system
noun
uk/ˈsɪs.təm/us/ˈsɪs.təm/systemnoun(SET)
B1[C]
a set ofconnectedthings ordevicesthatoperatetogether:
(协同工作的)系统acentralheatingsystem中央供暖系统
B1[C]
a set ofcomputerequipmentandprogramsused together for aparticularpurpose:
(计算机)系统The systemkeepscrashingand no one isabletofigureout why.系统老是崩溃,谁也不知道是为什么。
C2[C]
a set oforgansorstructuresin thebodythat have aparticularpurpose:
(人体的)系统theimmunesystem免疫系统
thenervoussystem神经系统
[C]
the way that thebodyworks,especiallythe way that itdigestsfoodandpassesoutwasteproducts:
人体的活动方式(尤指消化和排泄方式)Arunin themorningis good for the system - itwakesthebodyup and gets everything going.晨跑对身体很好——它能唤醒整个身体,使各个部分运转起来。
- Hotwatercirculatesthrough theheatingsystem.
- Thereappearsto be aproblemwith the patient'srespiratorysystem.
- Aheavyfallofsnowhaddisruptedthe city'stransportsystem.
- Theaccidentwascausedby thefailureof the reactor'scoolingsystem.
- Drink a lot ofwatertoflushthetoxinsout ofyoursystem.
Classifying and creating order
- alphabetize
- anti-hierarchical
- arrange
- arrangement
- arranger
- array
- bracket
- misclassification
- misclassify
- miscode
- mislabel
- misorder
- nest
- set out
- setsomethingup
- shake
- shakesomeonedown
- short-list
- shortlist
- tick
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Substances & structures in the body
The body
systemnoun(METHOD)
B2[C]
a way of doing things:
方法,方式;体制,制度We'll have todevelopabetterfilingsystem.我们必须设计出一套适当的归档方法。
Underthis system, manypeoplewerepreventedfromvoting.在这一体制下,很多人无法投票。
Thelegalsystemoperatesverydifferentlyin the US andBritain.美国和英国的法制体系相去甚远。
B2[C]
aparticularmethodofcounting,measuring, orweighingthings:
(计算或度量衡)体系themetricsystem ofmeasuringandweighing公制度量体系
[U]approving
theintentionalandorganizeduse of a system:
条理,体系There doesn'tseemto be any system to thebookson theseshelves- they'recertainlynot inalphabeticalorder.这些架子上的书摆放得似乎没有任何条理——它们肯定不是按字母顺序放置的。
the systemdisapproving
unfairlawsandrulesthatpreventpeoplefrom beingabletoimprovetheirsituation:
(不公平的)法律规定,现行体制,现有制度He has his ownwaysofbeatingthe system, makingsurethat he has goodrelationshipswithinfluentialpeople.他对付当前的制度自有一套办法,就是和有权有势的人搞好关系。
- After thetrial, hisfamilysaid they hadlostallfaithin thejudicialsystem.
- Pregnant women areexemptfromdentalchargesunder thecurrenthealthsystem.
- Do youunderstandthe system ofclassificationused inornithology?
- Thepresentvotingsystemdistortsthewishesof theelectorate.
- Thepresenttaxsystempenalizespoorpeople.
Ways of achieving things
- actively
- another
- approach
- avenue
- bases
- basis
- device
- formula
- media
- method
- methodological
- methodologically
- methodology
- strategy
- styleless
- stylistic
- stylistically
- technique
- thus
- vehicle
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Classifying and creating order
Measuring & weighing
Rules & laws
Idiom
getsomethingout ofyoursystem