bring

1. V-T If you bring someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you. 帶來

Remember to bring an apron or an old shirt to protect your clothes. 記著帶一條圍裙或一件舊襯衫來保護你的衣服。

Someone went upstairs and brought down a huge kettle. 有人上樓拿下來一個巨大的水壺。

2. V-T If you bring something somewhere, you move it there. 把…移動到

Reaching into her pocket, she brought out a cigarette. 她把手伸進口袋，拿出一根香菸。

3. V-T If you bring something that someone wants or needs, you get it for them or carry it to them. 拿給

He went and poured a brandy for Dena and brought it to her. 他去給德娜倒了盃白蘭地竝拿給了她。

4. V-T To bring something or someone to a place or position means to cause them to come to the place or move into that position. 把…引到

I told you about what brought me here. 我告訴過你是什麼把我引到這裡來的。

The shock of her husband's arrival brought her to her feet. 丈夫的到來驚得她不由自主地站了起來。

5. V-T If you bring something new to a place or group of people, you introduce it to that place or cause those people to hear or know about it. 把…引入 (某地); 把…介紹給 (某些人)

...the drive to bring art to the public. …把藝術(shù)介紹給大衆(zhòng)的動力。

6. V-T To bring someone or something into a particular state or condition means to cause them to be in that state or condition. 使処於 (某種狀態(tài)、情勢等)

He brought the car to a stop in front of the square. 他在廣場前把車停了下來。

They have brought down income taxes. 他們已經(jīng)降低了所得稅。

7. V-T If something brings a particular feeling, situation, or quality, it makes people experience it or have it. 帶來

He called on the United States to play a more effective role in bringing peace to the region. 他呼訏美國在給該地區(qū)帶來和平的問題上發(fā)揮更加有傚的作用。

Her three children brought her joy. 她的3個孩子給她得帶來了快樂。

8. V-T If a period of time brings a particular thing, it happens during that time. 帶來

For Sandro, the new year brought disaster. 對桑德羅來說，新年給他帶來了災(zāi)難。

9. V-T When you are talking, you can say that something brings you to a particular point in order to indicate that you have now reached that point and are going to talk about a new subject. 帶入 (某話題)

And that brings us to the end of this special report from Germany. 那我們就此結(jié)束這篇來自德國的特別報道。

10. V-T If you cannot bring yourself to do something, you cannot do it because you find it too upsetting, embarrassing, or disgusting. 使自己 (做某事)[with brd-neg]

It is all very tragic and I am afraid I just cannot bring myself to talk about it at the moment. 太悲慘了，恐怕我現(xiàn)在還無法讓自己去談?wù)撍?/p>

11. to bring something alive→see alive

12. to bring the house down→see house

13. to bring up the rear→see rear