performance
UK [pə'fɔ:.mənts] US [pɚ'fɔ:r-] noun
DO 做
ESSENTIAL countable or uncountable
■how well a person, machine, etc. does a piece of work or an activity 工作情况；业绩；表现；工作性能•Some athletes take drugs to improve their performance.有些运动员为了提升表现而服用药物。 •High- performance (= Fast, powerful and easy to control) cars are the most expensive.性能卓越的汽车价格最高。 •This was a very impressive performance by the young player, who scored 12 points within the first 10 minutes.那位年轻球员的表现十分出色，在开赛10分钟内就得了12分。
UK [pə'fɔ:.mənts] US [pɚ'fɔ:r-] noun
ENTERTAINMENT 娱乐
IMPROVER countable
■the action of entertaining other people by dancing, singing, acting or playing music 表演，演出•a performance of Arthur Miller's play, 'The Crucible'上演的亚瑟•米勒的戏剧《激情年代》 •She gave a superb performance as Lady Macbeth.她出色地扮演了马克白夫人。 a performance mainly UK informal
■an action or type of behaviour that involves a lot of attention to detail or to small matters that are not important 麻烦，苦差事•Cleaning the oven is such a performance.清理烤箱真是一件苦差。 •What a performance! Please stop shouting!成何体统！请别再大喊大叫了！ a repeat performance
■when an event or a situation happens again 再次发生；重演•The police hope to avoid a repeat performance of last year, when the festivities turned into rioting.警方希望避免去年庆典演变成暴动的事件再次发生。 |