encounter
verb- encounter something
to experience something, especially something unpleasant or difficult, while you are trying to do something else synonym meet (8), run into遭遇,遇到(尤指令人不快或困難的事) We encountered a number of difficulties in the first week. 我們在第一周遇到了一些困難。 The report details the problems encountered by families in this situation. 報告詳細描述了家庭在這種情況下遇到的問題。 I had never encountered such resistance before. 我以前從未遇到過這麽大的阻力。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- commonly
- frequently
- often
- …
- be likely to
- encounter somebody/something (formal)
to meet somebody, or discover or experience something, especially somebody/something new, unusual or unexpected synonym come across偶然碰到;意外地遇見;與…邂逅 She was the most remarkable woman he had ever encountered. 她是他所見到過的最出色的女性。 Plant scientists first encountered the phenomenon in the 1930s. 植物科學家第一次遇到這種現象是在20世紀30年代。
Extra Examplesan idea I first encountered when I was in the army 我在軍隊時第一次想到的主意 Researchers at the isolated Arctic outpost encounter a creature from outer space. 孤立的北極前哨站的研究人員遇到了一種來自外太空的生物。 Walruses were commonly encountered in the Shetland Islands until quite recently. 不久之前在設得蘭群島還能經常見到海象。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- commonly
- frequently
- often
- …
- be likely to
Word OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘meet as an adversary’ and ‘a meeting of adversaries’; formerly also as incounter): from Old French encontrer (verb), encontre (noun), based on Latin in- ‘in’ + contra ‘against’.