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1. N-UNCOUNT Paper is a material that you write on or wrap things with. The pages of this book are made of paper. 紙

He wrote his name down on a piece of paper for me. 他把他的名字寫在一張紙上給我。

...a paper bag. …一個紙袋。

2. N-COUNT A paper is a newspaper. 報紙

I might get a paper in the town. 我或許能在城裡買到一份報紙。

3. N-COUNT You can refer to newspapers in general as the paper or the papers. (縂稱) 報紙

You can't believe everything you read in the paper. 你不能相信在報紙上讀到的所有內容。

4. N-PLURAL Your papers are sheets of paper with information on them that you might keep in a safe place at home. 資料

After her death, her papers – including unpublished articles and correspondence – were deposited at the library. 她死後，她的資料–包括未發表的文章和信函–都被存放在圖書館裡。

5. N-PLURAL Your papers are official documents, such as your passport or identity card, that prove who you are or that give you official permission to do something. 身份証件; 証明

A young Moroccan stopped by police refused to show his papers. 一個被警察攔住的摩洛哥青年拒絕出示他的身份証件。

6. N-COUNT A paper is a long, formal piece of writing about an academic subject. 論文

He just published a paper in the journal Nature analysing the fires. 他剛剛在《自然》襍志上發表了一篇分析火災的論文。

7. N-COUNT A paper is an essay written by a student. (學生) 作文[美國英語]

...the ten common errors that appear most frequently in student papers. …最常出現在學生作文中的10個錯誤。

8. N-COUNT A paper prepared by a government or a committee is a report on a question they have been considering or a set of proposals for changes in the law. (政府) 文件

...a new government paper on electoral reform. …一份關於選擧改革的新的政府文件。

9. ADJ Paper agreements, qualifications, or profits are ones that are stated by official documents to exist, although they may not really be effective or useful. (協議、資格或利益等) 書麪的[ADJ n]

They expressed deep mistrust of the paper promises. 他們對書麪的承諾表示出十分的不信任。

10. V-T If you paper a wall, you put wallpaper on it. 給…貼牆紙

We papered all four bedrooms. 我們給4個臥室都貼了牆紙。

We have papered this bedroom in softest grey. 我們給這間臥室貼上了最柔和的灰色牆紙。

11. PHRASE If you put your thoughts down on paper, you write them down. 在紙上

It is important to get something down on paper. 重要的是要把一些事情寫在紙上。

12. PHRASE If something seems to be the case on paper, it seems to be the case from what you read or hear about it, but it may not really be the case. 在理論上

On paper, their country is a multi-party democracy. 從理論上講，他們的國家是一個多黨派民主國家。