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noun ˈriːdɪŋˈridɪŋ 1mass noun The action or skill of reading. 遗嘱的宣读。 suggestions for further reading 有关进一步阅读的建议。 as modifier reading skills Example sentencesExamples - A child with a learning disability may have goals in the areas of improving reading and math skills.
- As an academic I would argue that reading is one of the most basic skills needed to achieve academically.
- This necessitates somewhat cursory reading at times and I don't catch everything.
- One in ten pupils are leaving school in the Blackburn and Darwen area without basic reading and writing skills.
- It seems that the brain takes sides in promoting the skills necessary for proficient reading.
- He has courageously promised to drive up student test scores in core skills such as reading and math.
- More than just reading skills are impaired, you can count on it.
- Tutored children were assessed on several measures of basic reading and spelling skills.
- This will be followed rapidly by early reading and counting skills.
- Paired reading can improve language skills as well as help motivate students to read on their own.
- A country of ten-year-olds should concentrate on their reading and comprehension skills.
- And did you find that your reading and writing skills improved once you came here?
- Like many of their colleagues, they say the centre has greatly improved their reading and writing skills.
- And reading is a skill just like playing tennis, or playing rugby or playing the piano.
- The test covers the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking.
- The acquisition of reading and writing skills was a socially selective process.
- The teens were hampered by poor reading and research skills and were more prone to leave a site after encountering difficulties.
- The perception of irony reveals the gap between narrative memory and linear reading.
- His reading and writing skills have also dramatically changed.
- Something else Seamus discovered was the lack of basic reading and writing skills among the prison population.
Synonyms perusal, study, scan, scanning, scrutiny browse (through), look (through), glance (through), leaf (through), flick (through), skim (through) - 1.1 Written or printed matter that can be read.
阅读材料，读物 his main reading was detective stories 他的主要读物是侦探小说。 with adjective I found the article fascinating reading Example sentencesExamples - Your CV on the Department of Education's website makes for fascinating reading.
- Other people do, and sometimes they make fascinating reading.
- An outsider's account of the machinations involved makes fascinating reading.
- To promote the transition from dictionary articles to such further reading is no mean achievement.
- It's not like they're books someone would normally want to read for light reading!
- This makes fascinating reading, at least for a biologist like myself with a different specialisation from theirs.
- These biographies make fascinating reading filled with personal memories.
- In fact, most of the letters make depressing reading, so I'll move on!
- He can read only functional reading, he can read train stops, things like that.
- Also on that page is some fascinating reading about how earthquakes prove that the Earth is hollow.
- Coursework aims at the development of technical and conceptual skills through readings, homework, group projects, and lectures.
- The music is exhilaratingly presented; detailed liner notes make excellent reading.
- These full accounts of her extraordinary career make fascinating and inspiring reading.
- His books are not easy reading; he saw writing as a form of action, paragraphs as a hail of bullets.
- Personal insults aside, it makes for fascinating reading - do peruse it, if you've got time.
- Early works covering Norfolk ornithology make fascinating reading.
- The diary entries and letters in this collection make for fascinating reading.
- Maybe their map reading or compass reading is not very good.
- This fine set of essays is very good reading as we head into the presidential elections.
- A quick trawl through the record books makes depressing reading.
- 1.2usually with adjective Knowledge of literature.
文学知识 文学知识广泛的人。 Example sentencesExamples - Their thinking cannot be based on wide reading or a deep and sustained engagement with issues.
- These are the fruit of her intense and wide reading in primary literature.
- His book is based on wide reading, numerous interviews, and extensive archival research.
- It is my firm belief, based on experience and fairly wide reading, that they are wrong.
- Yet it is no surprise that the man who emerges in these pages should be so broadly intelligent, with a wide reading and knowledge of the arts.
- It is very very uncommon for me to be in the company of people who seem to be educated and who have knowledge due to their reading and gatherings.
- Inevitably this book is a work of synthesis based on wide reading in secondary sources.
- He combines this collective biography with extensive reading of the popular literature.
- Much of what Orme tells us is familiar, though he brings the fruits of very wide reading to enrich the discourse.
- This is a very good book, in which Mr Ackroyd deploys his enormously wide reading to great effect.
- By avid reading of the literature, I already knew half of the material, so I excelled.
- The book is peppered with numerous brief illustrations drawn from the author's experience and wide reading.
- Caldwell's book is based on wide reading, but I did note a few errors.
- Flanagan supplemented his history classes at high school with a considerable amount of wide reading.
- The role of wide reading and the centrality of LITERATURE in language development were also emphasized.
- This notion he argues with great verve, based on extensive reading in original literature.
Synonyms learning, book learning, scholarship, education, erudition, knowledge (of literature)
2An occasion at which pieces of literature are read to an audience. （诗歌等文学作品）朗诵会 Example sentencesExamples - These include poetry readings, concerts of romantic music, films, street theatre and special masses at St Valentine's church for engaged couples and wedding anniversaries.
- Hence, perhaps, her later insistence on singing to the captive audiences at her poetry readings.
- The singer showed off the book's colourful illustrations to the youngsters, but ended her reading after five minutes.
- Have you ever gotten up in front of a crowd for anything like karaoke, poetry readings, or open-mic stand-up comedy?
- My best friend Larry and I were attending weekly open mic poetry readings at one of the local watering holes.
- These stories cast an enduring spell on Clarke, who will appear in Seattle for two readings this week.
- They assured us we had caused no problem and continued to tell us about their open-mic nights for poetry readings every Monday.
- As in most areas of show business, the audience for readings is as important as the performer.
- Kathleen Jamie is the latest in a line of present-day poets who are attracting large audiences to the Grasmere readings.
- When I do a public reading I often swap words around from how they appear on the page.
- Poetry readings cannot help being a little self-conscious, and the audience's guffaws seemed a rather apt reflection upon the event.
- One afternoon was filled with poetry readings, theatrical performances and dance numbers.
- One of the reasons his novel had been such a hit was because he had appeared at several readings during Jewish Book Month.
- But over the past twenty years there has been a fundamental change in the role poetry readings play in literary culture.
- Other events will include a Victorian picnic cricket match, concerts and poetry readings, horse-drawn carriage rides, guided walks and a rowing club regatta.
- As a result, the museum decided to improve amenities such as the store and restaurant, and to host events including poetry readings, recitals, and concerts.
- The poetry readings, lunchtime concerts, museum exhibits and jam sessions add to this week of swing in the spring.
- All fifteen will then read from their work at an open public reading at 3pm.
- A collection of poetry readings read to a background of traditional Irish airs and classical music was launched in Sligo last week.
- We arrived in Manhattan two days before the ceremony for some readings and other promotional appearances.
- She was an accomplished reader of her own verse, and found a new young audience at the poetry readings which flourished in the 1960s.
- There were other events there on the weekdays, such as poetry readings and open mic nights.
- The scholarship provides free entry to all lectures, poetry readings, exhibitions and concerts during the week of the Summer School.
- They also gained wider audiences through public readings in both poetry and prose.
- 2.1 A piece of literature or passage of scripture that is read aloud.
（向众人朗诵的）文学作品（或经文） 圣经诵文。 Example sentencesExamples - I have often read these words from my book at public readings, but now I am no longer the author reading them.
- Fr. Walsh also spoke of the high regard in which she was held within the family circle and this was clearly reflected in the readings at Mass by her young relatives.
- After the Gospel is read, the priest delivers a homily based on the Scripture readings.
- Today, I need to put aside the Scripture readings appointed for today.
- There are many ways, but today let's focus on two, both of which are related to the Scripture readings we will hear at Mass.
- After breakfast, there are readings of scripture and meditation and after that each embarks on the chore which he has been given responsibility for.
- Ken and Mary recited the readings from scripture with real feeling.
- Services could include requested pieces of music, readings or poetry, and range from being simple, quiet affairs to New Orleans-style funerals complete with jazz band.
- This week's scripture readings clearly chart the Epiphany theme, that of Jesus drawing all of humanity into a living relationship with God.
- This story never appears in our church's assigned cycle of Sunday readings.
- This year's service was without a sermon, but the prayers and scripture readings provided all the spiritual inspiration required.
- Over the next hour or so, speeches and waiata, a reading and another prayer revisit the same themes.
- There was seven weeks of Scripture readings and the children showed a genuine interest and appreciation towards the course.
- This makes the course particularly appropriate for people who do the Scripture readings in their local church.
- Each service includes short scripture readings, petitions regarding mourning, suggestions for reflection, and room for journaling.
- In this short reading, Dempster read five of his poems from his recent book.
- In addition to the seven devotions, the CD has Scripture readings, prayers, hymns and church information.
- There the famous chants are sung, interspersed with Scripture readings and periods of silence.
- Both will respond to activities such as poetry read aloud, choral readings with repetitious phrasing, and intentional changes of voice.
- The combined choirs will sing the traditional carols of the Christmas season and in addition there will be readings from Sacred Scripture.
Synonyms passage, lesson section, piece, selection recital, recitation
3A particular interpretation of a text or situation. feminist readings of Goethe 歌德有关男女平等的阐释。 Example sentencesExamples - However, I also think that a careful reading of the document shows the bishops were not saying this.
- Also, a naive reading would imagine that this knowledge on the fringe is the easiest to change.
- That view is a tendentious reading of the legal materials, as a quick glance at Article I reveals.
- Some people sneer at a metaphorical reading of scripture and Tolkien himself was opposed to allegory as a rhetorical form.
- I do not wish to suggest that our reading of these narratives can be closed or definitive.
- This is a pure absurdity, as any fair reading of the pages we have devoted to such matters can demonstrate.
- In Nina's case, however, a literal reading would have given any security man grounds for anxiety.
- The article gives an intriguing and powerfully written reading of the ironic positioning of such films.
- Perhaps readers will disagree with the Professor's comparative reading.
- How your own perceptions color your reading of those comments may be another story.
- On an absolutely literal reading, your Lordships' liberty to apply does not apply to past expenses if there are future expenses.
- A more literal reading relates us directly to the pattern of the cosmos, with its insistence on the separation of categories.
- It also means that everyone's experience of the book will be different - the order in which the stories are read will change readings of the book as a whole significantly.
- An honest reading of the document shows that the Vatican is simply banning gays.
- He isn't as fast as Cole, but has tremendous skill and reading of the game.
- It won't be a perfect fit, any more than modern feminist readings of the Bible are a perfect fit, but it will do for the time being.
- McLeish believes it is the combination of strength, skill and also his reading of the game which makes him so difficult to play against.
- A close reading of the document suggests, however, that the threat has been exaggerated.
- That's an utterly inaccurate reading of the great documents of the founding of this nation.
- So this will hopefully prepare for a more sympathetic reading of the translated article below.
Synonyms interpretation, construal, understanding, account, explanation, analysis, construction version informal take 4A figure or amount shown by a meter or other measuring instrument. （仪表等测量仪器上的）读数，度数，指示数 radiation readings were taken every hour 辐射读数每小时记录一次。 Example sentencesExamples - Knob positions and meter readings are easily seen from a distance.
- You are told to beware of persons coming to your house under the pretext of selling or repairing things, conducting meter readings, etc.
- It had been a year, and the meters were giving normal readings across the board for air quality and temperature.
- It is evident from different reports that many of the meters are giving erratic readings.
- To reduce measurement error, this instrument takes three readings and computes an average.
- If there is a large discrepancy between the water meter readings and the amount of water shown on the bill, a specialist is sent to investigate the problem.
- The instant new information is entered, the appropriate dashboard readings are updated companywide.
- The data to be traded includes numerical instrument readings, high-resolution x-rays, and audio/video discussions.
- The readings we measure therefore reflect upper torso movement.
- We will also be offering to provide quarterly meter readings.
- Fig. 11 indicated that the clip gauge transducer produced a linear relationship between the diameter change and the strain meter readings.
- The bottom figure, the diastolic reading, is the pressure when your heart is filling (diastole).
- He appeared to be drunk and a breath test gave a reading of 125 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
- Distances still refer to yards or miles, weights are in pounds and ounces, and temperature readings are in Fahrenheit.
- This appears to be the message from the first opinion poll readings since hostilities broke out.
- There will still be a 10-15 per cent variation between readings on meters and lab values.
- Lavelle gave a blood sample at the scene which gave a reading of 188.The legal limit is 80.
- Whichever type of thermometer you choose, be sure you know how to use it correctly to get an accurate reading.
- The variant readings have been reduced to seven, each of which is regarded as equally valid.
- Even frequent meter readings provided information about energy use after the fact, not allowing actions to be taken to reduce energy use or energy demand.
Synonyms record, figure, indication, read-out, display, measurement 5A stage of debate in parliament through which a Bill must pass before it can become law. （议案在议会的）宣读，（分别标志着议案提出、审议、表决等三阶段的）三读之一 the Bill returns to the House for its final reading next week 议案返回议院等待下周三读。 Example sentencesExamples - Tung's sudden change of position came after the business-oriented Liberal Party refused to back the bill's final readings at the legislature Wednesday.
- It must pass two more readings in coming weeks before it is final.
- Indeed, only a provision of the rules which interprets an abstention as a vote in favour in the event of a tie saw the bill past its final reading.
- I am happy to be here to support the third reading of this bill.
- The Green Party supports this bill and will do so through to the final reading.
- The bylaw passed three readings and needs final adoption by council in likely a couple of weeks before becoming enforceable.
- Rather than go through lengthy readings and committee stages, the laws would be a voted on in both houses of parliament after a 90-minute debate.
- By 316 votes to 311, the government's education bill passed its second reading in parliament.
- Once that has been done, council can choose to add the smoke-free question to the fall election ballot instead of passing the bylaw on final readings.
- It is with pleasure that I stand in the House to speak to the final reading of this bill.
- All the ministers, as well as the Financial Secretary, spoke in supporting the need for the bill, which received its three readings and finally passed unopposed.
- On Friday, the Hong Kong Bar Association said it deplores any decision to resume the final readings of the bill next Wednesday.
- If MPs approve the bill at its third and final reading in Parliament next week it will be passed for Royal Assent and become law.
- This bill still awaits the final reading and approval by Parliament.
- I have not spoken during the previous readings of the bill, because I wanted to hear all sides and to come to a considered decision.
- Heavyweight hitters went down swinging against federal Bill C - 2, which had its final readings in the Senate this week.
- Parliament approved their final reading on April 3 after much controversy.
- Come the final readings of these bills, the Government flip-flops.
- He said he expects the Bill to have a bumpy ride as it goes through further readings and committee stages.
- Mr Robson's bill passed its first reading in Parliament 78 votes to 41.
proper nounˈrɛdɪŋˈrɛdɪŋ A town in Berkshire, southern England, on the River Kennet near its junction with the River Thames; population 142,300 (est. 2009).
Rhymesheading, steading, wedding nounˈridɪŋˈrēdiNG 1The action or skill of reading written or printed matter silently or aloud. 阅读，朗读；阅读技巧 遗嘱的宣读。 suggestions for further reading 有关进一步阅读的建议。 as modifier reading skills a cursory reading of the minutes Example sentencesExamples - A country of ten-year-olds should concentrate on their reading and comprehension skills.
- The teens were hampered by poor reading and research skills and were more prone to leave a site after encountering difficulties.
- One in ten pupils are leaving school in the Blackburn and Darwen area without basic reading and writing skills.
- His reading and writing skills have also dramatically changed.
- Tutored children were assessed on several measures of basic reading and spelling skills.
- And did you find that your reading and writing skills improved once you came here?
- Something else Seamus discovered was the lack of basic reading and writing skills among the prison population.
- He has courageously promised to drive up student test scores in core skills such as reading and math.
- The perception of irony reveals the gap between narrative memory and linear reading.
- The acquisition of reading and writing skills was a socially selective process.
- And reading is a skill just like playing tennis, or playing rugby or playing the piano.
- As an academic I would argue that reading is one of the most basic skills needed to achieve academically.
- More than just reading skills are impaired, you can count on it.
- Like many of their colleagues, they say the centre has greatly improved their reading and writing skills.
- It seems that the brain takes sides in promoting the skills necessary for proficient reading.
- The test covers the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking.
- A child with a learning disability may have goals in the areas of improving reading and math skills.
- Paired reading can improve language skills as well as help motivate students to read on their own.
- This will be followed rapidly by early reading and counting skills.
- This necessitates somewhat cursory reading at times and I don't catch everything.
Synonyms perusal, study, scan, scanning, scrutiny - 1.1 Written or printed matter that can be read.
阅读材料，读物 his main reading was detective stories 他的主要读物是侦探小说。 his file certainly makes interesting reading 他的档案的确可用作有趣的阅读材料。 Example sentencesExamples - In fact, most of the letters make depressing reading, so I'll move on!
- The diary entries and letters in this collection make for fascinating reading.
- It's not like they're books someone would normally want to read for light reading!
- Coursework aims at the development of technical and conceptual skills through readings, homework, group projects, and lectures.
- These full accounts of her extraordinary career make fascinating and inspiring reading.
- This fine set of essays is very good reading as we head into the presidential elections.
- Early works covering Norfolk ornithology make fascinating reading.
- An outsider's account of the machinations involved makes fascinating reading.
- A quick trawl through the record books makes depressing reading.
- The music is exhilaratingly presented; detailed liner notes make excellent reading.
- Personal insults aside, it makes for fascinating reading - do peruse it, if you've got time.
- Other people do, and sometimes they make fascinating reading.
- This makes fascinating reading, at least for a biologist like myself with a different specialisation from theirs.
- His books are not easy reading; he saw writing as a form of action, paragraphs as a hail of bullets.
- Also on that page is some fascinating reading about how earthquakes prove that the Earth is hollow.
- To promote the transition from dictionary articles to such further reading is no mean achievement.
- He can read only functional reading, he can read train stops, things like that.
- Maybe their map reading or compass reading is not very good.
- These biographies make fascinating reading filled with personal memories.
- Your CV on the Department of Education's website makes for fascinating reading.
- 1.2usually with adjective Knowledge of literature.
文学知识 文学知识广泛的人。 Example sentencesExamples - This is a very good book, in which Mr Ackroyd deploys his enormously wide reading to great effect.
- The role of wide reading and the centrality of LITERATURE in language development were also emphasized.
- His book is based on wide reading, numerous interviews, and extensive archival research.
- Much of what Orme tells us is familiar, though he brings the fruits of very wide reading to enrich the discourse.
- This notion he argues with great verve, based on extensive reading in original literature.
- These are the fruit of her intense and wide reading in primary literature.
- Caldwell's book is based on wide reading, but I did note a few errors.
- It is my firm belief, based on experience and fairly wide reading, that they are wrong.
- It is very very uncommon for me to be in the company of people who seem to be educated and who have knowledge due to their reading and gatherings.
- By avid reading of the literature, I already knew half of the material, so I excelled.
- Their thinking cannot be based on wide reading or a deep and sustained engagement with issues.
- Inevitably this book is a work of synthesis based on wide reading in secondary sources.
- The book is peppered with numerous brief illustrations drawn from the author's experience and wide reading.
- Flanagan supplemented his history classes at high school with a considerable amount of wide reading.
- He combines this collective biography with extensive reading of the popular literature.
- Yet it is no surprise that the man who emerges in these pages should be so broadly intelligent, with a wide reading and knowledge of the arts.
Synonyms learning, book learning, scholarship, education, erudition, knowledge, knowledge of literature
2An occasion at which poetry or other pieces of literature are read aloud to an audience. （诗歌等文学作品）朗诵会 Example sentencesExamples - Hence, perhaps, her later insistence on singing to the captive audiences at her poetry readings.
- When I do a public reading I often swap words around from how they appear on the page.
- But over the past twenty years there has been a fundamental change in the role poetry readings play in literary culture.
- These include poetry readings, concerts of romantic music, films, street theatre and special masses at St Valentine's church for engaged couples and wedding anniversaries.
- Poetry readings cannot help being a little self-conscious, and the audience's guffaws seemed a rather apt reflection upon the event.
- Have you ever gotten up in front of a crowd for anything like karaoke, poetry readings, or open-mic stand-up comedy?
- My best friend Larry and I were attending weekly open mic poetry readings at one of the local watering holes.
- The singer showed off the book's colourful illustrations to the youngsters, but ended her reading after five minutes.
- These stories cast an enduring spell on Clarke, who will appear in Seattle for two readings this week.
- We arrived in Manhattan two days before the ceremony for some readings and other promotional appearances.
- All fifteen will then read from their work at an open public reading at 3pm.
- As in most areas of show business, the audience for readings is as important as the performer.
- Other events will include a Victorian picnic cricket match, concerts and poetry readings, horse-drawn carriage rides, guided walks and a rowing club regatta.
- There were other events there on the weekdays, such as poetry readings and open mic nights.
- As a result, the museum decided to improve amenities such as the store and restaurant, and to host events including poetry readings, recitals, and concerts.
- The poetry readings, lunchtime concerts, museum exhibits and jam sessions add to this week of swing in the spring.
- A collection of poetry readings read to a background of traditional Irish airs and classical music was launched in Sligo last week.
- Kathleen Jamie is the latest in a line of present-day poets who are attracting large audiences to the Grasmere readings.
- They also gained wider audiences through public readings in both poetry and prose.
- The scholarship provides free entry to all lectures, poetry readings, exhibitions and concerts during the week of the Summer School.
- One of the reasons his novel had been such a hit was because he had appeared at several readings during Jewish Book Month.
- They assured us we had caused no problem and continued to tell us about their open-mic nights for poetry readings every Monday.
- She was an accomplished reader of her own verse, and found a new young audience at the poetry readings which flourished in the 1960s.
- One afternoon was filled with poetry readings, theatrical performances and dance numbers.
- 2.1 A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to a group of people.
（向众人朗诵的）文学作品（或经文） 圣经诵文。 Example sentencesExamples - There was seven weeks of Scripture readings and the children showed a genuine interest and appreciation towards the course.
- Fr. Walsh also spoke of the high regard in which she was held within the family circle and this was clearly reflected in the readings at Mass by her young relatives.
- Today, I need to put aside the Scripture readings appointed for today.
- Each service includes short scripture readings, petitions regarding mourning, suggestions for reflection, and room for journaling.
- Both will respond to activities such as poetry read aloud, choral readings with repetitious phrasing, and intentional changes of voice.
- Over the next hour or so, speeches and waiata, a reading and another prayer revisit the same themes.
- The combined choirs will sing the traditional carols of the Christmas season and in addition there will be readings from Sacred Scripture.
- There are many ways, but today let's focus on two, both of which are related to the Scripture readings we will hear at Mass.
- Ken and Mary recited the readings from scripture with real feeling.
- I have often read these words from my book at public readings, but now I am no longer the author reading them.
- In this short reading, Dempster read five of his poems from his recent book.
- Services could include requested pieces of music, readings or poetry, and range from being simple, quiet affairs to New Orleans-style funerals complete with jazz band.
- There the famous chants are sung, interspersed with Scripture readings and periods of silence.
- After breakfast, there are readings of scripture and meditation and after that each embarks on the chore which he has been given responsibility for.
- This year's service was without a sermon, but the prayers and scripture readings provided all the spiritual inspiration required.
- This story never appears in our church's assigned cycle of Sunday readings.
- This week's scripture readings clearly chart the Epiphany theme, that of Jesus drawing all of humanity into a living relationship with God.
- In addition to the seven devotions, the CD has Scripture readings, prayers, hymns and church information.
- This makes the course particularly appropriate for people who do the Scripture readings in their local church.
- After the Gospel is read, the priest delivers a homily based on the Scripture readings.
3An interpretation. 阐释 feminist readings of Goethe 歌德有关男女平等的阐释。 his reading of the situation was justified 他对局势的看法是有道理的。 Example sentencesExamples - It won't be a perfect fit, any more than modern feminist readings of the Bible are a perfect fit, but it will do for the time being.
- So this will hopefully prepare for a more sympathetic reading of the translated article below.
- He isn't as fast as Cole, but has tremendous skill and reading of the game.
- McLeish believes it is the combination of strength, skill and also his reading of the game which makes him so difficult to play against.
- It also means that everyone's experience of the book will be different - the order in which the stories are read will change readings of the book as a whole significantly.
- That view is a tendentious reading of the legal materials, as a quick glance at Article I reveals.
- In Nina's case, however, a literal reading would have given any security man grounds for anxiety.
- This is a pure absurdity, as any fair reading of the pages we have devoted to such matters can demonstrate.
- Some people sneer at a metaphorical reading of scripture and Tolkien himself was opposed to allegory as a rhetorical form.
- Also, a naive reading would imagine that this knowledge on the fringe is the easiest to change.
- Perhaps readers will disagree with the Professor's comparative reading.
- The article gives an intriguing and powerfully written reading of the ironic positioning of such films.
- A more literal reading relates us directly to the pattern of the cosmos, with its insistence on the separation of categories.
- I do not wish to suggest that our reading of these narratives can be closed or definitive.
- However, I also think that a careful reading of the document shows the bishops were not saying this.
- An honest reading of the document shows that the Vatican is simply banning gays.
- That's an utterly inaccurate reading of the great documents of the founding of this nation.
- A close reading of the document suggests, however, that the threat has been exaggerated.
- On an absolutely literal reading, your Lordships' liberty to apply does not apply to past expenses if there are future expenses.
- How your own perceptions color your reading of those comments may be another story.
Synonyms interpretation, construal, understanding, account, explanation, analysis, construction 4A figure or amount shown by a meter or other measuring instrument. （仪表等测量仪器上的）读数，度数，指示数 radiation readings were taken every hour 辐射读数每小时记录一次。 Example sentencesExamples - The variant readings have been reduced to seven, each of which is regarded as equally valid.
- The data to be traded includes numerical instrument readings, high-resolution x-rays, and audio/video discussions.
- Lavelle gave a blood sample at the scene which gave a reading of 188.The legal limit is 80.
- It is evident from different reports that many of the meters are giving erratic readings.
- Even frequent meter readings provided information about energy use after the fact, not allowing actions to be taken to reduce energy use or energy demand.
- Fig. 11 indicated that the clip gauge transducer produced a linear relationship between the diameter change and the strain meter readings.
- Distances still refer to yards or miles, weights are in pounds and ounces, and temperature readings are in Fahrenheit.
- You are told to beware of persons coming to your house under the pretext of selling or repairing things, conducting meter readings, etc.
- The instant new information is entered, the appropriate dashboard readings are updated companywide.
- The bottom figure, the diastolic reading, is the pressure when your heart is filling (diastole).
- This appears to be the message from the first opinion poll readings since hostilities broke out.
- He appeared to be drunk and a breath test gave a reading of 125 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
- The readings we measure therefore reflect upper torso movement.
- We will also be offering to provide quarterly meter readings.
- If there is a large discrepancy between the water meter readings and the amount of water shown on the bill, a specialist is sent to investigate the problem.
- There will still be a 10-15 per cent variation between readings on meters and lab values.
- It had been a year, and the meters were giving normal readings across the board for air quality and temperature.
- To reduce measurement error, this instrument takes three readings and computes an average.
- Whichever type of thermometer you choose, be sure you know how to use it correctly to get an accurate reading.
- Knob positions and meter readings are easily seen from a distance.
Synonyms record, figure, indication, read-out, display, measurement 5A stage of debate in parliament through which a Bill must pass before it can become law. （议案在议会的）宣读，（分别标志着议案提出、审议、表决等三阶段的）三读之一 the Bill returns to the House for its final reading next week 议案返回议院等待下周三读。 Example sentencesExamples - Indeed, only a provision of the rules which interprets an abstention as a vote in favour in the event of a tie saw the bill past its final reading.
- Heavyweight hitters went down swinging against federal Bill C - 2, which had its final readings in the Senate this week.
- I am happy to be here to support the third reading of this bill.
- Once that has been done, council can choose to add the smoke-free question to the fall election ballot instead of passing the bylaw on final readings.
- The Green Party supports this bill and will do so through to the final reading.
- Come the final readings of these bills, the Government flip-flops.
- This bill still awaits the final reading and approval by Parliament.
- Tung's sudden change of position came after the business-oriented Liberal Party refused to back the bill's final readings at the legislature Wednesday.
- On Friday, the Hong Kong Bar Association said it deplores any decision to resume the final readings of the bill next Wednesday.
- By 316 votes to 311, the government's education bill passed its second reading in parliament.
- Parliament approved their final reading on April 3 after much controversy.
- He said he expects the Bill to have a bumpy ride as it goes through further readings and committee stages.
- It must pass two more readings in coming weeks before it is final.
- All the ministers, as well as the Financial Secretary, spoke in supporting the need for the bill, which received its three readings and finally passed unopposed.
- It is with pleasure that I stand in the House to speak to the final reading of this bill.
- If MPs approve the bill at its third and final reading in Parliament next week it will be passed for Royal Assent and become law.
- Mr Robson's bill passed its first reading in Parliament 78 votes to 41.
- I have not spoken during the previous readings of the bill, because I wanted to hear all sides and to come to a considered decision.
- The bylaw passed three readings and needs final adoption by council in likely a couple of weeks before becoming enforceable.
- Rather than go through lengthy readings and committee stages, the laws would be a voted on in both houses of parliament after a 90-minute debate.
proper nounˈrɛdɪŋˈrediNG 1A town in southern England, on the Kennet River near its junction with the River Thames; population 142,300 (est. 2009). 2An industrial and commercial city in southeastern Pennsylvania, on the Schuylkill River; population 80,506 (est. 2008).
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