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the regular way in which something happens or is done 模式；方式 changing patterns of urban life 不断变化的城市生活模式 We have no way of predicting next year's weather patterns. 我们无法预测明年的天气模式。 behaviour/sleep/growth patterns 行为/睡眠/成长模式 stress/intonation/speech patterns 重音/语调/语音模式 Wages in both sectors have followed a similar pattern. 这两个行业的工资遵循类似的模式。 The studies show different patterns of distribution. 这些研究显示了不同的分布模式。 The music contains repeated rhythmic patterns. 这首乐曲含有重复的节奏模式。
Extra ExamplesHer speech patterns are very distinctive. 她的讲话方式很有特色。 People have changed their spending patterns in response to changing conditions. 人们已根据条件的变化改变了自己的消费模式。 Portuguese colonial rule followed a similar pattern to that of other powers. 葡萄牙的殖民统治遵循了与其他强权国家相似的模式。 The overall pattern of our life changes little. 我们生活的整体模式没什么变化。 The pattern is clear: obesity is associated with lower incomes. 模式很清楚：肥胖与低收入有关。 Their actions follow a very predictable pattern. 他们的行为遵循一个十分容易预测的模式。 There is no set pattern for these meetings. 这些会议没有固定的模式。 They analyzed employees' email usage patterns. 他们分析了员工的电子邮件使用模式。 We can trace a familiar pattern to these events. 对这些事件我们可以追溯到一个熟悉的模式。 ideas that do not fit neatly into his patterns of thought 不完全符合他的思维模式的观点 The murders all seem to follow a similar pattern. 这些谋杀似乎都遵循类似的模式。 an irregular sleeping pattern 不规律的睡眠模式
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basic
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- discern
- identify
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- [usually singular] pattern for something
an excellent example to copy 范例；典范；榜样；样板 Extra ExamplesItaly created the pattern for northern and central European art galleries. 意大利创造了北欧和中欧美术馆的模式。 Providing the most value for the lowest cost is the traditional pattern for corporate success. 以最低的成本提供最大的价值是企业成功的传统模式。
a regular arrangement of lines, shapes, colours, etc. for example as a design on material, carpets, etc. 图案；花样；式样 a pattern of diamonds and squares 菱形和正方形构成的图案 a shirt with a floral pattern 一件花衬衣 complex geometric patterns 复杂的几何图案
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashionb1, Houses and homesb1He had arranged the glasses in a pattern on the table. 他把桌子上的玻璃杯摆成了一个图案。 She drew patterns in the sand. 她在沙滩上画图案。 The jumper has a geometric pattern on it. 套头衫上有几何图案。 The roof beams form a star-like pattern. 房梁构成了一个星状图案。 The ice formed patterns on the windows. 窗上结了冰花。 the pattern on the carpet 地毯上的花样 wallpaper with a repeating pattern of interlocking shapes 带有环环相扣图案的壁纸
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- intricate
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a design, set of instructions or shape to cut around that you use in order to make something 模型；底样；纸样 a small piece of material, paper, etc. that helps you choose the design of something 样品；样本 wallpaper patterns 壁纸样品
Word OriginMiddle English patron ‘something serving as a model’, from Old French from Latin patronus ‘protector of clients, defender’, from pater, patr- ‘father’. The change in sense is from the idea of a patron giving an example to be copied. By 1700 patron ceased to be used of things, and the two forms became differentiated in sense.