television
UK ['tel.ɪ.vɪʒ.ən/ UK [ˌ--'--] US [-ə-] (also TV) (UK informal telly)
noun countable or uncountable
ESSENTIAL
■a device shaped like a box with a screen which receives electrical signals and changes them into moving images and sound, or the method or business of sending images and sound by electrical signals 电视机；电视；电视广播业•a colour/black-and-white television彩色／黑白电视机 •Could you turn the television down?你把电视声音调小点好吗？ •It's one of the few television programmes that I always make a point of watching.这是我一直坚持看的少数几个电视节目之一。 •Is there anything interesting on television tonight?今晚有甚么好看的电视节目吗？ •Clare has worked in television since she left college.克莱尔大学毕业后一直在电视业界工作。 •Your problem is that you watch too much television.你的问题在于电视看得太多。
UK ['tel.ɪ.vɪʒ.ən/ UK [ˌ--'--] US [-ə-] (also TV) (UK informal telly)
noun countable or uncountable
Common Learner Errors televisionRemember: the most usual preposition to use with television is on :Don't say 'in/at television', say on television :What's on television tonight? |