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線（條）
A line is a long thin mark which is drawn or painted on a surface.
例句
Draw a line down that page's center.
沿那一頁的中心畫一條豎線。
...a dotted line...
虛線
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（尤指臉部的）皺紋，紋路
The lines on some-one's skin, especially on their face, are long thin marks that appear there as they grow older.
例句
He has a large, generous face with deep lines.
他寬大的臉盤上布滿了深深的皺紋。
...fine lines and wrinkles.
細細的皺紋和褶子
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（排成的）行，列
A line of people or things is a number of them arranged one behind the other or side by side.
例句
The sparse line of spectators noticed nothing unusual.
那一排稀稀落落的觀眾沒留意到任何不尋常之處。
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（人、車輛等在等候時排成的）隊，隊伍
A line of people or vehicles is a number of them that are waiting one behind another, for example in order to buy something or to go in a particular direction.
例句
Children clutching empty bowls form a line...
緊緊抓著空碗的孩子們排成一隊。
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字行
A line of a piece of writing is one of the rows of words, numbers, or other symbols in it.
例句
The next line should read: Five days, 23.5 hours...
下一行應該是：5天，23.5小時。
Tina wouldn't have read more than three lines.
蒂娜肯定讀不過三行。
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（老師對學生的）罰抄
In school, if a child is given lines, he or she is punished by being made to write out a sentence many times or to write out a passage from a book.
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詩行；歌詞；臺詞；對白
A line of a poem, song, or play is a group of words that are spoken or sung together. If an actor learns his or her lines for a play or film, they learn what they have to say.
例句
...a line from Shakespeare's Othello: 'one that loved not wisely but too well'...
莎士比亞劇作《奧賽羅》中的一句臺詞：“一個在戀愛上不智而過于深情的人”
Every time I sing that line, I have to compete with that bloody trombone!...
每次唱到那一句，我都不得不跟那該死的長號拼聲音。
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（旨在取得某種效果的）話語
A particular type of line in a conversation is a remark that is intended to have a particular effect.
例句
'In time perhaps you'll marry again'. 'That's a great line, coming from you!'.
“有一天也許你會再結婚的。”“這句話真中聽啊，難得你能這么說！”
...chat-up lines like 'You've got beautiful eyes'.
諸如“你的眼睛很漂亮”之類的搭訕語
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線；繩；索
You can refer to a long piece of wire, string, or cable as a line when it is used for a particular purpose.
例句
She put her washing on the line.
她把洗好的衣物晾在繩子上。
...a piece of fishing-line...
一節釣線
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電話線
A line is a connection which makes it possible for two people to speak to each other on the telephone.
例句
The telephone lines went dead...
電話斷線了。
It's not a very good line. Shall we call you back Susan?...
電話線路不太好。蘇珊，我們再打給你好嗎？
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熱線（電話）
You can use line to refer to a telephone number which you can ring in order to get information or advice.
例句
...the 24-hours information line.
24小時信息熱線
...details from Lesbian Line.
女同性戀熱線傳來的詳情
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（尤指危險或秘密的）路線，線路
A line is a route, especially a dangerous or secret one, along which people move or send messages or supplies.
例句
The American continent's geography severely limited the lines of attack...
美洲大陸的地形嚴重限制了進攻路線。
Negotiators say they're keeping communication lines open.
談判專家說他們保持著溝通渠道的暢通。
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（尤指徑直向前行進的）路線
The line in which something or someone moves is the particular route that they take, especially when they keep moving straight ahead.
例句
Walk in a straight line...
沿直線行進。
The wings were at right angles to the line of flight.
機翼與航線成直角。
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（鐵道或公交）線路
A line is a particular route, involving the same stations, roads, or stops along which a train or bus service regularly operates.
例句
They've got to ride all the way to the end of the line...
他們得一直坐到終點站。
Fires broke out at three railway stations, halting service on two commuter lines for several hours...
三個火車站發生了火災，兩條通勤線路的服務被迫中斷數小時。
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鐵軌；軌道
A railway line consists of the pieces of metal and wood which form the track that the trains travel along.
例句
Leaves on the line are an expensive problem for the railways.
處理鐵軌上的落葉對鐵路公司而言是一個耗資巨大的工程。
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運輸公司；航運公司
A shipping, air, or bus line is a company which provides services for transporting people or goods by sea, air, or bus.
例句
The Foreign Office offered to pay the shipping line all the costs of diverting the ship to Bermuda.
外交部愿意向海運公司支付將該船改道至百慕大的一切費用。
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輪廓（線）
You can use line to refer to the edge, outline, or shape of an object or a person's body.
例句
The garden has an informal feel to soften the architectural lines of the conservatory.
花園有一種隨意的風格，從而使溫室的建筑輪廓顯得柔和了。
...a sculptured evening dress that follows the lines of the body.
貼合身體曲線的凹凸有致的晚禮服
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界線；邊界
A state or county line is a boundary between two states or counties.
例句
...the California state line.
加利福尼亞州州界
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防線；前線
You can use lines to refer to the set of physical defences or the soldiers that have been established along the boundary of an area occupied by an army.
例句
Their unit was shelling the German lines only seven miles away.
他們的部隊在炮轟僅有7英里之遙的德軍防線。
...the stupendous fortification they called the Maginot Line.
他們稱為馬其諾防線的巨大防御工事
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立場；方針
The particular line that a person has towards a problem is the attitude that they have towards it. For example, if someone takes a hard line on something, they have a firm strict policy which they refuse to change.
例句
Forty members of the governing Conservative party rebelled, voting against the government line...
執政的保守黨有40名黨員倒戈，投票反對政府的方針。
Most members of Parliament took a hard line on this issue.
絕大多數議員在這個問題上都持強硬立場。
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（思想或行動的）步驟，方式，方法
You can use line to refer to the way in which someone's thoughts or activities develop, particularly if it is logical.
例句
Our discussion in the previous chapter continues this line of thinking...
我們上一章的討論延續了這一思路。
What are some of the practical benefits likely to be of this line of research?
這一研究方法可能會產生哪些實際效益？
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N-PLURAL
概況；大致情形
If you say that something happens along particular lines, or on particular lines, you are giving a general summary or approximate account of what happens, which may not be correct in every detail.
例句
There followed an assortment of praise for the coffee along the lines of 'Hey, this coffee is fantastic!'...
然后就是對咖啡的各種溢美之詞，類似“嘿，這咖啡真棒！”等等。
He'd said something along those lines already...
他已經說過類似的話了。
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（組織的）方式，原則
If something is organized on particular lines, or along particular lines, it is organized according to that method or principle.
例句
...so-called autonomous republics based on ethnic lines.
基于民族劃分的所謂自治共和國
...reorganising old factories to work along Japanese lines.
重組舊工廠使其按日本模式生產
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行業；行當
Your line of business or work is the kind of work that you do.
例句
So what was your father's line of business?...
那你父親當時是做什么工作的？
In my line of work I often get home too late for dinner.
干我們這一行的，經常回家太遲都吃不上晚飯。
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專長；特長；興趣范圍
If someone says that something is your line, or that it is in your line, they mean that it is the sort of thing that you often do because you enjoy doing it.
例句
Wild guesses aren't much in my line...
瞎猜并不是我的專長。
Perhaps doing voluntary work is more your line?
也許你更喜歡做志愿工作？
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（產品的）種，類
A line is a particular type of product that a company makes or sells.
例句
His best selling line is the cheapest lager at ￡1.99.
他最暢銷的產品是最便宜的只賣1.99英鎊的貯藏啤酒。
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方面；領域
You can use line to refer to something connected with a particular activity. For example, something in the sports line is connected with sports.
例句
Most kids can do something in the art line.
大多數孩子可以參加某項藝術活動。
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流水線；生產線
In a factory, a line is an arrangement of workers or machines where a product passes from one worker to another until it is finished.
例句
...a production line capable of producing three different products.
一條能生產三種不同產品的流水線
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家系；家族；血統
You can use line to refer to all the generations of a family, especially when you are considering the social status or the physical characteristics that the various members inherit.
例句
...the old Welsh royal line descended from Arthur and Uther Pendragon...
承自亞瑟和烏瑟·彭德拉根的古老的威爾士皇族世家
This title will only pass down through the male line.
這個頭銜將只能傳給男性后裔。
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（按身份高低確定的）排序
You can use line when you are referring to a number of people who are ranked according to status.
例句
Nicholas Paul Patrick was seventh in the line of succession to the throne...
尼古拉斯·保羅·帕特里克是王位的第七順位繼承人。
The line of command went from head office in Chicago to a regional boss and then down to a country boss and finally to a local-office managing-partner.
職權的大小依次為芝加哥總部、區域主管、某國主管，最后是當地辦事處的任事股東。
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（按時間順序排的）一系列，一連串
A particular line of people or things is a series of them that has existed over a period of time, when they have all been similar in some way, or done similar things.
例句
We were part of a long line of artists...
我們同屬一脈相承的藝術家。
It's the latest in a long line of tragedies.
這是一長串悲劇事件中最新的一件。
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沿…排列成行；遍布…的邊沿
If people or things line a road, room, or other place, they are present in large numbers along its edges or sides.
例句
Thousands of local people lined the streets and clapped as the procession went by.
數以千計的當地居民站在街道兩旁，為由此經過的隊伍鼓掌。
...a square lined with pubs and clubs.
四周遍布酒吧和俱樂部的廣場
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給…安襯里；使有內襯
If you line a wall, container, or other object, you put a layer of something such as leaves or paper on the inside surface of it in order to make it stronger, warmer, or cleaner.
例句
Scoop the blanket weed out and use it to line hanging baskets...
把那些絲狀水藻撈出來，墊在吊籃里。
Female bears tend to line their dens with leaves or grass.
母熊往往會在洞穴里墊些樹葉或草。
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在（容器或器官）的內壁形成一層
If something lines a container or area, especially an area inside a person, animal, or plant, it forms a layer on the inside surface.
例句
...the muscles that line the intestines.
腸道內壁的一層肌肉
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PHRASE
其間某時；在某一時刻；在某一環節
If something happens somewhere along the line or down the line, it happens during the course of a situation or activity, often at a point that cannot be exactly identified.
例句
Somewhere along the line he picked up an engineering degree...
在此期間的某個時候他拿到了一個工程學學位。
It would depend how far down the line the relationship was.
這得視這一關系到底發展到了什么程度而定。
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全線地；全部地；處處
If you say that something happens all down the line, or right down the line, you mean that it happens in every case.
例句
Excellent acting all down the line captures the sound and feeling of that semi-feudal age...
全體演員的精彩表演捕捉到了那個半封建時代的聲音和感覺。
Democrats and Republicans differed right down the line on what the proper responses were.
民主黨與共和黨就何為恰當的反應處處針鋒相對。
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PHRASE
劃定底線；不能容忍；反對
If you draw the line at a particular activity, you refuse to do it, because you disapprove of it or because it is more extreme than what you normally do.
例句
Letters have come from prisoners, declaring that they would draw the line at hitting an old lady.
已經有囚犯寫信來，宣稱就連他們也絕對不會毆打老太太。
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劃界線；區別
If you draw a line between two things, you make a distinction between them.
例句
It is, however, not possible to draw a distinct line between the two categories.
不過，這兩個類別無法涇渭分明地區分開來。
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PHRASE
寫信給（某人）
If you drop someone a line, you write to them.
例句
My phone doesn't work, so drop me a line.
我的電話壞了，你寫信給我吧。
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PHRASE
在執行公務中；在履行職責時
If you do something or if it happens to you in the line of duty, you do it or it happens as part of your regular work or as a result of it.
例句
More than 3,000 police officers were wounded in the line of duty last year.
去年有3,000多名警察因公受傷。
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PHRASE
第一項舉措；最重要的方法
If you refer to a method as the first line of, for example, defence or treatment, you mean that it is the first or most important method to be used in dealing with a problem.
例句
Passport checks will remain the first line of defence against terrorists...
護照檢查仍將是對付恐怖分子的第一道防線。
The first line of treatment is to help the affected skin by moisturising it regularly.
首要的治療方法就是通過定期滋潤來幫助受到影響的皮膚。
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PHRASE
將輪到…的；很有可能獲得…的；…很有可能（發生）的
If you are in line for something, it is likely to happen to you or you are likely to obtain it. If something is in line to happen, it is likely to happen.
例句
He must be in line for a place in the Guinness Book of Records...
他肯定能在《吉尼斯世界紀錄大全》中獲得一席之地。
Public sector pay is also in line to be hit hard.
公共部門的薪資也很可能受到重創。
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（與…）成一直線
If one object is in line with others, or moves into line with others, they are arranged in a line. You can also say that a number of objects are in line or move into line.
例句
The device itself was right under the vehicle, almost in line with the gear lever...
該裝置本身就在車子正下方，幾乎與變速桿處于同一直線上。
Venus, the Sun and Earth all moved into line.
金星、太陽和地球都到了一條直線上。
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PHRASE
（與…）一致；（與…）相符
If one thing is in line with another, or is brought into line with it, the first thing is, or becomes, similar to the second, especially in a way that has been planned or expected.
例句
The structure of our schools is now broadly in line with the major countries of the world...
我們的學校建構現在基本上與世界上主要國家的相一致了。
This brings the law into line with most medical opinion.
這使得該法與絕大多數醫學見解保持了一致。
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PHRASE
排隊
When people stand in line or wait in line, they stand one behind the other in a line, waiting their turn for something.
例句
I had been standing in line for three hours.
我已經排了3個小時的隊。
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PHRASE
使（某人）就范；使（某人）聽從吩咐
If you keep someone in line or bring them into line, you make them obey you, or you make them behave in the way you want them to.
例句
All this was just designed to frighten me and keep me in line.
所有這一切不過是設計好了來恐嚇我、讓我乖乖聽話的。
...if the Prime Minister fails to bring rebellious Tories into line.
如果首相無法使倒戈的托利黨人就范的話
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PHRASE
在運行中/不在運行；在工作中/不在工作
If a machine or piece of equipment comes on line, it starts operating. If it is off line, it is not operating.
例句
The Energy Secretary hopes to bring on line a safer new tritium production reactor...
能源大臣希望能投產一座更安全的新型產氚反應堆。
The new machine will go on line in June 2006...
新機器將于2006年6月投入使用。
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在計算機上；在網上；在線
If you do something on line, you do it using a computer or a computer network.
例句
They can order their requirements on line.
他們可以在線下訂單。
...on-line transaction processing.
在線交易處理
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PHRASE
岌岌可危；冒極大的險
If something such as your job, career, or reputation is on the line, you may lose or harm it as a result of what you are doing or of the situation you are in.
例句
He wouldn't put his career on the line to help a friend.
他不會為了幫助朋友而讓自己的事業受到威脅。
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不在隊列中；不在一條直線上
In a row or group of objects, if one of them is out of line, it is not in its correct position.
例句
You can see that her nose has been drawn slightly out of line.
你可以看到她的鼻子畫得稍稍有點歪。
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不一致；不符合
If one thing is out of line with another, the first thing is different from the second in a way that was not agreed, planned, or expected.
例句
...if one set of figures is sharply out of line with a trend.
如果一組數據與總的趨勢有很大的出入
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不服從；出格；舉止不當
If someone steps out of line, they disobey someone or behave in an unacceptable way.
例句
Any one of my players who steps out of line will be in trouble with me as well...
我的任何隊員若是舉止不當我也不會輕饒。
You're way out of line, lady.
女士，你實在是太過分了。
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PHRASE
體會隱含之意；領會言外之意
If you read between the lines, you understand what someone really means, or what is really happening in a situation, even though it is not said openly.
例句
Reading between the lines, it seems neither Cole nor Ledley King will be going to Japan.
言外之意，科爾和萊德利·金兩個人似乎都不會去日本了。