dumping

1. V-T If you dump something somewhere, you put it or unload it there quickly and carelessly. 扔下; 傾倒[非正式]

We dumped our bags at the nearby Grand Hotel and hurried toward the market. 我們把包扔在附近的格蘭德旅館，急匆匆地向市場趕去。

2. V-T If something is dumped somewhere, it is put or left there because it is no longer wanted or needed. 丟棄[非正式]

The getaway car was dumped near the motorway. 那輛逃亡的小汽車被丟棄在高速公路附近。

3. dumpingN-UNCOUNT 傾倒; 丟棄

German law forbids the dumping of hazardous waste on German soil. 德國法律禁止在德國國土上倒棄危險(xiǎn)廢棄物。

4. V-T To dump something such as an idea, policy, or practice means to stop supporting or using it. 拋棄 (念頭、政策或慣例)[非正式]

The party dumped the policy of nationalization in favour of the free market. 該黨拋棄了國有化政策，轉(zhuǎn)而支持自由市場政策。

5. V-T If a firm or company dumps goods, it sells large quantities of them at prices far below their real value, usually in another country, in order to gain a bigger market share or to keep prices high in the home market. 傾銷[商業(yè)]

It produces more than it needs, then dumps its surplus onto the world market. 它出產(chǎn)過剩，于是就將過剩的產(chǎn)品傾銷到全球市場。

6. V-T If you dump someone, you end your relationship with them. 拋棄 (某人)[非正式]

My heart sank because I thought he was going to dump me for another girl. 想到他將拋棄我去追求另一個女孩，我的心沉了。

7. V-T To dump computer data or memory means to copy it from one storage system onto another, such as from disk to magnetic tape. 轉(zhuǎn)儲[計(jì)算機(jī)]

All the data is then dumped into the main computer. 所有的資料接著被轉(zhuǎn)儲到主計(jì)算機(jī)中。

8. N-COUNT A dump is a place where rubbish and waste material are left, for example, on open ground outside a town. 垃圾場

...companies that bring their waste straight to the dump. …將廢棄物直接運(yùn)到垃圾場的公司。

9. N-COUNT If you say that a place is a dump, you think it is ugly and unpleasant to live in or visit. 骯臟不堪的地方[非正式]

"What a dump!" Christabel said, standing in the doorway of the youth hostel. 克麗絲特布尓站在青年旅舍的門口說道：“真是個骯臟的地方！”

10. N-COUNT A dump is a list of the data that is stored in a computer's memory at a particular time. Dumps are often used by computer programmers to find out what is causing a problem with a program. (常用來發(fā)現(xiàn)程序問題) 數(shù)據(jù)轉(zhuǎn)儲[計(jì)算機(jī)]

...print it out and it'll do a screen dump of what's there. 把它打印出來，它會將所在的信息進(jìn)行屏幕轉(zhuǎn)儲。

11. N an act of defecation 排便[美國英語] [slang]