n.[C]
    
      - 例子;樣本;樣品[(+of)]
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This dictionary has many 
examples of how verbs are used.
這本詞典有許多關於動詞用法的例句。
 
      - 範例;榜樣;楷模[(+to)]
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Their courage was an 
example to all of us.
他們的勇氣是我們大家學習的榜樣。
 
      - 儆戒,警告
 
    
   
  片語
  
    Example is better than precept.
    
      - 身教重於言教。
 
    
    for example
    
      - 例如
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Many great people rose from poor backgrounds -- Lincoln 
for example.
很多偉人出身貧寒,林肯就是一例。
 
    
    make an example of
    
      - 懲罰……以儆戒他人
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The teacher 
made an example of the student who had copied his neighbor's answers during the finals.
老師當眾懲罰在期末考試中抄襲鄰座答案的那位學生以儆效尤。
 
    
    set an example
    
      - 樹立榜樣
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She arrived at the office early to 
set an example to the others.
她很早就來到辦公室,作為他人的表率。
 
    
    without/beyond example
    
      - 沒有先例
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Such hot weather in May is 
without example in this area.
五月份這麼熱的天氣在這一地區還從來沒有過。
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  n.
  - a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule. 
▸a written problem or exercise designed to illustrate a rule.
 - a person or thing regarded in terms of their fitness to be imitated:
 parents should set an example.
 
v.
 
(
be exampled)
 be exemplified.
 
  Phrase
  
    - for example
 by way of illustration.  - make an example of
 punish as a warning or deterrent to others. 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr., from L. exemplum, from eximere ‘take out’; cf. sample.