As American research universities begin to resemble profit centers and entertainment complexes, it's easy to lose sight of their primary mission; to produce and spread knowledge.
出自-2014年6月閱讀原文
Both strains quickly invaded local hospitals when needle sharing and other unhealthy practices ensured the rapid spreading of the infection by bringing people into contact with contaminated body fluids.
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
If the virus had been capable of spreading through the air, or if one infected person had unknowingly entered a large population center, Ebola might have become a worldwide epidemic
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
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VERB
攤開;鋪開
If you spread something somewhere, you open it out or arrange it over a place or surface, so that all of it can be seen or used easily.
例句
She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it...
她在沙灘上鋪了一條毛巾，躺在上面。
His coat was spread over the bed.
他的外套攤在床上。
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VERB
伸出，張開,叉開(手臂、雙手、手指、雙腿等)
If you spread your arms, hands, fingers, or legs, you stretch them out until they are far apart.
例句
Sitting on the floor, spread your legs as far as they will go without overstretching...
坐在地板上，在不要拉傷的前提下將雙腿盡量分開。
He stepped back and spread his hands wide. 'You are most welcome to our home.'
他往后退了一步，伸開雙手。“非常歡迎你到我們家來。”
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VERB
涂;抹;敷
If you spread a substance on a surface or spread the surface with the substance, you put a thin layer of the substance over the surface.
例句
Spread the mixture in the cake tin and bake for 30 minutes...
將混合物抹在蛋糕烤盤里，烘烤 30 分鐘。
A thick layer of wax was spread over the surface...
表面涂上了厚厚的一層蠟。
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N-MASS
涂抹在面包上的醬
Spread is a soft food which is put on bread.
例句
...a wholemeal salad roll with low fat spread.
涂有低脂醬的全麥色拉面包卷
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V-ERG
(使)傳播;(使)散布;(使)擴散
If something spreads or is spread by people, it gradually reaches or affects a larger and larger area or more and more people.
例句
The industrial revolution which started a couple of hundred years ago in Europe is now spreading across the world.
兩百多年前始于歐洲的工業革命目前正在向全世界傳播。
...the sense of fear spreading in residential neighborhoods...
在住宅小區中蔓延的恐懼感
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V-ERG
(使)擴散;(使)散開;(使)蔓延
If something such as a liquid, gas, or smoke spreads or is spread, it moves outwards in all directions so that it covers a larger area.
例句
Fire spread rapidly after a chemical truck exploded...
一輛裝有化學品的卡車爆炸后，火勢迅速蔓延。
A dark red stain was spreading across his shirt...
一塊深紅色的污漬正在他的襯衫上滲開。
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VERB
將…分散(在一段時間內);分期做
If you spread something over a period of time, it takes place regularly or continuously over that period, rather than happening at one time.
例句
There seems to be little difference whether you eat all your calorie allowance in one go, or spread it over the day...
不管你是一次性攝入全天的卡路里限量，還是在一天內分次攝入，結果好像沒有多大差別。
The course is spread over a five week period.
這門課將持續 5 周時間。
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VERB
分攤;均攤
If you spread something such as wealth or work, you distribute it evenly or equally.
例句
...policies that spread the state's wealth more evenly...
更加平均地分配國家財富的政策
The loss of jobs has been far more evenly spread across the regions than it was during the early 1980s.
失業數字在各地區之間的分布要比 20 世紀 80 年代初均衡多了。
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N-SING
(想法、興趣等的)廣泛，多樣
A spread of ideas, interests, or other things is a wide variety of them.
例句
A topic-based approach can be hard to assess in primary schools with a typical spread of ability...
因為學生的能力通常差異很大，基于話題的教學方法在小學里評估起來可能很難。
We have an enormous spread of industries, mainly in the Home Counties and East Anglia.
我們擁有種類繁多的工業，主要位于倫敦周圍各郡和東英吉利地區。
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N-COUNT
(尤指為某一特殊場合準備的)豐盛飯菜，盛宴
A spread is a large meal, especially one that has been prepared for a special occasion.
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N-COUNT
(書籍、雜志、報紙中)橫貫兩版的篇幅
A spread is two pages of a book, magazine, or newspaper that are opposite each other when you open it at a particular place.
例句
There was a double-page spread of a dinner for 46 people.
有一張橫貫兩版的、由 46 人參加的宴席的照片。
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N-SING
(股票的)價差
Spread is used to refer to the difference between the price that a seller wants someone to pay for a particular stock or share and the price that the buyer is willing to pay.
例句
Market makers earn their livings from the spread between buying and selling prices.
做市商靠賺取買賣價差生存。
Noun
1. process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
2. a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures;
"gap between income and outgo""the spread between lending and borrowing costs"3. farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
4. a haphazard distribution in all directions
5. a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers
6. a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed;
"a banquet for the graduating seniors""the Thanksgiving feast""they put out quite a spread"7. two facing pages of a book or other publication
8. the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age);
"she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread"9. decorative cover for a bed
10. act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
Verb
1. distribute or disperse widely;
"The invaders spread their language all over the country"2. become distributed or widespread;
"the infection spread""Optimism spread among the population"3. spread across or over;
"A big oil spot spread across the water"4. spread out or open from a closed or folded state;
"open the map""spread your arms"5. cause to become widely known;
"spread information""circulate a rumor""broadcast the news"6. become widely known and passed on;
"the rumor spread""the story went around in the office"7. strew or distribute over an area;
"He spread fertilizer over the lawn""scatter cards across the table"8. move outward;
"The soldiers fanned out"9. cover by spreading something over;
"spread the bread with cheese"10. distribute over a surface in a layer;
"spread cheese on a piece of bread"Adjective
1. distributed or spread over a considerable extent;
"has ties with many widely dispersed friends""eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe"2. prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out;
"a table spread with food"3. fully extended in width;
"outspread wings""with arms spread wide"