chime

pronunciation

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  • vt.& vi.
    敲出和谐的乐声
    报时
    机械地重复
    合节奏
  • n.
    合奏钟声,钟乐
    谐音,韵律
    和谐
    [航]甲板上的沟

Word Origin

chime 报钟

来自拉丁词cymbalum,词源同cymbal.

Example

1. Such moves seem to chime with early public-opinion polls .
这样的行动似乎和早期的民意调查相一致。
2. But the views of asian governments do not always chime with those of their public .
但亚洲各国政府的观点并不总是与民众一致。
3. His observations chime with a trend in british classrooms to cut back on traditional teaching and to personalise learning .
他的观察与英国课堂的趋势一致,就是缩减传统教育,开始个性化的学习。
4. That could mean that the margin of spare resources is not that large , which would chime with surveys of businesses .
这意味着闲置资源的作用可能没有那么大,这点和一些商业调查的结果一致。
5. The house republicans , whose views chime with those of barack obama 's administration , are only echoing much of us business .
与奥巴马政府观点一致的美国共和党众议员,只是代表了部分美国企业的态度。

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