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a person who is the same age or who has the same social status as you 身份（或地位）相同的人；同龄人；同辈 She enjoys the respect of her peers. 她受到同侪的尊敬。 A peer review system is being introduced to help teachers who are experiencing difficulty. 正在引入一个同行评议系统来帮助有困难的教师。 Children are worried about failing in front of their peers. 儿童都怕在同伴面前失败。 Peer pressure is strong among young people (= they want to be like other people of the same age). 年轻人受到强大的同辈压力。
Extra ExamplesChildren often take up smoking because of peer pressure. 小孩子经常因为来自同龄人的压力而抽烟。 Peer acceptance is particularly important for teenagers. 得到同伴接受，对青少年尤其重要。 She is highly respected by her professional peers. 她深受专业同行的尊敬。 Some children fail to develop normal peer relations. 有些孩子未能建立正常的同伴关系。 They adopt attitudes that are more socially acceptable among their peers. 他们采取了较容易被同龄人接受的态度。 We have seen several women who can outperform their male peers physically. 我们已经看到好几个女性在体力方面超过她们的男性同龄人。 an extended family and peer network 大家庭和朋辈的网络 teenagers trying to impress their peers 试图打动同龄人的青少年
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- academic
- professional
- outperform
- impress
- group
- influence
- pressure
- …
- among somebody’s peers
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(in the UK) a member of the nobility or the House of Lords （英国）贵族成员 MPs and peers from all parties met to discuss the issue. 来自所有党派的议员和议员们聚在一起讨论这个问题。
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societyc1She is the American-born wife of a Scottish peer. 她是一个苏格兰贵族在美国出生的妻子。 Conservative peers are expected to criticize the scheme. 保守的同行预计会批评该计划。 She described the incident as ‘unbecoming behaviour for a peer of the realm’. 她形容这一事件为“不符合王国同龄人的行为”。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Conservative
- Labour
- etc.
- …
- a peer of the realm
Word Originnoun Middle English: from Old French peer, from Latin par ‘equal’.