【example音标】 英[ɪgˈzɑ:mpl] 美[ɪgˈzæmpl]
【单词释义】 example是什么意思：
n.例子；榜样；范例；先例
vt.作为…的例子；为…做出榜样
vi.举例；作为…的示范
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] examples
[单词现在分词] exampling
[单词过去式] exampled
[单词过去分词] exampled
【example形近词/近似词】
trample n.践踏；践踏声 v.践踏；踩踏；蹂躏
ample adj.丰裕的;丰满的
sample n.样品，华样；标本，榜样 vt.采样；取样；尝试；品尝
【常用短语】
for example 例如
set an example 树立榜样
【单词例句】
◇ With the expectation of distinguishing their own importance, some people leave the beaten track and file strange products with us now and then, for example, lantern that can be attached on your forehead, cubic walnuts, refrigerator made of straw and glue, perfume that nobody can bear to smell, and so on.
为了显示与众不同，时不时就有人违反常规，向我们提交一些奇怪的产品申请，例如固定在前额的信号灯、立方体的胡桃、用稻草和胶水制作的冰箱、没人能受得了的香水等。
---- Strange Patent Applications
◇ As for her routine life, she felt that it was hard to fit in, too. For example, she found English idioms difficult to understand.
至于日常生活，她也感觉难于适应，例如，她发觉英语成语很难理解；
---- Study in America
◇ For example, yawning means being not interested and turning one’s back to someone or swinging your fist shows your anger.
例如，打哈欠意味着不感兴趣，背对别人或向其挥舞拳头表达的是愤怒。
---- A Misunderstanding
◇ For example, tigers are hunted for fur to make carpets so that they can only live in secure reserves; grassland is destroyed without mercy so that dust storms come into being affecting distant cities.
例如，老虎被猎杀以获取做地毯的皮毛，以致它们只能生活在安全的保护区里；草地被毫不怜悯地破坏，以致沙尘暴开始影响遥远的城市。
---- Wildlife Protection
◇ For example, if a boss fluently commands his driver, “Come up straight to my apartment by elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs”, instead of requesting, “Please come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my lorries and taxis”, you can recognize his American identity, while the latter suggests that he is British.
例如，如果有个老板流利地命令他的司机：“Come up straight to my apartment by elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs（直接搭电梯到我公寓上来拿卡车和出租车的汽油）”，而不是要求说，“Please come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my lorries and taxis（请直接搭电梯到我公寓上来拿卡车和出租车的汽油）”，你就可以轻易地辨认出他的美国人身份，而后者却暗示着那是一位英国人。（请注意：elevator是美式说法而lift是英式说法)
---- Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes
◇ "The percentage of adults who do not believe smoking causes stroke are for example in China as high as 73 percent, for heart attacks 61 percent of adults in China are not aware that smoking increases the risk," Bettcher said. "We aim to close this gap."
贝彻说：“比如在中国，有多达73%的成年人不相信吸烟会导致中风，61%的成年人不知道吸烟会增加患心脏病的风险。我们要缩小这个差距。”
---- Tobacco use still a major cause of death
◇ For example, the FDA requires that microwave ovens have two interlock systems that halt the production of microwaves the moment the door is opened.
例如，FDA要求微波炉有两个连锁装置，当微波炉的门被打开时，这个系统就会停止微波的产生。
---- Is It Safe to Stand in Front of Microwave Ovens?
◇ A university could offer both a school of arts and sciences and a school of business. The University of Michigan has a College of Engineering, for example.
一所University旗下可能有艺术学院、科学学院和商学院。比如密歇根大学（University）旗下就有工程学院（college）。
---- What's the difference between a college and a university?
◇ The other factor affecting how well a beverage hydrates relates to a drink's nutrient composition. For example, milk was found to be even more hydrating than plain water because it contains the sugar lactose, some protein and some fat, all of which help to slow the emptying of fluid from the stomach and keep hydration happening over a longer period of time.
另一个影响饮料补水功效的因素和饮料的营养成分有关。例如，研究人员发现，牛奶的补水功效甚至比白水更佳，因为牛奶含有乳糖、蛋白质和脂肪，这些成分都有助于减缓液体从胃里排空的速度，延长补水的功效。
---- Which drink is best for hydration? Hint: It isn't water
◇ However, while certain colors seem to embody a universal characteristic – for example, red equates to anger – it's worth remembering some interpretations of color can vary hugely between groups.
然而，尽管某些颜色的确已被赋予了普遍的意义（就好比我们提到红色就会联想到愤怒），但我们要记住，不同群体对颜色的释义，可能存在巨大差异。