n.[C]
    
      - 角;街角
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A cabinet sits in a 
corner of the room.
房間的一角立著一隻櫥櫃。
 
      - (書本等的)包角
 
      - (遙遠的)地區;偏僻處[P1]
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People arrived from all 
corners of the world.
人們紛紛從世界各處抵達。
 
      - 困境
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They have forced him into a 
corner.
他們迫使他陷入困境。
 
      - 【足】角球
 
      - 壟斷;囤積[(+on/in)][S]
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They once had a 
corner on the corn market.
他們曾一度壟斷了玉米市場。
 
    
    vt.
    
      - 使陷於絕境
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The animal is dangerous when 
cornered.
野獸一旦陷於絕境就會變得很危險。
 
      - 壟斷
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He wants to 
corner the beer market.
他想壟斷啤酒市場。
 
      - 使有稜角
 
    
    vi.
    
      - 轉彎
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The car 
corners well.
這車轉彎很靈便。
 
      - 【美】位於角上
 
      - 壟斷
 
    
    a.
    
      - 在角落的[Z]
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We sat at a 
corner table.
我們坐在一張放在角落處的桌旁。
 
    
   
  片語
  
    around/round the corner
    
      - 在附近
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She used to live just 
around the corner.
她以前就住在附近。
 
      - 即將來臨
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Victory is just 
around the corner.
勝利就在眼前。
 
    
    cut corners
    
      - (不按常規而)以簡便方法做事
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Don't hurry. You cannot 
cut corners if you want to do a perfect job.
別急!如果你想幹得出色,就不能只圖簡便。
 
    
    force/drive into a corner
    
      - 把……置於困境
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Mr. Smith's clever arguments soon 
forced his opponents 
into a corner.
史密斯先生的精彩辯論很快使他的對手陷入困境。
 
    
    turn the corner
    
      - 好轉;度過難關
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She was very ill but seems to have 
turned the corner now.
她曾病得很重,但現在看上去已好轉了。
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  n.
       - a place or angle where two or more sides or edges meet. 
▸a place where two streets meet.
 - a secluded or remote region or area.
 - a difficult or awkward position.
 - a position in which one dominates the supply of a particular commodity.
 - 
(also corner kick)
 Soccer  a free kick taken by the attacking side from a corner of the field after the ball has been sent over the byline by a defender. 
▸a similar free hit in field hockey.
 - Boxing  & Wrestling  each of the diagonally opposite ends of the ring, where a contestant rests between rounds. 
▸a contestant's supporters or seconds.
 - Brit. a triangular cut from the hind end of a side of bacon.
 
v.
   - force into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape.
 - go round a bend in a road.
 - control (a market) by dominating the supply of a particular commodity.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - 
(just)
 around the corner
 very near.  - fight one's corner
 defend one's position or interests.  - in someone's corner
 supporting and encouraging someone. 
   
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., based on L. cornu ‘horn, tip, corner’.