umbrella
[ʌm'brel.ə] noun countable
DEVICE 器具
ADVANCED
■a device for protection against the rain which consists of a stick with a folding frame covered in material at one end and usually a handle at the other, or a similar, often larger, device used for protection against the sun 伞；雨伞；阳伞•I felt a few spots of rain so I put my umbrella up.我感到有几滴雨点，于是便撑起了雨伞。 •I left another umbrella on the bus yesterday.我昨天又把一把伞落在公车上了。 •a folding umbrella折叠伞
[ʌm'brel.ə] noun countable
GROUP 群体
■something which includes or represents a group or range of similar things 综合体；总体•Mr. Hughes's agency is one of 980 community agencies under the umbrella of the National Community Action Foundation (NCAF) in Washington, D.C.休斯先生的办事处是全国社区行动基金会辖下的980个社区办事处中的一个，该基金会总部设在华盛顿特区。 •Donations should be sent to the Disaster Emergency Committee, an umbrella organization for UK-based aid agencies.捐助应送到赈灾委员会——该委员会是设在英国的各个援助机构的一个综合机构。 •Existentialism was really an umbrella term to lump together the works of several philosophers and writers.存在主义实际上是一个把几位哲学家和作家的作品归并在一起的总称。 |