[mass noun]the action or skill of reading written or printed matter silently or aloud 阅读,朗读;阅读技巧 suggestions for further reading. 有关进一步阅读的建议。 [as modifier]reading skills. 阅读技巧。 ■written or printed matter that can be read 阅读材料,读物 his main reading was detective stories. 他的主要读物是侦探小说。 ■[withadj.]used to convey the specified quality of such written or printed matter 特定的阅读材料,读物 his file certainly makes interesting reading. 他的档案的确可用作有趣的阅读材料。 ■[usu. with adj.]knowledge of literature 文学知识 a man of wide reading. 文学知识广泛的人。 ■the formal reading aloud of a legal document to an audience (法律文件的)正式宣读 the reading of a will. 宣读遗嘱。 ■[count noun]an occasion at which poetry or other pieces of literature are read aloud to an audience (诗歌等文学作品)朗诵会 ■[count noun]a piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to a group of people (向众人朗诵的)文学作品(或经文) readings from the Bible. 圣经诵文。
an interpretation 阐释 feminist readings of Goethe. 歌德有关男女平等的阐释。 his reading of the situation was justified. 他对局势的看法是有道理的。 ■a form in which a given passage appears in a particular edition of a text (出现在不同文本中的)不同形式,特定措辞
a figure or amount shown by a meter or other measuring instrument (仪表等测量仪器上的)读数,度数,指示数 radiation readings were taken every hour. 每小时记录辐射读数。
a stage of debate in parliament through which a Bill must pass before it can become law (议案在议会的)宣读,(分别标志着议案提出、审议、表决等三阶段的)三读之一 the Bill returns to the House for its final reading next week. 议案返回议院等待下周三读。