engineer

美 [ˌendʒɪˈnɪr]英 [ˌendʒɪˈnɪə(r)]
  • n.工程师;设计师;技师;工兵;技工;(飞机上的)机械师;机修工;(船上的)轮机手
  • vt.密谋策划;设计制造;改变…的基因(或遗传)结构

复数: engineers 过去式: engineered 现在分词: engineering 过去分词: engineered 第三人称单数: engineers

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noun

1

工程师;设计师
a person whose job involves designing and building engines, machines, roads, bridges, etc.

2

机修工;技师;技工
a person who is trained to repair machines and electrical equipment

They're sending an engineer to fix the phone.

他们要派一名技师来安装电话。

3

(船上的)轮机手;(飞机上的)机械师
a person whose job is to control and repair engines, especially on a ship or an aircraft

a flight engineer

空勤机械师

the chief engineer on a cruise liner

游轮的轮机长

4


5

工兵
a soldier trained to design and build military structures

verb

1

密谋策划
to arrange for sth to happen or take place, especially when this is done secretly in order to give yourself an advantage

She engineered a further meeting with him.

她精心安排又和他见了一面。

2

设计制造
to design and build sth

The car is beautifully engineered and a pleasure to drive.

这辆汽车设计完美,工艺精良,开起来过瘾。

3

改变…的基因(或遗传)结构
to change the genetic structure of sth

genetically engineered crops

转基因农作物

engineer

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 工程师;设计师
    An engineer is a person who uses scientific knowledge to design, construct, and maintain engines and machines or structures such as roads, railways, and bridges.

    See also:chemical engineer;civil engineer;electrical engineer;sound engineer

  • 2
    N-COUNT 机械修理工;电气修理工;技师
    An engineer is a person who repairs mechanical or electrical devices.

    They send a service engineer to fix the disk drive.

    他们派出维修人员来修磁盘驱动器。

  • 3
    N-COUNT (船上的)轮机手
    An engineer is a person who is responsible for maintaining the engine of a ship while it is at sea.

  • 4
    VERB 设计制造(车辆、桥梁、建筑物等)
    When a vehicle, bridge, or building is engineered, it is planned and constructed using scientific methods.

    Many of Kuwait's spacious freeways were engineered by W S Atkins.

    科威特有很多宽阔的高速公路是阿特金斯集团设计建造的。

  • 5
    VERB (巧妙或间接地)安排,筹划
    If you engineer an event or situation, you arrange for it to happen, in a clever or indirect way.

    He could stand no more and engineered an escape...

    他无法再忍受,便策划了出逃。

noun

1
a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
Synonym: applied scientist technologist
2
the operator of a railway locomotive
Synonym: locomotive engineer railroad engineer engine driver

verb

1
plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
he masterminded the robbery
Synonym: mastermind direct organize organise orchestrate
2
design as an engineer
He engineered the water supply project

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  1. The engineer and his son held frequent consultations concerning technical problems

    工程师和他的儿子经常就技术问题互相征求意见。

  2. The product is still only a gleam in an engineer 's eye .

    该产品还只是工程师头脑中尚未成形的想法。

  3. The university is ranked number one in the country for engineering .

    在工程学领域上,这所大学位居本国第一。

  4. She works for an engineering company .

    她在一家工程公司工作。

  5. She is due to deliver a lecture on genetic engineering .

    根据安排她要作一个关于转基因的演讲。

  6. Several computer engineers have been contracted to the finance department .

    有几位计算机工程师与财务部门签订了合同。

  7. We subcontracted a small engineering firm to do the work .

    我们转包给了一家小型工程公司去干那项工作。

  8. The bridge is a triumph of modern engineering .

    这座桥是现代工程的一大成就。

  9. How can we tempt young people into engineering ?

    我们怎么才能吸引年轻人学习工程学呢?

  10. We subcontracted the work to a small engineering firm .

    我们把工作转包给了一家小型工程公司。

  11. The course is heavily weighted in favour of engineering .

    这个学程非常侧重于工程学。

  12. The engineers had to tunnel through solid rock .

    工程师须要在坚实的岩石中开凿隧道。

  13. Engineers carried out a thorough inspection of the track .

    工程师对轨道进行了彻底检查。

  14. He is living proof that not all engineers are boring .

    并非所有工程师都缺乏情趣,他就是活生生的例子。

  15. The car is a miracle of engineering .

    这辆车是汽车工业的精品。

  16. They expanded the shipyards and started engineering works .

    他们扩建造船厂,开始了工程施工。

  17. The car is beautifully engineered and a pleasure to drive .

    这辆汽车设计完美,工艺精良,开起来过瘾。

  18. They 're sending an engineer to fix the phone .

    他们要派一名技师来安装电话。

  19. The tunnel is a brilliant feat of engineering .

    这条隧道是工程方面的光辉业绩。

  20. The pyramids are an eloquent testimony to the ancient Egyptians ' engineering skills .

    金字塔是古埃及人非凡工程技术的明鉴。

  21. Engineering and technology are disciplines distinct from one another and from science

    工程学和工艺学互不相同,也有别于自然学科。

  22. The Channel Tunnel project is the biggest civil engineering project in Europe .

    英吉利海峡隧道是欧洲最大的土木工程。

  23. He has not studied mechanics or engineering .

    他没有学习过力学和工程学。

  24. Engineers spend much time and energy developing brilliant solutions

    工程师们花费很多时间和精力来开发完美的解决方案。

  25. We can use genetic engineering techniques to isolate the gene that is responsible

    我们可以使用基因工程技术把相关基因分离出来。

  26. Somewhere along the line he picked up an engineering degree

    在此期间的某个时候他拿到了一个工程学学位。

  27. In May engineers found a leak in a hydrogen fuel line .

    5月份工程师们在一条氢燃料管线上发现一条裂隙。

  28. His team solved the engineering problem by stealing an idea from nature .

    他的团队从自然界获得灵感,解决了这个工程难题。

  29. His background was in engineering .

    他有工程学背景。

  30. I saw an advert for a job with a large engineering company

    我看见一家大型工程公司的招聘广告。

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