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an organized set of ideas or theories or a particular way of doing something （思想或理论）体系；方法；制度；体制 reform of the country's education system 国家教育系统的改革 the criminal justice system 刑事审判制度 the healthcare system 医疗保健系统 the legal/financial/political system 法律/金融/政治体系 - system for doing something
Systems are in place for dealing with complaints. 处理投诉的制度已经到位。 - system of something
a system of government 政体
Wordfindersee also binary, honor system, imperial (2), metric system, quota system, value systemExtra ExamplesHow is the system organized? 这个体系是如何组织的？ The game has a complex scoring system. 该游戏有复杂的计分方法。 Under the new system, all children will be monitored by a senior social worker. 根据新的制度，所有的儿童都将由一个有经验的社会工作者监护。 This system allows you to study at your own speed. 在这种体制下，你可以按自己的速度学习。 Fortunately the class system is not as rigid as it once was. 幸运的是，班级制度不像以前那样僵化了。 The law applies to schools within the state system. 这项法律适用于公立体制的学校。 The country's economic system is close to collapse. 该国的经济体系濒临崩溃。 The governor referred to a prison system that was bankrupt of compassion. 州长指的是一个完全丧失同情心的监狱体制。 They have a modern and efficient healthcare system. 他们有一个现代高效的医疗保健系统。 They introduced a democratic parliamentary system in the 1980s. 他们在20世纪80年代引入了民主议会制度。 He played the legal system to his own advantage. 他利用法律制度谋求个人利益。 the need to modernize the judicial system 司法制度现代化的需要 The justice system is based on just one or two fundamental principles. 司法系统仅仅基于一两个基本原则。 a backlog of cases clogging up the system 阻碍体制运行的积压案件 Once your systems are in place you can concentrate on the main focus of your business. 一旦体制建立起来，你就可以把精力集中在主要业务上。 The new system is designed to eliminate fraud. 新系统旨在消除欺诈。 We need to re-examine the systems we are currently using. 我们需要重新检查我们目前使用的系统。 The so-called reforms merely perpetuate an unjust system. 这个所谓的改革只是让不公平的制度长期存在。 They devised an appropriate system for presenting the required information. 为呈现所需信息他们设计了一套合适的系统。 There is a national system for exchanging essential information. 有一个交换重要信息的国家系统。 We are implementing a new system of stock control. 我们正在实施一种新的库存管理系统。 Our system of granting visas is unnecessarily complicated. 我们的签证发放系统过于复杂。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- existing
- modern
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- build
- create
- design
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- exist
- be based on something
- rest on something
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- in a/the system
- under a/the system
- system for
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a group of things, pieces of equipment, etc. that are connected or work together 系统 They installed a security system but it failed. 他们安装了安全系统，但失败了。 How does the system work? 系统是如何工作的？
Extra ExamplesThe alarm system had been switched off. 警报系统已关闭。 He is currently on a life-support system in the local hospital. 他目前在当地医院接受生命支持系统的治疗。 attempts to disrupt the rail system 破坏铁路系统的企图 a fault in the sound system 声效系统中的差错 The air-conditioning system failed. 空调系统出故障了。 For this month only, installing the system is free. 免费安装系统仅限于本月。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- advanced
- powerful
- interactive
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- install
- boot
- boot up
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- run
- crash
- fail
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- software
- design
- performance
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a set of computer equipment and programs that are used together 系统 to develop a new computer system 开发新的计算机系统 We're designing a voice-recognition system. 我们正在设计一套语音识别系统。 computerized information systems 计算机化信息系统
Extra ExamplesThe latest computer system is much more efficient. 最新的计算机系统效率更高。 an information retrieval system 信息检索系统 The system runs on this workstation. 该系统在本工作站运行。 Just reboot the system and try again. 重新启动系统再试试。
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a human or an animal body, or a part of it, when it is being thought of as the organs and processes that make it function 身体；（器官）系统 Wait until the drugs have passed through your system. 等到药物通过你的系统。 the male reproductive system 男性生殖系统 Returning to work after a long break can be a terrible shock to the system (= a big change that is difficult to deal with). 长时间休息后重新开始工作可能会使身体非常不适。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- auditory
- biological
- cardiovascular
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- in a/the system
- a shock to the system
- the system[singular] (informal, usually disapproving)
the rules or people that control a country or an organization, especially when they seem to be unfair because you cannot change them （尤指不公正的统治或管理）制度，体系，集团 You can't beat the system (= you must accept it). 你斗不过现行的体制。 You have to learn how to work the system if you want to succeed. 如果你想成功，你必须学会如何操作这个系统。 young people rebelling against the system 反抗现行体制的年轻人
Extra ExamplesIt's not your fault—blame the system. 不是你的过错，怪就怪这个制度吧。 She spent her years at school fighting the system. 她在学校期间一直对抗这个制度。 They are all part of the corrupt system we need to change. 它们全是我们需要改革的腐败体制的组成部份。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French système or late Latin systema, from Greek sustēma, from sun- ‘with’ + histanai ‘set up’.
Idioms
all systems go
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used to say that everything is working well or that everything is ready for something to happen or be successful 系统： 过去常说一切正常，或者一切准备就绪，可以使事情发生或成功The firm struggled to generate much business at the start, but now it's all systems go. 该公司一开始很难创造多少业务，但现在一切都结束了。 Last weekend's heavy snowfall means it's all systems go for the ski season. 上周末的大雪意味着滑雪季节一切正常。
get something out of your system