paper /ˈpeɪpə/ star5 CET4 TEM4 (papering,papered,papers)

• 1.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） Paper is a material that you write on or wrap things with. The pages of this book are made of paper. 纸

  例：

  He wrote his name down on a piece of paper for me.

  他把他的名字写在一张纸上给我。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A paper is a newspaper. 报纸

  例：

  I might get a paper in the town.

  我或许能在城里买到一份报纸。

• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） You can refer to newspapers in general as the paper or the papers. (总称) 报纸

  例：

  You can't believe everything you read in the paper.

  你不能相信在报纸上读到的所有内容。

• 4.  

  N-PLURAL（复数型名词） Your papers are sheets of paper with information on them that you might keep in a safe place at home. 资料

  例：

  After her death, her papers – including unpublished articles and correspondence – were deposited at the library.

  她死后，她的资料–包括未发表的文章和信函–都被存放在图书馆里。

• 5.  

  N-PLURAL（复数型名词） Your papers are official documents, such as your passport or identity card, that prove who you are or that give you official permission to do something. 身份证件; 证明

  例：

  A young Moroccan stopped by police refused to show his papers.

  一个被警察拦住的摩洛哥青年拒绝出示他的身份证件。

• 6.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A paper is a long, formal piece of writing about an academic subject. 论文

  例：

  He just published a paper in the journal Nature analysing the fires.

  他刚刚在《自然》杂志上发表了一篇分析火灾的论文。

• 7.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A paper is an essay written by a student. (学生) 作文 [美国英语]

  例：

  ...the ten common errors that appear most frequently in student papers.

  …最常出现在学生作文中的10个错误。

• 8.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A paper prepared by a government or a committee is a report on a question they have been considering or a set of proposals for changes in the law. (政府) 文件

  例：

  ...a new government paper on electoral reform.

  …一份关于选举改革的新的政府文件。

• 9.  

  ADJ（形容词） Paper agreements, qualifications, or profits are ones that are stated by official documents to exist, although they may not really be effective or useful. (协议、资格或利益等) 书面的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  They expressed deep mistrust of the paper promises.

  他们对书面的承诺表示出十分的不信任。

• 10.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you paper a wall, you put wallpaper on it. 给…贴墙纸

  例：

  We papered all four bedrooms.

  我们给4个卧室都贴了墙纸。

• 11.  

  PHRASE（习语） If you put your thoughts down on paper, you write them down. 在纸上

  例：

  It is important to get something down on paper.

  重要的是要把一些事情写在纸上。

• 12.  

  PHRASE（习语） If something seems to be the case on paper, it seems to be the case from what you read or hear about it, but it may not really be the case. 在理论上

  例：

  On paper, their country is a multi-party democracy.

  从理论上讲，他们的国家是一个多党派民主国家。