对

（回答） answer; reply:

• 无言以对

  have nothing to say in reply

（对待; 对付） treat; cope with; counter:

• 刀对刀， 枪对枪

  sword against sword and spear against spear;

• 对事不对人

  concern oneself with facts and not with individuals;

• 广州队对大连队

  the Guangzhou team versus the Dalian team;

• 她对我很好。

  She treats me well.

（朝; 向; 面对） be trained on; be directed at; face:

• 把枪口对准敌人

  train one's gun on the enemy;

• 她的话不是对着你的。

  What she said was not directed at you.

• 这房子对着大街。

  The house faces the street.

（使两个东西配合或接触） bring (two things) into contact; fit one into the other:

• 对暗号

  exchange code words;

• 对个火儿。

  Give me a light, please.

• 这个榫头对不上。

  This tenon won't fit.

（投合; 适合） suit; agree; get along:

• 对心眼儿

  suit one down to the ground;

• 糖醋鱼很对他的胃口。

  Sour-sweet fish agreed very well with him.

（把两个东西放在一起互相比较， 看是否相符合） compare; check; identify:

• 对笔迹

  identify the handwriting;

• 对号码

  check numbers

（调整使合于一定标准） set; adjust:

• 对表

  set one's watch; synchronize watches;

• 对好望远镜的距离

  adjust the focus of a telescope;

• 如果照相机焦点不对准， 照片就会模糊。

  If the camera is not brought into focus, the photo will be blurred.

（搀和） mix; add:

• 茶太浓了， 给我对点儿水。

  Add some water to the tea; it's too strong for me.

• 牛奶里对水了。

  The milk has been adulterated with water.

（二者相对; 彼此相向） mutually; face to face:

• 对饮

  (two people) have a drink together;

• 对坐

  sit facing each other

（平均分成两份）divide into halves:

• 对股劈

  go halves;split fifty-fifty

（对面的; 敌对的） opposite; opposing:

• 对岸

  the opposite bank; the other side of the river

（相合; 正确; 正常）right; correct:

• 对， 就这么办。

  All right, just go ahead.

• 是他的不对。

  It's his fault.

• 他今天神色不对。

  He doesn't look himself today.

• 我这样说对吗?

  Am I correct in saying this?

（对偶的词句; 对联） antithetical couplet; couplet:

• 喜对

  wedding couplet

（双） pair; couple:

• 一对夫妇

  a married couple;

• 一对花瓶

  a pair of vases;

• 一对选手

  a couple of players

（引进对象或事物的关系者）:

• 他对别人求全责备， 对自身的缺点却视而不见。

  He demands perfection in others, but cannot see faults in himself.

• 水对鱼的关系正如空气对人的关系一样。

  Water is to fish what air is to man.

• 他对我笑了笑。

  He smiled at me.

• 他对形势的分析很透彻。

  He made a very thorough analysis on the situation.