It does not really touch on anything serious.
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Smith touches on construction methods, the revolutionary invention of the automatic lift, the practicalities of living in the sky and the likelihood that, as cities become more crowded, apartment living will become the norm.
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The University of Maryland at College Park is proceeding cautiously, giving the iPhone or iPod Touch to 150 students, said Jeffrey Huskamp, vice president and chief information officer at the university.
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VERB
觸摸;接觸;碰到
If you touch something, you put your hand onto it in order to feel it or to make contact with it.
例句
Her tiny hands gently touched my face...
她的小手輕輕觸摸我的臉龐。
Don't touch that dial…
不要碰那個(gè)刻度盤。
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V-RECIP-ERG
(使)接觸;(使)相碰
If two things are touching, or if one thing touches another, or if you touch two things, their surfaces come into contact with each other.
例句
Their knees were touching ...
他們的膝蓋挨著。
A cyclist crashed when he touched wheels with another rider...
一個(gè)騎車人與另一輛自行車車輪相碰后摔倒在地。
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N-UNCOUNT
觸覺;觸感
Your sense of touch is your ability to tell what something is like when you feel it with your hands.
例句
The evidence suggests that our sense of touch is programmed to diminish with age.
有證據(jù)表明，我們的觸覺會(huì)隨著年齡的增長而減損。
…boys and girls who are blind and who want to be able to read and write by touch.
想通過觸覺讀寫的失明的男孩和女孩
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VERB
輕擊;輕碰
To touch something means to strike it, usually quite gently.
例句
He scored the first time he touched the ball…
他第一次觸球就得分了。
As the aeroplane went down the runway the wing touched a pile of rubble.
飛機(jī)降落沿跑道滑行的時(shí)候機(jī)翼擦到了一堆碎石。
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VERB
(與否定詞連用)處理，照看，照管
If something has not been touched, nobody has dealt with it or taken care of it.
例句
When John began to restore the house in the 1960s, nothing had been touched for 40 years.
約翰 20 世紀(jì) 60 年代開始整修那幢房子時(shí)，它已有 40 年都無人照管了。
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VERB
(與否定詞連用，尤用于受到指責(zé)時(shí))傷害，攻擊，破壞
If you say that you did not touch someone or something, you are emphasizing that you did not attack, harm or destroy them, especially when you have been accused of doing so.
例句
Pearce remained adamant, saying 'I didn't touch him'...
皮爾斯仍舊堅(jiān)定不移地說：“我沒有碰過他?！?/i>
I was in the garden. I never touched the sandwiches.
我那時(shí)在花園里。我根本沒動(dòng)三明治。
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VERB
(與否定詞連用)嘗，吃，喝，用
You say that you never touch something or that you have not touched something for a long time to emphasize that you never use it, or you have not used it for a long time.
例句
He doesn't drink much and doesn't touch drugs...
他喝酒不多，也不沾毒品。
His diet is vegetarian, and he hasn't touched meat for six years…
他吃素，已經(jīng) 6 年不知肉味了。
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VERB
談及;涉及
If you touch on a particular subject or problem, you mention it or write briefly about it.
例句
The film touches on these issues, but only superficially...
這部電影涉及了這些問題，但卻流于表面。
She writes about women's idealisation of men, touching briefly on the topic of women's fantasy life.
她寫女人心目中理想化的男人，其中簡單涉及了女人所幻想的生活的話題。
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VERB
(短時(shí)間地)影響到
If something touches you, it affects you in some way for a short time.
例句
...a guilt that in some sense touches everyone...
在某種意義上影響到每個(gè)人的負(fù)罪感
Nor had the benefits of the war years touched all sectors of the population.
戰(zhàn)爭年代的救濟(jì)金也沒有惠及所有的人。
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VERB
觸動(dòng);感動(dòng)
If something that someone says or does touches you, it affects you emotionally, often because you see that they are suffering a lot or that they are being very kind.
例句
It has touched me deeply to see how these people live...
看到這些人的生活境況，我深受觸動(dòng)。
Her enthusiasm touched me.
她的熱情打動(dòng)了我。
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VERB
具有…特性
If something is touched with a particular quality, it has a certain amount of that quality.
例句
His crinkly hair was touched with grey...
他卷曲的頭發(fā)有些花白。
The boy was touched with genius.
那個(gè)男孩透著點(diǎn)天分。
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VERB
比得上;及得過
If you say about someone that nobody can touch him or her for a particular thing, you mean that he or she is much better at it than anyone else.
例句
No one can touch these girls for professionalism.
就職業(yè)素養(yǎng)來說，沒人能比得上這些姑娘。
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VERB
達(dá)到
To touch a particular level, amount, or score, especially a high one, means to reach it.
例句
By the third lap Kinkead had touched 289 m.p.h.
到第三圈時(shí)，金基德的車速達(dá)到了每小時(shí) 289 英里。
The winds had touched storm-force the day before.
風(fēng)力前一天就已達(dá)到了狂風(fēng)級(jí)。
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VERB
向(某人)要(錢)
If you touch someone for money, you ask them to give it to you.
例句
Now is the time to touch him for a loan.
現(xiàn)在是向他借筆錢的時(shí)候了。
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N-COUNT
潤色;裝點(diǎn);修飾
A touch is a detail which is added to something to improve it.
例句
They called the event 'a tribute to heroes', which was a nice touch...
他們把這一活動(dòng)稱為“向英雄致敬”，這可是加分之舉。
Small touches to a room such as flowers can be what gives a house its vitality.
房間里放些諸如鮮花之類的小點(diǎn)綴可以給家里帶來生氣。
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N-SING
風(fēng)格;手法;特有方式
If someone has a particular kind of touch, they have a particular way of doing something.
例句
The dishes he produces all have a personal touch...
他做的菜全都帶有其個(gè)人風(fēng)格。
The striker was unable to find his scoring touch.
那個(gè)前鋒找不到進(jìn)球的感覺。
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QUANT
一點(diǎn);些許
A touch of something is a very small amount of it.
例句
She thought she just had a touch of flu...
她認(rèn)為自己僅僅有點(diǎn)感冒。
At university he wrote a bit, did a touch of acting, and indulged in internal college politics.
在大學(xué)期間他寫過一點(diǎn)東西，小試過表演，并迷戀于校內(nèi)政治活動(dòng)。
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PHRASE
稍許;略微
You can use a touch to mean slightly or to a small extent, especially in order to make something you say seem less extreme. For example, if you say that something is a touch expensive, you might really think that it is very expensive.
例句
We were all a touch uneasy, I think...
我想我們都稍有點(diǎn)不自在。
I found it a touch distasteful.
我覺得這略有點(diǎn)讓人反感。
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PHRASE
一按;一摁
You use at the touch of in expressions such as at the touch of a button and at the touch of a key to indicate that something is possible by simply touching a switch or one of the keys of a keyboard.
例句
Staff will be able to trace calls at the touch of a button.
工作人員一摁按鈕便可以追蹤電話。
…seats that flip out at the touch of a lever.
一按控制桿就會(huì)翻開的座位
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PHRASE
平易近人的品質(zhì)
If you say that someone has the common touch, you mean that they have the natural ability to have a good relationship with ordinary people and be popular with them.
例句
Unlike many senior judges, he has consistently shown that he has the common touch.
與很多高級(jí)法官不同，他一貫表現(xiàn)得平易近人。
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PHRASE
(與…)聯(lián)絡(luò);(與…)聯(lián)系
If you get in touch with someone, you contact them by writing to them or telephoning them. If you are, keep, or stay in touch with them, you write, phone, or visit each other regularly.
例句
I will get in touch with solicitors about this…
我會(huì)就此事與律師聯(lián)系。
The organisation would be in touch with him tomorrow...
該組織明天就會(huì)和他聯(lián)絡(luò)。
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PHRASE
了解最新情況(或信息)/不了解最新情況(或信息)
If you are in touch with a subject or situation, or if someone keeps you in touch with it, you know the latest news or information about it. If you are out of touch with it, you do not know the latest news or information about it.
例句
You'll also be kept in touch with local Oxfam events.
您還將隨時(shí)獲得樂施會(huì)在當(dāng)?shù)氐淖钚禄顒?dòng)信息。
...keeping the unemployed in touch with the labour market...
使失業(yè)者即時(shí)了解勞動(dòng)力市場的最新動(dòng)態(tài)
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PHR-RECIP
(與…)失去聯(lián)絡(luò);(與…)失去聯(lián)系
If you lose touch with someone, you gradually stop writing, telephoning, or visiting them.
例句
In my job one tends to lose touch with friends...
干我這行，往往會(huì)與朋友失去聯(lián)系。
We lost touch after that.
我們自那以后就失去了聯(lián)絡(luò)。
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PHRASE
不再了解最新情況(或信息)
If you lose touch with something, you no longer have the latest news or information about it.
例句
Their leaders have lost touch with what is happening in the country.
他們的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人不再了解該國正發(fā)生的一切。
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PHRASE
不確定的事態(tài);無法預(yù)言的事
If you say that something is touch and go, you mean that you are uncertain whether it will happen or succeed.
例句
It was touch and go whether we'd go bankrupt.
我們是否會(huì)破產(chǎn)還很難說。
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PHRASE
容易借錢給人的人;好說話的人
If you say that someone is a soft touch or an easy touch, you mean that they can easily be persuaded to lend you money or to do things for you.
例句
Mr Wilson is no soft touch…
威爾遜先生絕不會(huì)輕易借錢給別人。
Pamela was an easy touch when she needed some cash.
她缺錢花的時(shí)候，帕梅拉總是有求必應(yīng)。
Noun
1. the event of something coming in contact with the body;
"he longed for the touch of her hand""the cooling touch of the night air"2. the faculty of touch;
"only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"3. a suggestion of some quality;
"there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone""he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"4. a distinguishing style;
"this room needs a woman's touch"5. the act of putting two things together with no space between them;
"at his touch the room filled with lights"6. a slight but appreciable addition;
"this dish could use a touch of garlic"7. a communicative interaction;
"the pilot made contact with the base""he got in touch with his colleagues"8. a slight attack of illness;
"he has a touch of rheumatism"9. the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan);
"he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"10. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin;
"she likes the touch of silk on her skin""the surface had a greasy feeling"11. deftness in handling matters;
"he has a master's touch"12. the feel of mechanical action;
"this piano has a wonderful touch"Verb
1. make physical contact with, come in contact with;
"Touch the stone for good luck""She never touched her husband"2. perceive via the tactile sense;
"Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"3. affect emotionally;
"A stirring movie""I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"4. have to do with or be relevant to;
"There were lots of questions referring to her talk""My remark pertained to your earlier comments"5. be in direct physical contact with; make contact;
"The two buildings touch""Their hands touched""The wire must not contact the metal cover""The surfaces contact at this point"6. have an effect upon;
"Will the new rules affect me?"7. deal with; usually used with a form of negation;
"I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole""The local Mafia won't touch gambling"8. cause to be in brief contact with;
"He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"9. to extend as far as;
"The sunlight reached the wall""Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"10. be equal to in quality or ability;
"Nothing can rival cotton for durability""Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues""Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"11. tamper with;
"Don't touch my CDs!"12. make a more or less disguised reference to;
"He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"13. comprehend;
"He could not touch the meaning of the poem"14. consume;
"She didn't touch her food all night"15. dye with a color