experience
noun
uk/ɪkˈspɪə.ri.əns/us/ɪkˈspɪr.i.əns/B1[U]
(theprocessof getting)knowledgeorskillfrom doing,seeing, orfeelingthings:
经验;经历;实践Do you have any experienceofworkingwithkids?(= Have youeverworkedwith them?)你有照看孩子的工作经验吗?
Thebestway tolearnisbyexperience(= by doing things).最好的学习方式是在实践中学习。
Iknowfromexperience thatTonyneverkeepshispromises.经验告诉我,托尼从不会信守诺言。
I don'tthinkshe has the experienceforthejob(= enoughknowledgeandskillfor it).我认为做这种工作她经验不足。
In myexperience,peoplegenerallysmileback if yousmileat them.据我的经验,如果你对别人微笑,他们一般也会对你微笑的。
The experienceofpain(= whatpainfeelslike)variesfrom onepersonto another.对疼痛的感觉因人而异。
B1[C]
something thathappensto you thataffectshow youfeel:
经历;阅历I had aprettyunpleasantexperience at the dentist's.我看牙医有一次很不愉快的经历。
It wasinterestinghearingabout his experiences as apoliceman.听他讲当警察时的那些经历很有意思。
I didmeethimonceand it was an experience I shall neverforget.我的确跟他见过一面,那是我永生难忘的一段经历。
[C]
the way that somethinghappensand how it makes youfeel:
They go out oftheirway to makesureyou have agreatdiningexperience.
Aspokesmanfor thecompanysaid that it wascommittedtoimprovingthecustomerexperience.
- Fighting in Vietnam was an experience that wouldhaunthim for therestof hislife.
- The newjobwillprovideyou withinvaluableexperience.
- We need someone who has experience inmarketingandteaching, and IthinkAlex is just the woman for thejob.
- AtourofAustraliais aonce-in-a-lifetimeexperience.
- Iknowfrom past experience that you can'tjudgesomeone bytheirappearance.
Knowledge and awareness
- acquaintance
- alertness
- as every schoolboy/schoolchild knowsidiom
- astuteness
- at/in the back ofyourmindidiom
- general knowledge
- gnostic
- grounding
- have a nodding acquaintance withsomeone/somethingidiom
- have a passing/slight/nodding acquaintance withsomethingidiom
- metacognition
- nescience
- nescient
- nod
- offsomeone'sradaridiom
- omniscience
- sensibility
- street smarts
- theory of mind
- witting
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Experiencing and suffering
Grammar
Experienceorexperiment?
We use experience as a verb when something happens to us, or we feel it. It is rather formal:…Idiom
put it down to experience
experience
verb[T]
uk/ɪkˈspɪə.ri.əns/us/ɪkˈspɪr.i.əns/B1
If you experience something, ithappensto you, or youfeelit:
经历;体会到,感受到We experienced a lot ofdifficultyinsellingourhouse.我们卖房子几经周折。
Newcompaniesoften experience alossintheirfirst fewyears.新公司在刚起步的几年中经常亏损。
It was theworstpainI'deverexperienced.那是我一辈子经受过的最剧烈的疼痛。
- Did you experience anyilleffectsfrom thetreatment?
- It'squitenaturalto experience a fewdoubtsjust before you getmarried.
- You can'tappreciatethetrueawfulnessofwaruntil you'veactuallyexperienced it.
- Schoolsnationwideare experiencing ashortageofteachers.
- He experiencesseveremoodswings.
Experiencing and suffering
- (straight) from the horse's mouthidiom
- afflict
- affliction
- almost/nearly die ofsomethingidiom
- be a martyr tosomethingidiom
- be a victim ofyourown successidiom
- bear
- count
- get the short end of the stickidiom
- go through
- grip
- hands-on
- hitsomeonewheretheyliveidiom
- horse
- ride
- seat-of-the-pants
- see lifeidiom
- stricken
- survive
- taste
Grammar
Experienceorexperiment?
We use experience as a verb when something happens to us, or we feel it. It is rather formal:…