encounter
encounter 英 [ɪnˈkaʊntə(r)] 美 [ɛnˈkaʊntɚ]
v. 遭遇，邂逅；遇到 n. 遭遇，偶然碰见
进行时:encountering 过去式:encountered 过去分词:encountered 第三人称单数:encounters 名词复数:encounters
- If you run into that cute guy (or girl) from the local deli when you’re at the grocery store and you stop to chat, you’ve just had an encounter, which is a casual meeting, often resulting by chance.
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- v. 遭遇，邂逅；遇到
- n. 遭遇，偶然碰见
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1. We encountered a number of difficulties in the first week.
我们在第一周遇到了一些困难。
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2. She was the most remarkable woman he had ever encountered.
她是他所见到过的最出色的女性。
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3. Three of them were killed in the subsequent encounter with the police.
他们中有三个人后来在与警察的冲突中被杀死。
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4. I've had a number of close encounters with bad drivers.
我好几次都与技术不佳的司机相遇。
- encounter (n.) c. 1300, "meeting of adversaries, confrontation," from Old French encontre "meeting; fight; opportunity" (12c.), noun use of preposition/adverb encontre "against, counter to" from Late Latin incontra "in front of," from Latin in- "in" (from PIE root *en "in") + contra "against" (see contra (prep., adv.)). Modern use of the word in psychology is from 1967, from the work of U.S. psychologist Carl Rogers. Encounter group attested from 1967.
- encounter (v.) c. 1300, "to meet as an adversary," from Old French encontrer "meet, come across; confront, fight, oppose," from encontre "a meeting; a fight; opportunity" (12c.), noun use of preposition/adverb encontre "against, counter to" from Late Latin incontra "in front of," from Latin in- "in" (from PIE root *en "in") + contra "against" (see contra). Weakened sense of "meet casually or unexpectedly" first recorded in English early 16c. Related: Encountered; encountering.
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