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  • Derivatives : n  expresser ; adj  expresible
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

express [ɪks'prεs]
  1. 1. vt. [+idea] [ view] [ concern] 表达
  2. 2. vt. [+quantity] [ number] expressed as a percentage/fraction {etc} 用百分比/分数{等}表示
  3. 3. adjective [+command] [ wishes etc] (clear) 明确
  4. 4. adjective [+purpose] [ intention] (deliberate) 专门
  5. 5. adjective [+service] [ mail] 特快的
  6. 6. noun [c] (train,coach) 快车
  7. 7. adverb [send+] 快递
    to express o.s.
    表达自己的意思
    how does this attitude express itself?
    这个态度如何体现出?

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

express [ɪkˈspres]
  1. 1. vt. 表达表示表露
    Older people were more likely to express satisfaction.
    老年人喜欢表达满足感
  2. 2. vt. 说出,用语言表达
    My mother expressed her disappointment after I lied to her.
    我向她撒谎母亲说她很失望
    She expressed her anger.
    表达她的愤怒
  3. 3. vt. 传达表现展示
    He expressed a lot of anger towards the pushy salesperson.
    他对那些锲而不舍销售人员表现愤怒
  4. 4. vt. 用……表示
    A transition is too rapid to be expressed by a sequence of symbols.
    过渡太快,一系列符号并不能表示
    Can you express this distance in kilometers?
    你能用千米表示这段距离吗?
  5. 5. vt. 表现出,显现
    He expresses a lot of the same traits his father had as a child.
    作为一个孩子,他表现许多父亲相似的特征
    Many of the laboratory animals express the trait.
    许多实验室动物表现出这种特性
  6. 6. vt. 榨出,提取
    The juice was expressed from the machine.
    果汁机器里被榨出来
    Italians express coffee rather than filter it.
    意大利人压榨咖啡,而不是过滤咖啡
  7. 7. vt. 把……用快递寄出
    I'll express all of the photographs to you.
    我会把所有照片快递给你。
    She expressed the letter to Florida.
    通过快件方式把这封信寄往佛罗里达。
  8. 8. adjective 明确的直白
    Many software companies make an express provision for the user to make one back up copy.
    许多软件公司明文规定要求用户进行一次副本备份
    her express wish
    明确的希望
  9. 9. adjective 直达的特快的
    The express train was the only way I could get back home on time.
    乘坐直达车是我能准时回家的唯一途径
  10. 10. adverb 快递方式,快运地
    I had to send it by express if I wanted it to get there in time for her birthday.
    如果希望它能在她生日之时及时到达,我必须快递方式将它寄出去
    Please send the letter express.
    请把这封信用快递寄出
  11. 11. n.[c] 急件快递邮件
    Important documents will be sent by express.
    重要文件会以快递寄出
  12. 12. n.[c] 快车高速列车
    We will take the express back to Chicago.
    我们会乘快车返回芝加哥
    He caught the express to New York.
    赶上了去纽约快车
  13. 13. n.[u] 快运服务快递服务
    We clearly have to pay a lot more for express.
    我们显然必须快递支付更多费用

Collins English-English Dictionary

express [ɪk'sprεs]
  1. 1. n express train a fast train stopping at none or only a few of the intermediate stations between its two termini
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to transform (ideas) into words; utter; verbalize
  3. 3. vt. to show or reveal; indicate
    tears express grief
  4. 4. vt. to communicate (emotion, etc) without words, as through music, painting, etc
  5. 5. vt. to indicate through a symbol, formula, etc
  6. 6. vt. to force or squeeze out
    to express the juice from an orange
  7. 7. vt. to send by rapid transport or special messenger
  8. 8. adj [prenominal] clearly indicated or shown; explicitly stated
    an express wish
  9. 9. adj done or planned for a definite reason or goal; particular
    an express purpose
  10. 10. adj of, concerned with, or designed for rapid transportation of people, merchandise, mail, money, etc
    express delivery
    an express depot
  11. 11. n a system for sending merchandise, mail, money, etc, rapidly
  12. 12. n merchandise, mail, etc, conveyed by such a system
  13. 13. n [chiefly US and Canadian] an enterprise operating such a system
  14. 14. n See express rifle
  15. 15. adv by means of a special delivery or express delivery
    it went express
  16. 16. adv [Etymology] C14: from Latin expressus, literally: squeezed out, hence, prominent, from exprimere to force out, from ex-1 + premere to press

Examples

his express reason for going
他走的具体原因
an express train
特别快车
an express bullet
快速弹丸
She is the express image of her aunt.
她酷似她姨母。
Words cannot express how happy I am.
千言万语也表达不出我的喜悦之情。

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