2020-08-18

[soraliu]

encounter
/inˈkoun(t)ər/

verb
    unexpectedly experience or be faced with (something difficult or hostile).
        - "we have encountered one small problem"
    Synonyms: experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, come up against, face, be faced with, confront, be forced to contend with

noun
    an unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something.
    Synonyms: meeting, chance meeting, brush, rendezvous, contact

Synonyms
    verb
        - meet, meet by chance, run into, run across, come across, come upon, stumble across, stumble on, chance on, happen on
        - run against
        - bump into
        - experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, come up against, face, be faced with, confront, be forced to contend with

    noun
        - run-in, set-to, dust-up, scrap, afters
        - rencounter
        - meeting, chance meeting, brush, rendezvous, contact
        - battle, fight, clash, conflict, confrontation, engagement, skirmish, brush

Examples
    - his close encounter with death

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modification
/ˌmädəfəˈkāSH(ə)n/

noun
    the action of modifying something.
        - "the parts supplied should fit with little or no modification"
    Synonyms: softening, moderation, tempering, qualification, restriction, lessening, reduction, decrease, diminishing, lowering, abatement, mitigation

Synonyms
    noun
        - alteration, adjustment, change, adaptation, improvement, refinement, revision, recasting, reshaping, refashioning, restyling, revamping, reworking, remodelling, remolding, reconstruction, reorganization, variation, conversion, transformation, tailoring, customization
        - softening, moderation, tempering, qualification, restriction, lessening, reduction, decrease, diminishing, lowering, abatement, mitigation
        - revision, refinement, variation, improvement, amendment, adaptation, adjustment, change, alteration

Examples
    - the parts supplied should fit with little or no modification

[soraliu]

Label issues and pull requests for new contributors

标记问题并请求新贡献者
(Biāojì wèntí bìng qǐngqiú xīn gòngxiàn zhě)

Translations of Label issues and pull requests for new contributors
[ English -> 简体中文 ]

Label issues and pull requests for new contributors
    标记问题并请求新贡献者, 标签问题和新的贡献者引入请求

[soraliu]

mice
/mīs/

See also
    mouse

[soraliu]

keen

 to

 learn

敏锐

至

学习
(Mǐnruì

zhì

xuéxí)

Translations of keen

 to

 learn
[ English -> 简体中文 ]

keen
    敏锐, 热衷

to
    至, 到, 于

learn
    学习, 学, 学会

[soraliu]

mechanism
/ˈmekəˌnizəm/

noun
    a system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery.
        - "the gunner injured his arm in the turret mechanism"
    Synonyms: machinery, workings, works, movement, motion, action, gear, gears, wheels, components, motor, engine, power source

    a natural or established process by which something takes place or is brought about.
        - "we have no mechanism for assessing the success of forwarded inquiries"
    Synonyms: procedure, process, system, operation, method, technique, workings, means, medium, agency, channel, channels, vehicle, structure

    the doctrine that all natural phenomena, including life and thought, allow mechanical explanation by physics and chemistry.

Synonyms
    noun
        - procedure, process, system, operation, method, technique, workings, means, medium, agency, channel, channels, vehicle, structure
        - apparatus, machine, appliance, tool, device, implement, utensil, instrument, contraption, contrivance, gadget, tackle, structure, system
        - gizmo
        - innards, guts
        - machinery, workings, works, movement, motion, action, gear, gears, wheels, components, motor, engine, power source

Examples
    - his Irma La Douce is a musical based on the farce mechanism

    - the mechanism by which genes build bodies

    - the gunner injured his arm in the turret mechanism

    - we have no mechanism for assessing the success of forwarded inquiries

[soraliu]

geographic

geographic

[soraliu]

knock
/näk/

noun
    a sudden short sound caused by a blow, especially on a door to attract attention or gain entry.
    Synonyms: tap, rap, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, knocking, bang, banging, beating, pounding, hammering, drumming, thump, thud

    a blow or collision.
        - "the casing is tough enough to withstand knocks"
    Synonyms: clip, clout, wallop, thwack, belt, bash

    a critical comment.
    Synonyms: criticism, disparagement, stricture, fault-finding, denigration, censure, reproach, reproval, condemnation, lambasting, slamming, panning, slagging off, rubbishing, slating, flak, brickbats

verb
    strike a surface noisily to attract attention, especially when waiting to be let in through a door.
        - "I knocked on the kitchen door"
    Synonyms: bang, tap, rap, thump, pound, hammer, strike, hit, beat, batter, buffet, pummel

    collide with (someone or something), giving them a hard blow.
        - "he knocked into an elderly man"
    Synonyms: bash into

    talk disparagingly about; criticize.
    Synonyms: criticize, find fault with, run down, disparage, belittle, depreciate, deprecate, detract from, give a bad press to, cast aspersions on, scoff at, deride, jeer at, carp at, cavil at, lambaste, censure, condemn, denounce, revile, attack, slam, pan, bash, pull to pieces, pull apart, pick holes in, maul, savage, flay, throw brickbats at, shoot down, give something a battering, talk something down, have a go at, bad-mouth, slate, rubbish, slag off, trash, pummel, bag

Synonyms
    noun
        - criticism, disparagement, stricture, fault-finding, denigration, censure, reproach, reproval, condemnation, lambasting, slamming, panning, slagging off, rubbishing, slating, flak, brickbats
        - bump, blow, bang, striking, beating, jolt, jar, jarring, shock, collision, crash, smash, impact
        - setback, reversal, reverse of fortune, rebuff, rejection, defeat, failure, difficulty, misfortune, bad luck, stroke of bad luck, mishap, bad experience, blow, body blow, disaster, calamity, disappointment, grief, sorrow, trouble, hardship
        - clip, clout, wallop, thwack, belt, bash
        - tap, rap, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, knocking, bang, banging, beating, pounding, hammering, drumming, thump, thud
        - kick in the teeth, one in the eye, whammy
        - blow, bang, stroke, hit, slap, smack, crack, buffet, punch, cuff, thump, box

    verb
        - bash, thwack
        - criticize, find fault with, run down, disparage, belittle, depreciate, deprecate, detract from, give a bad press to, cast aspersions on, scoff at, deride, jeer at, carp at, cavil at, lambaste, censure, condemn, denounce, revile, attack, slam, pan, bash, pull to pieces, pull apart, pick holes in, maul, savage, flay, throw brickbats at, shoot down, give something a battering, talk something down, have a go at, bad-mouth, slate, rubbish, slag off, trash, pummel, bag
        - bump, bang, hit, strike, crack, injure, hurt, damage, bruise
        - bang, tap, rap, thump, pound, hammer, strike, hit, beat, batter, buffet, pummel
        - collide with, bump into, bang into, knock against, hit, strike, be in collision with, run into, crash into, smash into, plow into, slam into, dash against, ram, jolt, impact
        - bash into

Examples
    - he suggests we knock a hole through the wall into the broom closet

    - the region's industries have taken a severe knock

[soraliu]

coordinate

verb
    bring the different elements of (a complex activity or organization) into a relationship that will ensure efficiency or harmony.
        - "he had responsibility for coordinating Chicago's transportation services"
    Synonyms: concert

    form a coordinate bond to (an atom or molecule).
        - "the sodium atom is coordinated to two oxygen atoms"

noun
    each of a group of numbers used to indicate the position of a point, line, or plane.

    matching items of clothing.

adjective
    equal in rank or importance.
        - "cross references in the catalog link subjects that may be coordinate"

    denoting a type of covalent bond in which one atom provides both the shared electrons.

Synonyms
    verb
        - gang up
        - cooperate, collaborate, work together, work side by side, act together, act jointly, pull together, band together, come together, get together, join forces, team up, unite, combine, merge, amalgamate, pool resources, club together, make common cause, form an alliance, liaise, conspire, connive, collude, work hand in glove
        - blend, blend in, fit in, harmonize, go, go well, go together, be compatible, be in tune, match, suit, complement, set off
        - harmonize, correlate, interrelate, synchronize, bring together, fit together, mesh, dovetail, organize, arrange, order, systematize
        - concert
        - coact

Examples
    - cross references in the catalog link subjects that may be coordinate

    - you will coordinate with consultants and other departments on a variety of projects

    - the stud fastenings are colored to coordinate with the shirt

[soraliu]

mechanism
/ˈmekəˌnizəm/

noun
    a system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery.
        - "the gunner injured his arm in the turret mechanism"
    Synonyms: machinery, workings, works, movement, motion, action, gear, gears, wheels, components, motor, engine, power source

    a natural or established process by which something takes place or is brought about.
        - "we have no mechanism for assessing the success of forwarded inquiries"
    Synonyms: procedure, process, system, operation, method, technique, workings, means, medium, agency, channel, channels, vehicle, structure

    the doctrine that all natural phenomena, including life and thought, allow mechanical explanation by physics and chemistry.

Synonyms
    noun
        - procedure, process, system, operation, method, technique, workings, means, medium, agency, channel, channels, vehicle, structure
        - apparatus, machine, appliance, tool, device, implement, utensil, instrument, contraption, contrivance, gadget, tackle, structure, system
        - gizmo
        - innards, guts
        - machinery, workings, works, movement, motion, action, gear, gears, wheels, components, motor, engine, power source

Examples
    - the gunner injured his arm in the turret mechanism

    - the mechanism by which genes build bodies

    - his Irma La Douce is a musical based on the farce mechanism

    - we have no mechanism for assessing the success of forwarded inquiries