name

1. N-COUNT The name of a person, place, or thing is the word or group of words that is used to identify them. 名字

"What's his name?"—"Peter."

“他叫什麽名字？”—“彼得。”

I don't even know if Sullivan's his real name. 我甚至不知道沙利文是不是他的真名。

2. V-T When you name someone or something, you give them a name, usually at the beginning of their life. 給…取名

My mother insisted on naming me Horace. 我母親執意給我取名叫霍勒斯。

...a man named John T. Benson. …一個叫約翰·T·本森的男子。

3. V-T If you name someone or something after another person or thing, you give them the same name as that person or thing. 以 (某人或某物的名字) 命名

Why haven't you named any of your sons after yourself?

爲什麽你沒用你名字給你兒子中的任何一個命名？

4. V-T If you name someone, you identify them by stating their name. 說出…的名稱

It's nearly thirty years since a journalist was jailed for refusing to name a source. 一名記者因拒絕說出消息來源而入獄已近三十年了。

5. V-T If you name something such as a price, time, or place, you say what you want it to be. 提出 (價格、時間、地點等)

Call Marty, tell him to name his price. 給馬蒂打電話，讓他開個價。

6. V-T If you name the person for a particular job, you say who you want to have the job. 提名

The CEO has named a new chief financial officer. 執行縂裁已經提名了一位新的財務縂監。

When the chairman of Campbell's retired, McGovern was named as his successor. 坎貝爾公司的董事長退休時，麥戈文被被提名爲其繼任者。

7. N-COUNT You can refer to the reputation of a person or thing as their name. 名聲

He had a name for good judgement. 他以判斷力強著稱。

8. N-COUNT You can refer to someone as, for example, a famous name or a great name when they are well known. (名) 人[journalism]

...some of the most famous names in modelling and show business. …模特界和縯藝界的一些大人物。

9. →see also brand name , Christian name , first name , maiden name

10. PHRASE If something is in someone's name, it officially belongs to them or is reserved for them. 在…的名下

The house is in my husband's name. 這所房子在我丈夫名下。

11. PHRASE If someone does something in the name of a group of people, they do it as the representative of that group. 代表

In the United States the majority governs in the name of the people. 在美國，多數派代表民衆執政。

12. PHRASE If you do something in the name of an ideal or an abstract thing, you do it in order to preserve or promote that thing. 爲了 (理想或抽象的事物)

...one of those rare occasions in history when a political leader risked his own power in the name of the greater public good. …政治領袖爲了更大的公共利益而將自己權力置於風險之中的那些罕有歷史時刻之一。

13. PHRASE When you mention someone or something by name, or address someone by name, you use their name. 用名字 (提到或稱呼)

When he walks down 131st street, he greets most people he sees by name. 儅他沿第131大街走著的時候，他跟他看見的大多數人用名字打著招呼。

14. PHRASE You can use by name or by the name of when you are saying what someone is called. 名叫…的[正式]

In 1911 he met up with a young Australian by the name of Harry Busteed. 1911年，他與一個叫哈裡·巴斯蒂德的年輕澳大利亞人會了麪。

15. PHRASE If someone calls you names, they insult you by saying unpleasant things to you or about you. 謾罵

At my last school they called me names because I was so slow. 在上一所學校，他們罵過我，因爲我反應太慢。

16. PHRASE If you make a name for yourself or make your name as something, you become well known for that thing. 使某人出名

She was beginning to make a name for herself as a portrait photographer. 她儅時作爲一名肖像攝影師開始出名。