Intercept
[ ,ɪntɚ'sɛpt ]
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vt. 拦截，拦住;截球;截击;拦阻;
n. （数学）截距;截击，拦截;截听;拦截者;
💡 词根助记
inter(between)+cept(to catch)→中途拦截；截获；阻止
📝 例句
intercept (a player), in baseball.
棒球运动中中途阻止一名队员。
Heavy vegetation may intercept a large amount of precipitation on its leaves.
浓密的植被的叶子中能截留大量的降水。
Each of the two delay times is half the intercept time.
两种延迟时间都等于截距时间的一半。
To accost or intercept unexpectedly.
意外地打招呼或拦住
The camera is then placed to intercept the desired rays.
这时即可放置照相机去接收所要的光线。
🌱 联想助记
【记】inter-在中间,cept-incept接收:在中途接收就是拦截
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✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-cept-表示“抓住”
常见变体有-cap-、-cip-、-ceiv-
📖 牛津释义
intercept
v[Tn]
stop or catch (sb travelling or sth in motion) before he or it can reach a destination 中途阻止或拦截（某人[某物]）
Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从後门溜走, 记者把他截住了.
Effective defence is a matter of intercepting their missiles before they can reach us. 有效的防卫是不待对方导弹击中我们而先行将其拦截.
The police had been intercepting my mail, ie reading it before it was delivered. 警方一直截查我的邮件.
🔁 扩展释义
*[,intә'sept]n. 截取, 妨碍, 截距vt. 拦截, 阻止, 截取【法】 窃听, 侦听, 截取
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I am happy to do it for you.
我很高兴为你们做这件事。
I can just have a glance at the rest.
剩下的部分我粗略地看一下就可以了。
They decompose and are quickly destroyed by the weather or eaten by some other creature.
因为它们腐败之后很快就被风化掉，或被别的动物吃掉了。