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:
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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.
