peer
UK [pɪər] US [pɪr] verb intransitive usually + adverb or preposition
ADVANCED
■to look carefully or with difficulty 仔细看，端详；费力地看•When no one answered the door, she peered through the window to see if anyone was there.没有人开门，她就费力地透过窗户往里望去，看是否有人在。 •The driver was peering into the distance trying to read the road sign.司机费力地看着远方，想要看清路标。
UK [pɪər] US [pɪr] noun countable
EQUAL 平等的
ADVANCED
■a person who is the same age or has the same social position or the same abilities as other people in a group 同龄人；同辈；同侪；同等社会地位（或能力）的人•Do you think it's true that teenage girls are less self-confident than their male peers?你是否认为十几岁的女孩子不如同年龄的男孩子自信？ •He wasn't a great scholar, but as a teacher he had few peers (= not as many people had the same ability as him).他算不上伟大的学者，但作为教师没有几个人能与他相提并论。
UK [pɪər] US [pɪr] noun countable
HIGH RANK 很高的地位
■in Britain, a person who has a high social position and any of a range of titles, including baron , earl and duke , or a life peer 贵族•a hereditary peer世袭贵族 •a Conservative peer保守党贵族 |