a material thing that can be seen and touched (可见或可触摸的)物体,东西 he was dragging a large object. 他在拖一个大东西。 small objects such as shells. 贝壳之类的小东西。 ■(Philosophy)a thing external to the thinking mind or subject (哲)客体
a person or thing to which a specified action or feeling is directed 对象;目标 disease became the object of investigation. 疾病成为调查的对象。 ■a goal or purpose 目的,宗旨 the Institute was opened with the object of promoting scientific study. 那所学院开办的目的是为了促进科学研究。 ■(Grammar)a noun phrase governed by an active transitive verb or by a preposition (语法)宾语 ■(Computing)a data construct that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer (such as a processor, a peripheral, a document, or a piece of code) and defines its status, its method of operation, and how it interacts with other objects (计算机)对象
verb
[reporting verb]say something to express one's disapproval of or disagreement with something 口头表示反对(或不同意) [no obj.]residents object to the volume of traffic. 居民们对这样的车流量啧有烦言。 [with clause]the boy's father objected that the police had arrested him unlawfully. 男孩的父亲表示反对,说警察逮捕他是非法的。 ■[with obj.](archaic)adduce as a reason against something (古)提出反对理由;引证反对 Bryant objects this very circumstance to the authenticity of the Iliad. 布赖恩特以这种情况为证不同意《伊利亚特》的真实性。
常用词组 no object
not influencing or restricting choices or decisions 不影响(或不妨碍)作选择(或决定);不成问题 a tycoon for whom money is no object. 一个可以随意支配金钱的大亨。
the object of the exercise
the main point or purpose of an activity 做某事(或采取某一行动)的目的
object of virtu
见 virtu
派生 objectless adjective objector noun 语源
late Middle English: from medieval Latin objectum 'thing presented to the mind', neuter past participle (used as a noun) of Latin obicere, from ob- 'in the way of' + jacere 'to throw'; the verb may also partly represent the Latin frequentative objectare