You use field to describe work or study that is done in a real, natural environment rather than in a theoretical way or in controlled conditions.
I also conducted a field study among the boys about their attitude to relationships.
我也实地调查了男生对于人际关系的态度。
fields
A field is an area of grass, for example, in a park or on a farm. A field is also an area of land on which a crop is grown.
a field of wheat.
一片麦田。
A sports field is an area of grass where sports are played.
a football field.
一个足球场。
He was the fastest thing I ever saw on a baseball field.
他是我见过的在棒球场上跑得最快的家伙。
A field is an area of land or sea bed under which large amounts of a particular mineral have been found.
an extensive natural gas field in Alaska.
阿拉斯加的一个巨大的天然气田。
A magnetic, gravitational, or electric field is the area in which that particular force is strong enough to have an effect.
Some people are worried that electromagnetic fields from electric power lines could increase the risk of cancer.
一些人担心电源线的电磁场可能增加患癌症的风险。
A particular field is a particular subject of study or type of activity.
Each of the authors of the tapes is an expert in his field.
这些磁带的每一位作者都是其领域内的专家。
Exciting artistic breakthroughs have recently occurred in the fields of painting, sculpture and architecture.
最近,在绘画、雕塑和建筑领域出现了激动人心的艺术突破。
A field is an area of a computer's memory or a program where data can be entered, edited, or stored.
Go to a site like Yahoo! Finance and enter 'AOL' in the Get Quotes field.
登录雅虎财经这样的网站,在报价栏输入“AOL”。
Your field of vision or your visual field is the area that you can see without turning your head.
Our field of vision is surprisingly wide.
我们的视野意想不到地广阔。
The field is a way of referring to all the competitors taking part in a particular race or sports contest.
Going into the fourth lap, the two most broadly experienced riders led the field.
进入第四圈时,那两名经验最丰富的骑手领先。
in the field
Work or study that is done in the field is done in a real, natural environment rather than in a theoretical way or in controlled conditions.
The zoo is doing major conservation work, both in captivity and in the field.
无论在笼内还是在野外,动物园在动物保护方面都承担了主要的工作。
passing on the skills they had learned in the field.
传授他们在实地学习的技巧。
mutations when studied in the laboratory or in the field.
在实验室或实地研究时的变化。
fields , fielding , fielded
In a game of baseball or cricket, the team that is fielding is trying to catch the ball, while the other team is trying to hit it.
When we are fielding, the umpires keep looking at the ball.
我们在防守时,裁判们都盯紧了球。
If you say that someone fields a question, you mean that they answer it or deal with it, usually successfully.
He was later shown on television, fielding questions.
他后来在电视上露了面,回答那些问题。
If a sports team fields a particular number or type of players, the players are chosen to play for the team on a particular occasion.
We're going to field an exciting and younger team.
我们将选派一支令人振奋的较年轻的队伍上场。
If a candidate in an election is representing a political party, you can say that the party is fielding that candidate.
put up
There are signs that the new party aims to field candidates in elections scheduled for February next year.
有迹象表明,该新党计划为明年2月的选举提名候选人。