mount
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they mount | |
he / she / it mounts | |
past simple mounted | |
past participle mounted | |
-ing form mounting |
- [transitive] mount something
to organize and begin something synonym arrange准备;安排;组织开展 Residents mounted a campaign to fight the plans. 居民发起了一场反对这些计划的运动。 MPs will mount a fresh challenge to this new policy. 议员们将对这项新政策提出新的挑战。 an attack mounted by terrorists 恐怖分子发动的袭击 The report mounts a withering attack on the food industry. 这份报告对食品工业进行了猛烈的抨击。 An attack mounted by the terrorists killed six civilians. 恐怖分子发动的袭击杀害了六名平民。 The National Gallery mounted a major exhibition of her work. 国家美术馆为她举办了作品大展。 to mount a defence/an operation/an assault/an offensive 发起防御/行动/攻击/进攻
Extra ExamplesThe party successfully mounted a campaign to change the law. 该党成功地发起了修改法律的运动。 The company successfully mounted a takeover bid in 1996. 这家公司 1996 年成功实施了一次竞价收购。 Raids were mounted to rescue the hostages. 为营救人质进行了突袭。 Police are mounting extra patrols around the city. 警方正在城市周围增加巡逻。 Demonstrators mounted a noisy protest. 示威者发起了喧闹的抗议。 He gathered funds to mount an expedition to the Amazon. 他筹集资金去亚马逊河探险。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- successfully
- [intransitive]
to increase gradually 逐步增加 Pressure is mounting on the government to change the law. 迫使政府修改法律的压力不断增加。 The death toll continues to mount. 死亡人数持续增加。 Speculation is mounting about a second economic crisis. 关于第二次经济危机的猜测越来越多。
Extra Examplessee also mountingTopics Change, cause and effectb2Election fever is mounting hourly. 选举热情每刻都在高涨。 Excitement was mounting as the day drew near. 随着这一天的临近,人们越来越兴奋。 Evidence is mounting that a short nap can improve productivity. 越来越多的证据表明,小睡片刻可以提高生产率。 Tensions mounted last night following violent scenes outside the court. 昨晚法庭外的暴力场面加剧了紧张局势。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- rapidly
- steadily
- …
- begin to
- continue to
- [transitive, intransitive] mount (something) (rather formal)
to get on a bicycle, horse, etc. in order to ride it opposite dismount see also mounted骑上;乘上;跨上 - [transitive] mount something (formal)
to go up something, or up on to something that is raised synonym ascend登上;爬上;攀登 - [transitive] mount something (on/onto/in something)
to fix something into position on something, so that you can use it, look at it or study it 镶嵌;安置 Cameras are mounted around the city. 摄像机安装在城市各处。 The diamond is mounted in gold. 这颗钻石镶在金饰物上。 The specimens were mounted on slides. 标本安放在载片上。
Extra ExamplesThe prints were beautifully mounted. 这些版画装裱得很漂亮。 The switch is mounted directly on the wall. 开关直接安装在墙上。 Guns were mounted on the roof. 枪安装在屋顶上。
- [transitive] mount something
to get onto the back of a female animal in order to have sex 爬上(雌性动物的背)交配
organize组织
increase增加
bicycle/horse自行车;马
go up something攀登
camera/picture/jewel, etc.
of male animal雄性动物
Word Originverb Middle English: from Old French munter, based on Latin mons, mont- ‘mountain’.