很高兴。
9. Mama met me at the station
   妈妈在车站接我。
10. Lili and my father met me off the boat
    莉莉和我父亲在码头迎接我。
11. Kurt's parents weren't able to meet our plane so we took a taxi.
    库尔特的父母无法来接机，于是我们打了车。
12. Officials from the two countries will meet again soon to resume negotiations
    两国官员不久将再度会晤以重启谈判。
13. The commission met 14 times between 1988 and 1991.
    1988至1991年间，该委员会举行了14次会议。
14. Most of the lawmakers who met with the president yesterday said they backed the mission.
    大多数昨天与总统会晤的立法者说他们支持这个行动。
15. The idea met with a cool response from various quarters
    这个想法遭到了各方人士的冷遇。
16. We hope today's offer will meet with your approval too
    我们希望今天的提议也能够得到您的首肯。
17. Reagan's speech was met with incredulity in the US.
    里根的演讲在美国遭到了质疑。
18. The current arrangements for the care of severely mentally ill people are inadequate to meet their needs
    目前对严重精神病患者的护理安排不足以满足他们的需要。
19. British manufacturing failed to meet the crisis of the 1970s
    英国制造业未能经受住20世纪70年代危机的考验。
20. The government said it will help meet some of the cost of the damage
    政府说将帮助支付损害造成的部分费用。
21. I honestly don't know how I will react the next time I meet a potentially dangerous situation
    我真不知道下次再碰上有潜在危险的情况时会作何反应。
22. Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure
    寻找平民志愿者的种种尝试都遭遇了令人难堪的失败。
23. You sense the stresses in the hull each time the keel meets the ground
    每次龙骨触地的时候你都能感受到船体所受的压力。
24. Nina's eyes met her sisters 'across the table
    尼娜与桌子对面的姐妹们目光相遇。
25. It is one of the rare places in the world where the desert meets the sea.
    世界上沙漠与大海相接的地方非常少见，这里就是一处。
26. Parallel lines will never meet no matter how far extended
    无论延伸多长，平行线永不相交。
27. The two women will meet tomorrow in the final
    这两位女选手将在明天的决赛里决一胜负。
28. John Pennel became the first person to pole-vault 17 ft., at a meet in Miami, Florida.
    约翰·佩内尔在佛罗里达迈阿密的一次运动会上成为撑竿越过17英尺的第一人。
29. He hesitated, then shook his head, refusing to meet her eyes.
    他犹豫起来，然后摇摇头，避开了她的目光。
30. Jacob Sinclair met his death at the hands of a soldier
    雅各布·辛克莱在一名士兵的手里送了命。

meet up (with sb)

1. （按照安排）见面，会面
   to meet sb, especially by arrangement

meet with sb

1. 和某人会晤（商讨问题等）
   to meet sb, especially for discussions

meet with sth

1. 遭遇（某事）；受到某种对待
   to be received or treated by sb in a particular way
   1. Let's meet for a drink after work.
      下班后我们一起去喝一杯吧。
   2. We're meeting them outside the theatre at 7.
      我们7点钟在剧院外面和他们会合。
2. 经历，体验（不愉快的事）
   to experience sth unpleasant
   1. Will you meet me at the airport?
      你到机场接我好吗？
   2. The hotel bus meets all incoming flights.
      酒店有车在机场迎接各航班的旅客。
   3. I met him off the plane.
      他下飞机后我就接到了他。

meet sth with sth

1. （对某事）作出…反应；以…作为回应
   to react to sth in a particular way
   1. Where did you first meet your husband?
      你是在哪儿和你丈夫初次相识的？
   2. Pleased to meet you .
      见到你我很高兴。
   3. Nice meeting you .
      很高兴认识你。
   4. There's someone I want you to meet.
      我想介绍你认识一个人。
   5. I don't think we've met.
      我想我们没见过面吧。

v.

meet sb's eye(s)

• （和某人）对视，目光相遇
  if you meet sb's eye(s) , you look directly at them as they look at you; if two people's eyes meet , they look directly at each other
  1. She was afraid to meet my eye.
     她不敢正眼看我。
  2. Their eyes met across the crowded room.
     他们隔着拥挤的房间目光相遇了。
  3. She met his gaze without flinching.
     她毫不畏缩地与他对视。
• 呈现；显现
  if a sight meets your eyes , you see it
  1. A terrible sight met their eyes.
     一幅可怕的景象映入他们的眼帘。

meet sb halfway

• 和某人妥协；对某人作出让步
  to reach an agreement with sb by giving them part of what they want

meet your Maker

• 死；见上帝
  to die

there is more to sb/sth than meets the eye

• 某人（或物）比料想的更为复杂（或有趣）
  a person or thing is more complicated or interesting than you might think at first

make (both) ends meet

• 使收支相抵；勉强维持生计
  to earn just enough money to be able to buy the things you need
  1. Many families struggle to make ends meet.
     许多家庭只能勉强维持生计。

find/meet your match (in sb)

• 遇到对手；棋逢对手
  to meet sb who is equal to, or even better than you in strength, skill or intelligence

never the twain shall meet

• 二者永远合不到一起；泾渭分明；大相径庭
  used to say that two things are so different that they cannot exist together

noun

1. a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

   Synonym:    sports meeting

verb

1. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
   1. Princeton plays Yale this weekend
   2. Charlie likes to play Mary

   Synonym:    encounterplaytake on

2. fill or meet a want or need

   Synonym:    satisfyfillfulfillfulfil

3. be in direct physical contact with
   1. The two buildings touch
   2. Their hands touched
   3. The wire must not contact the metal cover
   4. The surfaces contact at this point

   Synonym:    touchadjoincontact

4. meet by design
   1. Can you meet me at the train station?

5. come together
   1. I'll probably see you at the meeting
   2. How nice to see you again!

   Synonym:    run intoencounterrun acrosscome acrosssee

6. undergo or suffer
   1. meet a violent death
   2. suffer a terrible fate

   Synonym:    suffer

7. collect in one place
   1. We assembled in the church basement
   2. Let's gather in the dining room

   Synonym:    gatherassembleforgatherforegather

8. get together socially or for a specific purpose

   Synonym:    get together

9. satisfy or fulfill
   1. meet a need
   2. this job doesn't match my dreams

   Synonym:    matchcope with

10. get to know
    1. I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!
    2. we met in Singapore

11. satisfy a condition or restriction
    1. Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?

    Synonym:    fitconform to

12. be adjacent or come together
    1. The lines converge at this point

    Synonym:    converge

13. experience as a reaction
    1. My proposal met with much opposition

    Synonym:    encounterreceive

adj

1. being precisely fitting and right
   1. it is only meet that she should be seated first

   Synonym:    fitting