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par /pɑː(r)/► SEE ALLbe below/under parbe on a par with sb/sthbe (about) par for the coursebe up to/above parpar excellence
●be below/under ˈparless well, good, etc. than is usual or expected 不够标准；不太好；不及平常（或预期的）好◆I’ve been feeling rather below par recently — I think it’s time I took a break.
我最近一直感觉不太好，我想我需要休假。◆His performance at the concert was well under par.
他在音乐会上的演奏大失水准。●be on a ˈpar with sb/sthbe equal to sb/sth; be at the same level as sb/sth in importance, rank, value, etc. 与…相等；与…不相上下◆He doesn’t think his salary is on a par with his position in the company.
他觉得自己的薪水与在公司里的职位不相符。◆As actors, I would say they were on a par.
作为演员来讲，我觉得他们不相上下。●be (about) ˌpar for the ˈcourse (disapproving) be normal; be what you would expect to happen 意料之中；没什么不寻常◆‘The food on this plane is terrible.’ ‘Well, that’s about par for the course.’
“这架飞机上的食物太糟糕了。”“是啊，不过这不足为奇。” NOTE This idiom refers to the game of golf. Par is the number of times a good player should hit the ball to complete a particular hole or course. 这个习语原指高尔夫球运动。par 指标准杆数。 ●be up to/above ˈparof an acceptable standard, quality, etc.; better than the usual standard, quality, etc. 达到／超过标准（或质量等）◆You don’t need to worry. Your work is well above par.
不用担心，你的工作做得相当不错。◆His driving wasn’t quite up to par and he lost the race.
他的赛车技术不够好，因此输掉了比赛。●ˌpar ˈexcellence (from French) (only used after the noun it describes 只用于所修饰的名词后) better than all the others of the same kind; a very good example of sth 杰出的；卓越的；出类拔萃的◆She turned out to be an organizer par excellence.
结果表明她是个优秀的组织者。 |