新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

name

英 [neɪm]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

names
1. [C 可数名词] 名字
The name of a person, place, or thing is the word or group of words that is used to identify them.
双语例句
例：
'What's his name?'—'Peter.'
“他叫什么名字？” “彼得。”
例：
I don't even know if Sullivan's his real name.
我甚至不知道沙利文是不是他的真名。
2. [C 可数名词] 名声
You can refer to the reputation of a person or thing as their name.
近义词
reputation
双语例句
例：
He had a name for good judgement.
他以判断力强著称。
3. [C 可数名词] 名人 , 红人
You can refer to someone as, for example, a famous name or a great name when they are well known.
近义词
star
双语例句
例：
some of the most famous names in modelling and show business.
模特界和演艺界的一些大人物。

PHRASE. 习语

in someone's name , in the name of someone
1. 在…的名下
If something is in someone's name, it officially belongs to them or is reserved for them.
双语例句
例：
The house is in my husband's name.
这所房子在我丈夫名下。
2. 代表
If someone does something in the name of a group of people, they do it as the representative of that group.
双语例句
例：
In the United States the majority governs in the name of the people.
在美国，多数派代表民众执政。
in the name of something
1. 为了（理想或抽象的事物）
If you do something in the name of an ideal or an abstract thing, you do it in order to preserve or promote that thing.
双语例句
例：
one of those rare occasions in history when a political leader risked his own power in the name of the greater public good.
历史上少有的政治领袖为了更大的公众利益而敢冒丢官弃职风险的例子之一。
by name
1. 用名字（提到或称呼）
When you mention someone or something by name, or address someone by name, you use their name.
双语例句
例：
When he walks down 131st Street, he greets most people he sees by name.
当他沿第131大街走着的时候，他跟碰到的大多数人打招呼时直接叫他们的名字。
by name , by the name of something
1. 名叫…的
You can use by name or by the name of when you are saying what someone is called.
双语例句
例：
In 1911 he met up with a young Australian by the name of Harry Busteed.
1911年，他与一个叫哈里·巴斯蒂德的年轻澳大利亚人会了面。
call someone names
1. 谩骂
If someone calls you names, they insult you by saying unpleasant things to you or about you.
双语例句
例：
At my last school they called me names because I was so slow.
在上一所学校，他们骂过我，因为我反应太慢。
make a name for oneself , make one's name
1. 使某人出名
If you make a name for yourself or make your name as something, you become well known for that thing.
双语例句
例：
She was beginning to make a name for herself as a portrait photographer.
她开始成为一个小有名气的肖像摄影师。

VERB. 动词

names , naming , named
1. [T 及物动词] 给…取名
When you name someone or something, you give them a name, usually at the beginning of their life.
双语例句
例：
My mother insisted on naming me Horace.
我母亲执意给我取名叫霍勒斯。
例：
a man named John T. Benson.
一个名叫约翰·T·本森的男子。
2. [T 及物动词] 以（某人或某物的名字）命名
If you name someone or something after another person or thing, you give them the same name as that person or thing.
双语例句
例：
Why haven't you named any of your sons after yourself?
为什么你没用你的名字给你的任何一个儿子命名呢？
3. [T 及物动词] 说出…的名称
If you name someone, you identify them by stating their name.
双语例句
例：
It's nearly thirty years since a journalist was jailed for refusing to name a source.
一名记者因拒绝说出消息提供者的名字而入狱已近三十年了。
4. [T 及物动词] 提出（价格、时间或地点等）
If you name something such as a price, time, or place, you say what you want it to be.
近义词
state
双语例句
例：
Call Marty, tell him to name his price.
给马蒂打电话，让他开个价。
5. [T 及物动词] 提名
If you name the person for a particular job, you say who you want to have the job.
双语例句
例：
The chief executive has named a finance director.
执行总裁已经提名了一位财务总监。
例：
When the chairman of Campbell's retired, McGovern was named as his successor.
坎贝尔公司的董事长退休时，麦戈文被被提名为其继任者。