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a list of names or topics that are referred to in a book, etc., usually arranged at the end of a book in alphabetical order or listed in a separate file or book 索引 Look it up in the index. 在索引中查找。 Author and subject indexes are available on a library database. 作者索引和学科索引可在图书馆的数据库中找到。
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingb2Is there any reference to it in the index? 索引中有没有提到它？ It's a general index to the whole work. 这是整部作品的总索引。 Search the index to find the address of the data file. 查阅索引寻找数据文件的地址。 The index only gives the main towns. 索引中只有主要城镇的名称。 The topic I was interested in didn't appear in the index. 我感兴趣的那个题目没收进索引。 His novels were put on the index of banned books. 他的小说被列入禁书目录。 The detailed index lists all the historical characters referred to in the book. 详细的索引列出了书中提到的所有历史人物。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- comprehensive
- detailed
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- appear in
- be in
- consult
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- give something
- list something
- card
- in a/the index
- index to
- (also card index (British English), North American English card catalog)
a box of cards with information on them, arranged in alphabetical order 卡片目录（或索引） -
a system that shows the level of prices and wages, etc. so that they can be compared with those of a previous date （物价和工资等的）指数 the cost-of-living index 生活费用指数 The Dow Jones index fell 15 points this morning. 道琼斯指数今天上午下跌了 15 点。 stock-market indices 股市指数 house price indexes 房价指数
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1Inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, is expected to drop. 正如居民消费价格指数所显示的，通货膨胀率预期下降。 Most commodity funds track a specific commodity index. 多数商品基金都会跟踪某种具体的商品价格指数。 The Morgan Stanley Cyclical index posted a small advance. 摩根士丹利循环指数出现小幅上升。 The NYSE Financial index gained 20%. 纽约证券交易所金融指数上涨了 20%。 The commodities index fell 3.1%. 商品价格指数下降了 3.1%。 The company is listed on the Nasdaq technology stocks index. 该公司被列入纳斯达克科技股指数成分股。 The hundred shares index closed down 15 points. 百种股票综合指数收盘时下跌了 15 点。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- reliable
- sensitive
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- have
- use (something as)
- compile
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- add something
- gain something
- increase
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- in an/the index
- on an/the index
- a drop in an index
- a fall in an index
- changes in an index
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a sign or measure that something else can be judged by 标志；指标；表征；量度 The number of new houses being built is a good index of a country's prosperity. 在建新房屋的数量是国家繁荣程度的一个可靠指标。
Extra ExamplesThe test results were used as an index of language proficiency. 考试结果被用作衡量语言水平的指标。 Those who lived in the inner cities had a high index of deprivation. 生活在市中心的居民贫困指数很高。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- reliable
- sensitive
- …
- have
- use (something as)
- compile
- …
- add something
- gain something
- increase
- …
- in an/the index
- on an/the index
- a drop in an index
- a fall in an index
- changes in an index
- …
- (usually indices [plural])(
mathematics 数学 the small number written above a larger number to show how many times that number must be multiplied by itself. In the equation 42 = 16, the number 2 is an index. 指数（如在等式 42 = 16 中，2 是指数）
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin index, indic- ‘forefinger, informer, sign’, from in- ‘towards’ + a second element related to dicere ‘say’ or dicare ‘make known’; compare with indicate. The original sense ‘index finger’ (the finger with which one points), came to mean ‘pointer’ (late 16th cent.), and figuratively something that serves to point to a fact or conclusion; hence a list of topics in a book (“pointing” to their location).