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an electronic device that is sent into space and moves around the earth or another planet. It is used for communicating by radio, television, etc. and for gathering information. 人造卫星 a weather/communications/spy satellite 气象/通信/间谍卫星 - by/via satellite
The interview came live by satellite from Hollywood. 采访是通过卫星从好莱坞现场传来的。 They could track the tagged sea turtles by satellite. 他们可以通过卫星追踪被标记的海龟。 The information was sent via a satellite link. 信息是通过卫星传送的。 satellite television/TV/radio (= broadcast using a satellite) 卫星电视/电视/广播 a satellite broadcast/channel/picture 卫星广播／频道／照片 The use of satellite phones meant that journalists could report directly from the arena of the battlefront. 卫星电话的使用意味着记者可以直接在战场上报道。 My car was fitted with a satellite navigation system. 我的汽车装有卫星导航系统。 The software enables the user to set up a satellite communications link. 该软件使用户能够建立卫星通信链路。 They have successfully launched satellites into orbit. 他们已经成功地将卫星送入轨道。
Collocations TelevisionTelevision 电视 Watching 观看 - watch television/TV/a show/(British English) a programme/(North American English) a program/a documentary/a pilot/a rerun/a repeat
看电视／电视节目／纪实电视节目／试播节目／重播的电视节目 - see (especially British English) an ad/(especially North American English) a commercial/the news/the weather
看广告／新闻／天气节目 - catch/miss a show/a programme/a program/an episode/the news
看／错过电视节目／电视连续剧的一集／新闻节目 - pick up/reach for/grab the remote (control)
拿起／伸手去拿／抓起遥控器 - change/switch channel
换频道 - surf (through)/ (especially North American English) flip through/ (especially British English) flick through the channels
快速浏览电视频道 - sit in front of/switch on/switch off/turn on/turn off the television/the TV/the TV set
坐在电视机前；开／关电视 - have/install satellite (TV)/cable (TV)/a satellite dish
有／安装卫星电视／有线电视／卫星电视碟形天线
Showing 播放 - show a programme/a documentary/an ad/a commercial
播放电视节目／纪实电视节目／广告 - screen a programme/a documentary
播放电视节目／纪实电视节目 - run an ad/a commercial
播放广告 - broadcast/ (especially North American English) air/repeat a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a series
播放／重播电视节目／纪实电视节目／电视连续剧的一集／系列节目 - go out/air/be recorded live
现场直播／录制 - attract/draw (in)/pull (in) viewers
吸引观众 - be a hit with viewers/audiences/critics
受到电视观众／观众／评论家的喜爱 - get (low/high) ratings
有（低／高）收视率
Appearing 演出 - be on/appear on television/TV/a TV show
在电视上／电视节目中露面 - take part in a phone-in/a game show/a quiz show/a reality TV show
参与热线直播节目／游戏节目／智力游戏节目／电视真人秀 - host a show/a programme/series/a game show/a quiz show/a talk show/(British English) a chat show
主持电视节目／系列节目／游戏节目／智力游戏节目／访谈节目 - be/become/work as a/an (British English) TV presenter/talk-show host/sports commentator/anchorman/(British English) newsreader
是／成为／当电视节目主持人／访谈节目主持人／体育运动实况解说员／新闻节目主持人／新闻播音员 - read/present the news
播报新闻 - appear/perform live (on TV)
（在电视上）现场表演
Programme-making 节目制作 - do/film/make a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a pilot/a series/an ad/a commercial
拍摄电视节目／纪实电视节目／电视连续剧的一集／试播节目／系列节目／广告 - work on a soap (opera)/a pilot (episode)/a sitcom
制作肥皂剧／试播节目（的一集）／情景喜剧 - write/produce a drama/sitcom/spin-off/comedy series
写／拍摄戏剧／情景喜剧／电视系列剧的派生作品／喜剧连续剧
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsb2, Spaceb2American reconnaissance satellites provide images of the earth. 美国侦察卫星提供地球影像资料。 The BBC broadcast the game via satellite. 英国广播公司通过卫星播放比赛。 The satellite passes over Britain every afternoon. 这颗卫星每天下午都从英国上空经过。 The satellite will transmit the information back to earth. 这颗卫星将把信息传回地球。 a new satellite that monitors changes in the environment 监测环境变化的新卫星 a satellite photo of your neighbourhood 你邻居的卫星照片
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- commercial
- research
- military
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- launch
- put into orbit
- send into orbit
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- be in orbit
- orbit something
- detect something
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- image
- imagery
- photo
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- from a/the satellite
- via satellite
a natural object that moves around a larger natural object in space 卫星 a town, a country or an organization that is controlled by and depends on another larger or more powerful one 卫星城；卫星国；外围组织 Following the Second World War it became a satellite state of the Soviet Union. 第二次世界大战之后，它成了苏联的一个卫星国。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘follower’): from French satellite or Latin satelles, satellit- ‘attendant’.