graft
UK [grɑ:ft] US [græft] noun
PIECE 切片
countable
■a piece of healthy skin or bone cut from one part of a person's body and used to repair another damaged part, or a piece cut from one living plant and fixed to another plant so that it grows there 移植的皮肤（或骨骼）；嫁接用的枝条（或芽）•He has had a skin graft on his badly burned arm.他的肩膀严重烧伤，已经进行了植皮手术。
UK [grɑ:ft] US [græft] noun
WORK 工作
uncountable UK informal
■work 工作•I've never been afraid of hard graft.我从来就不怕做繁重的工作。
UK [grɑ:ft] US [græft] noun
INFLUENCE 影响
uncountable mainly US
■the act of getting money or advantage through the dishonest use of political power and influence （滥用政治权力进行的）贪污，受贿，以权谋私•The whole government was riddled with graft, bribery, and corruption.政府内到处充斥着以权谋私、行贿受贿和贪污腐败的行为。
UK [grɑ:ft] US [græft] verb
ADD PIECE 加入片块
transitive
■to take and put in place a graft 移植（皮肤、骨等）；嫁接•Skin was removed from her leg and grafted on/onto her face.从她的腿上取下皮肤移植到了她的脸上。 transitive
■to join or add something new 使紧密结合；将（新的事物）移植于•The management tried unsuccessfully to graft new working methods onto the existing ways of doing things.管理阶层试图将新的工作方法和现有的经营方式相结合，但是并未成功。
UK [grɑ:ft] US [græft] verb
WORK 工作
intransitive UK informal
■to work hard 卖力工作•It was very sad that after spending all those years grafting (away),he died so soon after he retired.他拼命工作了那么多年，可刚退休就去世了，真是让人伤感。 |