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mark1

noun mɑːkmɑrk

  • 1A small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt.

    （尤指事故、伤害导致的）痕；疤痕；斑

    the blow left a red mark down one side of her face

    这一击在她一侧脸颊上留下了一道红痕。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This hypothesis well explains why even the same cave has different patterns of calving and different chisel marks.
    • The yellow sponged raked over the arm viciously causing a deep red scuff marks to surface.
    • He was left with puncture marks and a severe gash on his nose and severe damage to his top lip.
    • I observed her curiously as she hesitantly took off her coat, wincing as she did so; my eyes were called to her neck which was flawed mercilessly with red marks around the left side.
    • I also noticed tire marks in dirt on the right side of the road.
    • The bullet holes and blood seem even more disturbing when they are left as white marks on a dark surface.
    • William sat back, sulking at the red mark on the side of his cheek.
    • Is the blanket showing any signs of damage such as scorch marks, broken ties, or do any of the wires inside the blanket feel like they are broken or unevenly spaced?
    • There are also creams available at make up counters that reduce the look of red or purplish marks (it is usually green or purple in the bottle).
    • Splotched with marks of dirt and even blood, it looked filthy and gave her a conscious feeling of someone living in the gutters.
    • She lifted her right hand and lightly ran a finger over the red marks on her cheeks which she knew were the result of frostbite.
    • The lower screen on the one I've got here is scratched, but they're only surface marks - it's not as though the screen is really damaged, just the covering.
    • Grain is present throughout the feature as well as lots of dirt, reel marks, and scratches.
    • Improvements in the technology behind its production mean that many papers are now more resistant to grubby marks and other damage.
    • Oh boy… did I do a lot of damage… his whole face was either covered in red marks or a bruise.
    • Looking up, she saw several holes dotted along its surface, burned scorch marks surrounding the edges.
    • No tool marks survive on the surface of the boat as a result of repeated scourings by wind, sand and water.
    • The films are not well preserved, so there are plenty of scratches and burn marks, and dirt on the prints.
    • I must warn you though that your wheels will leave marks on the surface you're sliding on.
    • Always carefully check goods in the shop for damage, tears or marks, particularly if the item is in a sale.
    Synonyms
    blemish, streak, spot, fleck, dot, blot, stain, smear, trace, speck, speckle, blotch, smudge, smut, smirch, fingermark, fingerprint, impression, imprint
    bruise, discoloration, scar, pit, pockmark, pock, scratch, dent, chip, notch, nick, line, score, cut, incision, gash
    marking, blaze, stripe
    birthmark
    informal splotch, splodge
    technical stigma
    1. 1.1 A spot, area, or feature on a person's or animal's body by which they may be identified or recognized.
      （人、动物身上可供辨认的）印记；特征
      he was five feet nine, with no distinguishing marks

      他身高5英尺9英寸，身上没有明显的印记。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I recognized individuals by natural marks such as black spots on the back or head and their toe-clip pattern.
      • The man was not immediately identified as the former Iraqi leader but marks on his body and other undisclosed information quickly indicated they had their man.
      • These marks included distinctive spots and stripes on the back, shoulders, hips, hind legs, and rump of the gerbils.
      • He had no tattoos or other distinguishing body marks but he had two crowns on teeth to the front of his right upper jaw, possibly suggesting an accident or sporting injury.
      • Even identifying marks will now be included on that state's register.

  • 2A line, figure, or symbol made as an indication or record of something.

    标记，记号；唛头

    the first syllable has a stress mark
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The stress marks might seem quaint to us; but McGuffey believed that rhythm and harmony have not only an aesthetic but also a moral value.
    • As much as it pains me to admit it, there may not be an important moral argument for using an apostrophe rather than a tick mark.
    • Bach, of course, left very few indications or interpretive marks as to how his music should go.
    • This section measures knowledge of spelling rules and stress marks in Spanish.
    • Using the edge of your workbench as a straightedge for the square, draw a set of nice black lines across the mounting marks, so you have a good visual reference.
    • Okay, you've got both skis mounted with the toe units, they're epoxied and the boot-heel center marks line up perfectly with those on your skis.
    • It was a confusing mass of symbols and half-familiar marks.
    • At the same time, line up the center marks on the template with your center axis mark on the ski.
    • EcoRI sites determined by restriction mapping are shown as tick marks on the genomic clones and as half-tick marks below the top line.
    • The mark looked like the symbol for life that the mystics had created years ago.
    • Line the mark on your stock up with the doweling jig that corresponds to the size of the dowel you are using.
    • Ancient stories are handed down from the days before we learned to store our thoughts in marks on paper or lines carved in stone, and the Gods live in these stories.
    • As these marks are studied and recorded they can be of great assistance with accurate dating, particularly where company records still exist.
    • The skaters may be placed in the correct order, which is all that counts at the bottom line, but the marks are now totally meaningless.
    • Although most of the headstones are severely weathered and illegible, cemetery staff will record all legible marks and inscriptions before removing the stones.
    • Google ignores most punctuation, except apostrophes, hyphens and quote marks.
    • Here are some useful sites for anyone needing to display diacritical marks, mathematical symbols, etc.
    • Accented and umlauted vowels, and diacritical marks on consonants must be avoided, because they act as roadblocks and break the speed of a typist.
    Synonyms
    symbol, sign, character
    exclamation mark, question mark, quotation mark
    diacritic, diacritical mark
    1. 2.1 A sign or indication of a quality or feeling.
      示意
      the flag was at half mast as a mark of respect

      挂半旗以示敬意。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Marching is a mark of respect, especially to those who gave their lives.
      • The wonderful guard of honour formed by both these groups was a fitting mark of respect and was well deserved.
      • So every time I was in a bar after that, I would add a Jameson on to my order and leave it on the bar as a mark of respect for a mate who couldn't have a drink.
      • Somehow, the brand of the magazine becomes the mark of quality rather than the individual work in it.
      • And as a mark of respect for the victims of the tsunami the national flag will be flown at half mast on civic buildings next week.
      • WiFi in airport departure lines is the mark of civilised countries.
      • Flags were flying at half mast as a mark of respect for the Duke of Norfolk who died two days ago at the age of 86, the Arundel ground being part of the Duke's estate.
      • Both sides of the crossing were covered with flowers by mourners, who left bouquets and countless soft toys as a mark of respect.
      • The red and white ballon flag flew at half mast as a mark of respect to the two people who had earlier died in a horrible crash.
      • If the mark of a quality referee is to pass unnoticed, then Poll succeeded, albeit with the complicity of a set of almost angelic players.
      • But a raid of her house and seizure of her property is the mark of an out of control incipient police state.
      • As a mark of respect all club activities have been cancelled this weekend.
      • It is also right that flags in the city should be at half mast, as a mark of respect to the dead and their families.
      • As a mark of respect and in order to allow students to attend the service, all lectures and classes in Italian were cancelled.
      • So the fact that this building is expensive is a mark of its quality.
      • Corus corporate flags at plants across Britain and Europe are flying at half mast as a mark of respect.
      • The rehabilitation of the bridges and roads should be a mark of quality for lengthy life of the facilities.
      • There are lists of what to do in the event of arrest - and also guides to getting arrested as this is the mark of a high quality protester.
      • He ran a haulage firm and wanted me to take over, but I never fancied it so I named my butcher's shop after his firm as a mark of respect.
      • An impressed stamp on the blade tang is usually the mark of a lower quality blade.
      Synonyms
      sign, token, symbol, indication, badge, emblem, symptom, feature, evidence, proof, clue, hint
      characteristic, feature, trait, attribute, quality, hallmark, badge, stamp, property, peculiarity, indicator
    2. 2.2 A written symbol made on a document in place of a signature by someone who cannot write.
      （代替签名的）画押
      he signed his mark in the visitor's book
      Synonyms
      signature, autograph, cross, X, scribble, squiggle, initials, imprint
    3. 2.3 A competitor's starting point in a race.
      赛跑起点
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He pocketed the penultimate race even after having to re-round the starting mark as he had jumped the start.
      • The handicapper's job is to make the race as competitive as possible by giving each competitor a mark off which to run.
      • He might have obtained better results simply by taking the differences in the lanes' staggered starting marks for an appropriate track event.
      • The runners now toed this mark, each competitor leaning forward with his eye on the farther end of the platform.
    4. 2.4Nautical A piece of material or a knot used to indicate a depth on a sounding line.
      〔航海〕（用于标明测深绳深度的）测标
    5. 2.5Telecommunications One of two possible states of a signal in certain systems.
      〔电信〕传号。SPACE 的反义词
      The opposite of space
    6. 2.6 A level or stage that is considered significant.
      重要关口，水平
      unemployment had passed the two million mark

      失业人数已经超过200万的关口。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Richard Virenque takes the third climb at the halfway mark of the stage.
      • This album, at worst, is going to take me over the 40 million quid mark.
      • Hundreds of people are continuing to sign up each day to our petition to save Terry's, with the number of signatures now flying past the 3,000 mark.
      • He began at one and he continues counting on a new canvas, beginning with the number he ended his last work on, reaching by now well past the five million mark.
      • This would see them hit the crucial five million mark.
      • Presumably she judged that once the death toll passed the quarter million mark, it became fair game for a bit of a snicker.
      • Worldwide, estimates top the one trillion mark - almost two million a minute.
      • Information technology has passed the million mark - and it's a statistic the sector is far from happy with.
      • Recent employment data showed the number of people over retirement age who are back in work has risen above the million mark for the first time.
      • Manchester Airport is back on course to break the 20 million passengers-a-year mark for the first time.
      • We reached the mark of one million visitors just a few moments ago.
      • The day's only climb, a fourth category rise over the Cote de Boutancourt, comes early in the stage at the 8.5km mark.
      • Today sales are steering towards the three-quarters of a million mark.
      • The million mark is actually quite an achievement.
      • I did point out to the minion who rang me that come next spring we were likely to be in a position to have a balance somewhere around the quarter million mark.
      • With another busy five months to go, things are looking good for Cork Airport to pass the two million passenger mark for the first time.
      • The million mark for private cars was reached in Britain in 1930, with 10 million by 1967.
      • Botero was part of a group of seven which made a decisive break shortly after the 80 km mark of the stage.
      • Who Wants to be a Millionaire did a little better but failed to top the million viewer mark.
      • The trio made their initial attack at the 22 km mark and at one stage pulled out a 5m 20s advantage.
      Synonyms
      point, level, stage, degree
    7. 2.7British A particular temperature level in a gas oven.
      〈英〉（煤气烤箱中）温度级
      preheat the oven to Gas Mark 5

      将烤箱预热到第5级温度。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Now tip the mix into the warm soufflé dish and stick the result in an oven at gas mark six.

  • 3British A point awarded for a correct answer or for proficiency in an examination or competition.

    （考试或竞赛）得分，分数

    many candidates lose marks because they don't read the questions carefully

    许多考生因为没有认真阅读问题而丢分。

    figurative full marks to them for highlighting the threat to the rainforest

    〈喻〉他们因强调了雨林面临的威胁而得了满分。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Again, students would write a report on completion of an assignment, marks being gained as before.
    • I know of a professor who was in the habit of deducting marks in examinations for bad spelling, poor grammar or clumsy sentences.
    • I have to admit that Slovenia lost marks in my book for its food, despite the fact that it was much cheaper than in neighbouring Italy or Austria.
    • Government proposals could mean pupils who can't spell lose marks in GCSE and A level exams.
    • There will be no marks awarded for the answer ‘They both write historical fantasy’.
    • It is possible to discourage guessing by allocating one mark for a correct answer and minus one for an incorrect answer.
    • It is surely also the case that some students lose a few marks here and there because of this.
    • For 45 marks, he was asked to ‘write an essay of about 40 lines on the advantages of a cheerful disposition’.
    • Stats and Maths papers were structured with 120 possible marks.
    • I sincerely hope I've done better than a U in French writing this time and I hope I've got enough marks in Chemistry so that I don't need to take any more exams for it in the summer.
    • Extra marks are awarded for neatness, good spelling and strict adherence to the curriculum.
    • The eleven marks were lost despite the village being cleaned up every morning of the week.
    • The villages provide the judges with a map and description of the area, and then they go around different sections giving marks out of 25.
    • If fields, houses, gates, fences, derelict houses are untidy, then we lose marks.
    • Students are awarded marks out of seven for each paper, and get a final overall score.
    • They got to a tie-breaker for third position, but were unfortunate to lose by a mark.
    • ‘Make sure the answer sheet is stapled to your answer book or else you could lose a lot of marks if your answer sheet gets lost,’ he said.
    • A lot of marks are lost because people misread the questions.
    • Although the paper is 80 marks / answer all questions, there is some consolation in that several questions are perennial.
    • You're not going to get negative marks for writing down something wrong, nor will marks be deducted from another question.
    1. 3.1 A figure or letter representing the total number of marks awarded in an examination or competition and signifying a person's score.
      成绩，等第
      the highest mark was 98 per cent

      最高成绩为98分。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • A high-flying young Chorley scientist is focusing on a career path which could help save thousands of lives after receiving record marks in her degree.
      • A student gets to prepare his own report card, adding explanatory paragraphs that put the best possible spin on his marks.
      • We can all see that schooling has grown to mean exams, marks, stress, and tension for the parents, tuitions.
      • He awarded marks ranging from six to ten, with his six favourites all receiving the ten mark.
      • Probably most interesting out of the whole debacle is the notion that science students can't get good marks if they can't write well.
      • I thought about taking it before exams, but then again, I never ever got good marks, when I wrote smart things, so I didn't.
      • In other words, essays attributed to children with popular names were given higher marks than essays purportedly written by children with unusual names.
      • Last summer there were around 52,000 protests against A-level marks, of which about 10% resulted in an overall grade change.
      • This summer she received 4 grade As at A-level, achieving top marks in several papers.
      • Other Hampshire schools and colleges were toasting record marks.
      • This comprises writing comments for sight, colour, nose and palate of each drink, and then awarding a mark out of ten.
      • Researchers discovered that different academics gave different marks for the same essays.
      • This led to a broader approach to teaching programmes and abolished the link between Proficiency marks and secondary education.
      • The modular approach to A-levels should, if anything, be extended but marks should be formally recorded for each module rather than hidden under an overall grade.
      • At the University of Calgary, he hopped from fine arts in his first year to drama in his second, working hard to improve his marks and writing skills.
      • These are some of the terms used to describe children unable to learn or more importantly who score poor marks in their examinations.
      • At the end of the course of study, candidates receive a mark from one to seven in each subject.
      • She usually stressed about her academic marks when she wasn't depressed and morbid.
      • The problems in the evaluation system is not limited to the disparity in marks between different universities.
      • The continuing upward trend in results has prompted calls for the marks awarded to each exam to be published rather than a grade, so students' performances can be differentiated more easily.
      Synonyms
      grade, grading, rating, score, percentage
      assessment, evaluation
    2. 3.2Horse racing An official assessment of a horse's form, expressed as a figure between 0 and 140 and used as the basis for calculating the weight the horse has to carry in a race.
      〔赛马〕附加重量级（对赛马状态的正式定级，确定参赛马的额外负重）
      horses tend to run off a higher mark over fences than they would over hurdles

      一般说来，障碍赛马附加重量级高于跳栏赛马。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Ettrick Water races off a mark just 2lb higher in the Scotland the Brand Scottish Trophy Stakes and he looks the one they all have to beat.
      • The William Haggas-trained gelding has progressed nicely this season and still looks to figure on a competitive handicap mark.
      • If their horse finishes anywhere near the good ones, his handicap mark will be ruined and he could go two seasons without winning another race.
      • He has work to do off his revised handicap mark, but Medison never got the chance to show what he could do in two subsequent starts as he made a bad error at Aintree and was over the top for the campaign at Sandown.
      • Their stablemate War At Sea could be a bit better than his handicap mark suggests here.
    3. 3.3 (especially in athletics) a time or distance achieved by a competitor, especially one which represents a record or personal best.
      （尤指体育比赛的）最好成绩，纪录
      he blasted away from the field during the second lap to knock a second off the existing mark
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In these she recorded marks of 12. 53s and 1. 51m to put her in an overall 14th place.
      • But her marks are in the record books and appear set to stay there for a good while longer yet.
      • He also helped set three relay world records and lowered his own mark in the 400 freestyle.
      • She set a British under-20 indoor pentathlon record, bettering the marks of two who would become Olympic champions, Denise Lewis and Sally Gunnell.
      • Thorpe is the current Olympic and triple world champion in the 400 meters and holds three world marks in freestyle distances.
      Synonyms
      required standard, standard, norm, par, level, criterion, gauge, yardstick, rule, measure, scale

  • 4(followed by a numeral) a particular model or type of a vehicle or machine.

    （后跟数字，表示车辆、机器或设备等的）型（号）

    a Mark 10 Jaguar

    10型“美洲虎”攻击/教练机。

  • 5A target.

    目标

    few bullets could have missed their mark

    没什么子弹会射不中目标的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And with hummable lyrics and soulful tunes, she seems to have hit the right mark once again.
    • When a History Channel doc makes you think, then the writers and researchers have done their job, they're hitting their marks as well as can be.
    • Whichever way you look at it, the scheme was misconceived, miscalculated and entirely missed the mark.
    • However, it seems to be missing the mark, and I'd argue it is because of the way we purchase music currently.
    • I think his answer is - or I should say, proposal, if indeed we can call it that, misses the mark.
    • She may miss the mark sometimes, but you've gotta applaud her sense of adventure.
    • This makes it difficult to say when a particular quatrain has missed or hits its mark.
    • She threw the last knife she was holding at the target in frustration, not hitting far off from the target mark.
    • As one arrow after the next misses its mark, all the boys immediately run for cover, but secret crushes soon rise to the surface.
    • These assaults, and their implicit criticism of the active VP, miss the mark.
    • I'm always hitting marks, and saying the jokes, and having a good time.
    • As she develops she should be able to reach out and grab an object, even though she often misses the mark on the first try.
    • Some right-winger attempting to be ironic, some points hit a mark, some are hateful and off target.
    • So far, the Democrats seem to have hit all their marks.
    • As for post-1947, Ganguly hits all the major marks of the conflict and lucidly backs his theories up with carefully researched facts.
    • The writing is clever, witty, crisp, Arquette is very good, and the whole production is bright and hits all the right marks.
    • Someone's attempt at a clever analogy perhaps; it rather missed the mark.
    • They may very well have this evidence, but everything that's being leaked right now is kind of missing the mark.
    • The emphasis on hitting your marks was not nearly as pronounced.
    • This is where the current public policies around work-life balance seem to miss the mark.
    Synonyms
    target, goal, aim, bullseye, objective, object, end, purpose, intent, intention
    1. 5.1US informal A person who is easily deceived or taken advantage of.
      〈非正式，主美〉容易受骗的人；容易被利用的人
      they figure I'm an easy mark

      他们以为我是一个容易糊弄的人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She thereby revealed herself to be a patsy, a mark, a victim of the Big Con.
      • The American salesman, everyone concedes, is the American salesman's easiest mark.
      • She actually felt sorry for her; Scott was the worst person to work with when there was a major mark on the line.

  • 6Rugby
    The act of cleanly catching the ball direct from a kick, knock-on, or forward throw by an opponent, on or behind one's own 22-metre line, and exclaiming ‘Mark’, after which a free kick can be taken by the catcher.

    〔业余英橄〕截球后喊 "Mark"射门

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dropped marks in the forward line proved costly for the Bears and when the whistle blew to mark the end of the final quarter, Albatross had won 11-6.
    • Free kicks and marks could be required to be taken as kicks, as the name suggests.
    • This was followed by the referee then allowing a Tigers' player to interfere with Copeland taking a quick free-kick after a mark.
    1. 6.1Australian Rules Football An act of catching a ball that has been kicked at least fifteen metres before it reaches the ground, or the spot from which the subsequent kick is taken.
      〔澳橄〕接10米以上队友踢球；发任意球（点）
      Example sentencesExamples
      • David Loats takes a strong mark in the forward line in front of a few Eagles' defenders.
verb mɑːkmɑrk
[with object]

  • 1Make a visible impression or stain on.

    给…留下（痕迹或污渍）

    he fingered the photograph gently, careful not to mark it

    他轻轻地接触这张照片，小心翼翼不留下痕迹。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She turned a corner and stopped before colliding into a little boy, face marked with tears.
    • I lingered on the bruise that marked most of his cheek.
    • The latter is clearly marked with close-spaced lines where it has pressed against the gills of the immature cap.
    • As we walked, we passed from grass and mud to stone-paved road, wet and dirty and marked with wheel tracks.
    • Around 10 flag stones, each around a metre square in size, had been taken from the site, leaving others broken and the steps marked and scratched.
    • With a sharp instrument, mark the two holes indicated on the edge and the face of the door.
    • Angie woke up to dried tears in her eyes and her face marked by the carpet since she remained there all night without moving to her actual bed.
    • They were faded, some stained by water from rain and a few marked by mud or beer.
    • Her gray dress was torn and dirty, marked more so by several spots of blood.
    Synonyms
    discolour, stain, smear, smudge, streak, blotch, blot, blemish
    dirty, smirch, damage, deface, disfigure, pockmark, pit, bruise, scrape, scratch, scar, dent, chip, nick, notch, score, cut, gash
    informal splotch, splodge
    1. 1.1no object Become stained.
      变脏
      they're made from a woven surface which doesn't mark or tear

      它由一种编织面料制成，不会变脏，也不会破损。

  • 2Write a word or symbol on (an object) in order to give information.

    作记号于；标记

    she marked all her possessions with her name

    她在所有物品上标了自己的名字。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Seven columns in each ring have been marked with strange symbols, forming a huge seven-pointed star.
    • Any solution that only can be administered topically should be marked clearly with that information.
    • These days most of them have to go in blue and red envelopes marked Par Avion.
    • Written references should always be marked private personal and confidential and should be sent in a sealed envelope by post or courier.
    • When all is said and done, this case file can be marked High School Confidential!
    • They have placed it in a sealed envelope marked private and confidential.
    • Anyone without a bank account can make a cash donation by placing it in an envelope marked Christmas Care and give it to reception at the Information Centre.
    Synonyms
    put one's name on, name, initial, put one's seal on, label, tag, hallmark, watermark, brand, stamp, earmark
    indicate, label, flag, tab, tick, show the position of, show, identify, designate, delineate, denote
    1. 2.1 Write or draw (a word, symbol, line, etc.) on an object.
      记下，记录（字，数字）
      she marked the date down on a card

      她在一张卡片上记下了日期。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He turned his wrist over and revealed a series of code symbols marked on his arm.
    2. 2.2mark something off Put a line by or through something written or printed to indicate that it has passed or been dealt with.
      划掉；勾销（表示某事已过去或已处理）
      he marked off their names in a ledger

      他从账本上把他们的名字销掉。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • As soon as they had all settled themselves well enough in it, the teacher began taking their names and marking them off on a list he had on a clipboard.
      • I hadn't exactly been marking the days off between meetings but occasionally his handsome face had flitted through my thoughts.
      • There she refers to a friend ‘who refuses to believe that committee work is just about marking items off an agenda.’
      • Or you might keep a checklist of all your nighttime and morning tasks and have family members mark them off as each one is completed.
      • He simply took the little blue tardy notice and marked something off on his clip board.
      • To pass the time he began to count, telling each one to lay down as he marked them off.
      • The child marks the item off the list with help from his/her mother.
      • She unconsciously marked each day off on her desk calendar in her office.
      • As we laboriously went through each box, we marked them off in our spreadsheet.
      • The receptionist looked them up and marked them off as present.
      • Make lists (daily/weekly) and mark things off as they're accomplished.
      • The homeroom instructor, however, simply shrugged and marked her off.
      • We'd mark them off on a sheet displayed proudly on the refrigerator, until the sheet was filled and we'd read the required number of books to win the prize. I don't remember now what any of the prizes were.
      • In fact, you can rip up the ballot if you want - all you need to do is go to the polling booth on election day and mark your name off the register.

  • 3Indicate the position of.

    标明…的位置

    the top of the pass marks the border between Alaska and the Yukon

    隘口顶部是阿拉斯加和育空高原之间的边界。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The position of each station will be marked by a cross.
    • Two large stones also stand almost due east and west to mark the local equinoctial positions of the sun.
    • The lamp, which would originally have been a gas lamp, marked a dividing line in the town.
    • It has marked the dividing line between North and South Korea ever since.
    • Under an azure sky at Almondvale, horizontal trenches marked the areas where undersoil heating was being installed.
    • These sills mark areas at the coast where low relief makes it possible for a glacier to spread out and thus lose its erosional power.
    • We moored to the buoy that marks the Haven's position, and Gino put the decompression station in place.
    • In one part of the complex, crosses mark an area which has been designated as a graveyard.
    • Gaps themselves mark the areas of vulnerability and show the mechanism by which complexity flows through health care to individual patients.
    • The two people in question were driving their car out to Coney Island when they veered off the line of concrete markers which marks the route.
    Synonyms
    put one's name on, name, initial, put one's seal on, label, tag, hallmark, watermark, brand, stamp, earmark
    1. 3.1 Separate or delineate (a particular section or area)
      分隔，界隔，标出（某一部分，区域）
      you need to mark out the part of the garden where the sun lingers longest

      你需要标出园子里光照时间最长的部分。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Use stakes to mark the areas so you can keep track of where you've planted and where you have yet to plant.
      • A table of contents that did not require scrolling and which marked off completed sections would also have been nice.
      • For example, it was decided to mark out the objective area by setting fire to four villages at its corners.
      • It is the intention of the Parish Committee to mark out areas in the new and old burial grounds, which will be available for new plots to be taken.
      • Clam Bed Re-seeding Project: a section of the clam flats has been marked off as an experimental plot.
      • The entire place had been marked off with police tape and closed to the public.
      • A portion of the road around the stadium is used as the skating rink and the area is marked using flags so that others do not enter the area.
      • A low fence of split bamboo marked off an inside area the width of a boxing ring and twice as long.
      • Barbed wire separates the houses from a caravan park on one side, and a tall steel perimeter fence clearly marks the area as separate from the rest of the street.
      • The regional authorities have already marked the approximate area where the plane might have crashed.
      • There must be hundreds, thousands, of huts being erected here, on 12 by 15 plots that have been marked and staked out.
      • Use canes to mark out the areas and apply the poison evenly.
      • However, some have been laid out in the traditional fashion with a border marking the area in front of the headstone.
      • Arrowheads in B and C mark the zone of separation of the ectopic eye from the normal compound eye.
      • At times his enthusiasm got the better of him, to the point where he began to have a total disregard for the white lines which mark out the playing area.
      • This includes the installation of meters, marking out spaces and signage.
      • The shorter man indicated the centre of the room which was currently marked off by cones and surrounded by a hoard of police.
      • Shrubs or even a low planting can serve as a way to mark off these separate areas.
      Synonyms
      delineate, outline, delimit, demarcate, measure out, mark the boundaries/limits of, mark off, define, describe, stake out
    2. 3.2 (of a particular quality or feature) distinguish (someone or something) from other people or things.
      （特征，特点）标志，表明区别
      his sword marked him out as an officer

      佩剑表明他是一位军官。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It doesn't make you part of a family, hanging out in the Apple store marks you out as a computer geek, not a trendsetter.
      • Good distribution allied with his pace and defensive qualities mark him out as a fine prospect.
      Synonyms
      set apart, separate, single out, differentiate, distinguish
    3. 3.3mark someone out for Select or destine someone for (a particular role or fate)
      挑选；指定
      the solicitor general marked him out for government office

      副检察长挑选他担任公职。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • What marks Lavigne out for success, however, is the street cred she carries with her straight out of the skate park.
      • His character, particularly his greed, hardly marks him out for special attention.
      • It is his difference from societal norms, not his choices, which mark him out for his eventual tragic fate.
      • That achievement marked him out for a leading role when Labour returned to power and his first Cabinet post was the major appointment of Foreign Secretary.
      • If you could be confident of one thing yesterday, it was that he would have a marginal impact against opponents who had marked him out for special attention.
      • His staff are afraid to venture into remote areas, and have mostly abandoned a fleet of grey Russian jeeps, which the UN has as transport but which they say only marks them out for attack.
      • Because Owen contains this hidden Keatsian poet he is marked out for suffering and an early death.
      • Those experiences marked him out for a teaching career, upon which he may have embarked.
      • His life before entering the Commons hardly marks him out for the most challenging ministerial brief of the next decade.
      • It was not only that he scored a magnificent goal and a crucial point near the end but it was his over all leadership that marked him out for the TG4 Man of the Match award.
      • His ruthless and fanatical belief in violence not only set him apart from the responsible leaders of the civil rights movement - it also marked him out for notoriety and a violent end.
      • My parents were also older, which marked me out for bullying, both physical and verbal.
      • Yet it is not his ability that marks him out for many, but his admitted use of a banned drug as part of his fight to defeat cancer
      • But there was something in the quality of her voice that marked her out for a different musical path.
      • He only began his writings at the age of 52 and his ranting style of delivery, often on street corners to a puzzled audience, marked him out for a lifetime of ridicule and poverty.
      • In person, he was a grey, neat, unremarkable little man, quite lacking the sort of dash or colour which might mark him out for high drama.
      • His Jewish descent and left-leaning political views are thought to have marked him out for targeting by the right.
      Synonyms
      destine, ordain, predestine, preordain
    4. 3.4mark someone down as Judge someone to be (a particular type of person)
      认定…为（某一类人）
      she had marked him down as a dangerous liberal

      她已把他认定为危险的自由主义分子。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Whatever else happens at these world championships, Paris will be marked down as notable the moment that Haile Gebrselassie toes the start-line for the 10,000-metres final in the Stade de France tonight.
      • I hated playing musical scales and those stupid nursery rhymes set to music that piano students had to play, but I guess Dad marked me down as a loser in music, too.
      • The promoter, who also officiates on the junior grasstrack scene, spotted Complin several years ago and marked him down as one for the future.
      • I look forward to a time when I can serve my country without wondering if history will mark me down as a participant in something disgraceful.
      • If this sort of scheduling - off days in mid-series and two-game series - is the result of Interleague Play, then mark me down as a baseball purist.
      • Collapsing with a fit of the jitters, she was marked down as a choker, not to be bothered with.
      • He was no longer just a gifted midfield player at the biggest club in the land - he was marked down as a player of immense potential, one on whom much of the international team's future success could be fashioned and shaped.
      • Cohen has little time for these critics, marking them down as unable to appreciate what Churchill's leadership really meant and too ready to discount the value of his ability to inspire and take charge.
      • Confounding those who had marked him down as a Eurosceptic, he declared: ‘I believe in Europe as a political project.’
      • She says she has no idea why the officer marked her down as owner being same as driver.
      • I gave my usual response, which is to smile politely and shake my head in an I-dooon't-think-so kinda way, whilst wondering, since I wasn't smoking at the time, how she'd marked me down as a smoker.
      • Even if it helps me in the hunt, I don't like someone marking me down as an easy target, especially when he's wearing a bullseye himself and doesn't know it.
      • He may know nothing about Rangers, but they will already know enough about him to mark him down as a serious threat.
      • The Austrian authorities soon marked him down as a troublemaker as he encouraged trade unions and attacked the Catholic Church.
      • Despite her lack of years and inches, Wood has been marked down as the Next Big Thing in Scottish curling for several years.
      • In the reviews section, the very similar Joss Stone is marked down as ‘an artist in it for the long haul.’
      • They were both dressed so that it was easy to mark them down as gypsy kin, their faded but bright clothes easy to spot amongst the normal gray drab of the peasants.
      • An old school report marked Clary down as ‘languid and superior’.
      • If that's being a do-gooder, then mark me down as a proud one.
      • The police obviously marked me down as a criminal because next time I was at a French auction I was surrounded by gun-toting gendarmes who arrested me again.
    5. 3.5 Acknowledge or celebrate (an important event) with a particular action.
      感谢；纪念；庆祝
      to mark its fiftieth birthday the charity held a fashion show

      该慈善机构为庆祝成立50周年举办了时装表演活动。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The event also marked the beginning of Pattaya's St. Valentine's Day celebrations.
      • Plans are being formulated to hold a celebration event to mark the 10th anniversary of the club next April.
      • A presentation was made to both earlier this year to mark the 50th anniversary of their position.
      • The good weather added to the spectacle and everyone involved should be very proud of the celebrations to mark the Feast Day of our Patron Saint.
      • The finished design marks the 400th anniversary of the 1605 gunpowder plot, led by infamous York son Guy Fawkes.
      • The bravery and resourcefulness of British prisoners of war will be celebrated in an exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of the Great Escape.
      • It was the highlight of a series of events held last week to mark the beginning of six months of celebrations to marks the Quakers' important anniversary.
      • The celebrations marking the end of the ‘Great Patriotic War’ are underway in Moscow.
      • Four generations of the Salt family gathered in a building constructed by their ancestor to mark a festival celebrating Sir Titus Salt.
      • Friends of Reuben was formed last February 23 and they will hold a celebration to mark its achievements on its first anniversary next week.
      • It was all of 21 years since the team had won the Mayo and Connacht honours and some members felt the time to hold a celebration to mark the event.
      • A church celebrating its 50th anniversary is to mark the occasion with two special events.
      • I'll ask him why he's boycotting tomorrow's anniversary celebration in Moscow marking the end of World War Two.
      • This ritual together with tonight's celebrations are all that mark an event which has now become pretty meaningless to British society.
      • And when they came to the end of their trek their achievement was marked with celebrations.
      • The week beginning July 8 would be marked by a flag ceremony.
      • The celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the event have been unprecedented in scope.
      • Celebrations to mark the big event were on a grand scale and went on for three nights.
      • This ceremony is supposed to mark an important event in the life of the eunuchs, when they realise their dream of marrying for once.
      • Graduation from high school and from college are seen as important events that mark the beginning of adulthood.
      Synonyms
      celebrate, observe, recognize, acknowledge, keep, honour, solemnize, pay tribute to, salute, commemorate, remember, memorialize
    6. 3.6 Be an indication of (a significant event or stage)
      （重要时机，阶段，发展）标志
      a series of incidents which marked a new phase in the terrorist campaign

      标志着恐怖活动进入新阶段的一系列事件。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The 1930s marked a significant change in the Soviet approach to retail trade.
      • This event marked the start of the defeat of the reform movement.
      • The Japanese responded at once, and these events marked the true beginning of the Sino-Japanese war.
      • This event marked a major change in the temper of the civil rights movement.
      • Hartstein's decision marks a significant change in the direction of the company.
      • This event marked the humble beginning of what would become the US Air Force.
      • The stage victory marked a reversal of fortunes for the 26-year-old who lost the prologue when his chain came off close to the finish.
      • Ms McGreal said the event marked the end of the ‘talking phase’ for women in agriculture.
      • This marks a significant increase on previous years, with some very serious incidents requiring hospitalisation.
      • The legislation marks a significant change in US policy and means that food aid can be used directly as a weapon of war.
      • The move marked a significant change in US policy and means that food aid can be used directly for military purposes.
      • For me, this event clearly marks the end of the happy, carefree years of my childhood.
      • The Supreme Court opens today, marking our full judicial independence from Britain.
      • Because the unit can be traced over several tens of kilometres, we suggest it marks a sub-regionally significant event in the Emeishan Province as basalt production terminated.
      • While the figure was down on that for March, lending was 16% higher than in April 2005 and marks six months of record lending figures.
      • This event marked a downfall of popularity for the hot air balloon, and an increase in popularity, ironically, in hydrogen.
      • If the Erskine scheme comes to pass, it will mark a significant change in fortunes for similar proposals.
      • That event surely marked the end of the world as we have known it.
      • There are some defining events in the life of a nation - events that mark a major change of direction.
      • Sleep researchers generally agree that Stage 1 marks the transition from waking to sleeping states.
      Synonyms
      represent, signify, be an indication of, be a sign of, indicate, herald
    7. 3.7 Characterize as having a particular quality or feature.
      表示具有…的性质（或特点）
      the reaction to these developments has been marked by a note of hysteria

      对这些事态发展的反应的特点是歇斯底里式的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Dwelling as they did in clusters of local self-sufficiency, marked by a low standard of living, the people were ever threatened by famine.
      • Her career had been marked by close defeats and valiant efforts.
      • Paddle is largely a doubles game, marked by rapid volleying at the net.
      • Sargent's work is marked by its exceptional lucidity, its exactness of expression and by the decisiveness of her results.
      • So what does 2000 offer the mid-market fashion retail sector after another bleak Christmas marked by early sales notices?
      • Clough's early works are marked by a subdued palette of largely browns, greys and greens.
      • In every case his works are marked by a high level of technical skill and surfaces of great animation.
      • From lack of talent to utter indiscipline, the team has suffered on many fronts and the slide has been marked by a shocking indifference among the players.
      • Some critics discerned a falling away of powers in his later work, marked by a tendency towards inflated rhetoric, but to others he remained a commanding figure to the end.
      • Above all, he prepared mounts that were marked by meticulous attention to detail and precise labeling.
      • Seemingly interminable rallies are marked by players pounding the ball at one another in games that go hours at a time.
      • The media had under-rated his dad, Barry felt, and his career has been marked by a ruthless determination to correct that historical injustice.
      • Both rider and vet would have been conscious of the risks they were taking so close to a games that was marked by a hunt for drug cheats.
      • But apart from a few minor concessions, her term in office has been marked by close collaboration with business.
      • A quarterback's first season with a team is almost always marked by struggles fitting in with his new offense.
      • His subsequent work was marked by an offbeat intensity.
      Synonyms
      characterize, distinguish, identify, typify, brand, signalize, stamp
    8. 3.8British (of a clock or watch) show (a certain time)
      （钟表）指示（某个时间）
      his watch marked five past eight

      他的手表时间是8点零5分。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Sure enough, as the clock marked 8.30 am, Neptune's special police arrived on the Bridge.
      • The next cut finds him waiting for the second hand on the clock to mark 5.00 pm and thus the banal end to his career.

  • 4British (of a teacher or examiner) assess the standard of (written work) by assigning points for proficiency or correct answers.

    （教师，考官）（为书面作业）打分，评卷

    the examiner may have hundreds of scripts to mark

    考官有几百份试卷需要评分。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By the time I've finished seeing students, marking their work, preparing classes, doing the admin etc. etc. that more than doubles.
    • The examiner then marked it and explained why he had given the marks he had.
    • Without a tutor to mark your work, how will you know if you got it right?
    • It also says the initial measurement for seven-year-olds is unreliable as it is marked by teachers rather than external examiners.
    • We were encouraged to mark our own work by referring to the answer books that were always readily available.
    • Miss Piper began to call out the answers as the whole class followed and marked their own work.
    • It's a very good point, which is why more and more academic work is marked by continuous assessment.
    • Work has been set for him and as far as I'm concerned it's being marked by teachers.
    • He felt that having to sit and write an essay that the teacher would mark so that another tick could be put in another box was a waste of time and time was a precious commodity.
    • Throughout each term homework was set by the subject teacher to a timetable and at the end of term an exam was also set and marked by the same teacher.
    • One was assessing the candidate's driving, while the other was assessing the examiner's marking.
    • Next September teachers will be guaranteed time to plan, prepare and mark work as part of a national deal.
    • The exam papers were marked by teachers and then sent to external moderators.
    • She suffered a series of literary knockbacks until her work was marked by an external examiner during a creative writing course.
    • She says the programme involved properly supported unit standards marked by trained teachers and assessed to the standard.
    • They were not the ones who did first year Geo-morphology at nine o'clock on a Monday morning, or marked a hundred scripts in two days.
    • Exams in Scotland are supervised by non-teachers but the papers are marked by teachers.
    • At £15 per child, the mock will be fully supervised under exam conditions and papers will be marked anonymously.
    • It needs to be well lit, warm, not too noisy and have a table - work is often marked for neatness and a steady surface helps with writing and drawing.
    • The establishment will be marking their assignments, writing their job references, and checking their credit ratings.
    Synonyms
    assess, evaluate, appraise, correct
    North American grade
    1. 4.1mark someone/something down Reduce the number of marks awarded to a person or their work.
      减分，压低…的得分
      teachers must mark down GCSE work containing poor grammar
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In addition, Mid Yorkshire was marked down for not ensuring at least 98 per cent of patients with suspected cancer were seen within two weeks.
      • Even when made aware of bullying, Ofsted inspectors won't mark a school down for it now, either.
      • Then he was marked down again for the shocking shiny suit he was wearing and ended up without very much going for him at all.
      • Appraisal time is upon us, and all team leaders will have been instructed to find the slightest excuse to mark people down.
      • Upon hearing that he had been marked down for wandering, Levrone fumed, ‘I didn't know you could be marked down for walking offstage.
      • A Merit would suffice, heck even a Pass would do as I know she's going to mark me down anyway because I slacked big time on the photography bit, but that was a different unit.
      • Asked why she felt she was marked down by the judges, she said: ‘You better ask them.’
      • Like the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Lewisham has been marked down for missing its four-hour A&E waiting time target for 2004 / 5.

  • 5Notice or pay careful attention to.

    注意，留心

    he'll leave you, you mark my words!

    他会离开你的，你留意我的话！

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Marin didn't seem to notice, marking something on the paper in front of him.
    Synonyms
    take heed of, pay heed to, heed, listen to, take note/notice of, pay attention to, attend to, note, mind, bear in mind, give (a) thought to, take into consideration, take to heart
    archaic regard

  • 6British (of a player in a team game) stay close to (an opponent) in order to prevent them getting or passing the ball.

    〈英〉（比赛中）盯人，盯住（对方队员）

    each central defender marks one attacker

    每个中卫都要盯住一个进攻队员。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Harrogate were camped in their half for the entire game and despite marking Elliot Dowley ferociously were not able to match his pace and he put away a winner in the nick of time.
    • Players are marking better now than they have been since the seventies.
    • Silsden eventually came into the game but their front men, Hoyle and Hedges were tightly marked throughout the game and had to play much of the time with their backs to goal.
    • That means that the full-backs are tied, and the three central defenders are marking one striker.
    • Since he would be closely marked by the opponents, other strikers would get more open space to play.
    • Lorraine Pugh had her best performance in the game against Glynn as she was marking their best player Anne-Marie Moloney.
    • Meanwhile, ‘Is it too late to add Shaquille O'Neal to the squad to mark Koller?’
    • If he is assigned a player to mark throughout a game, it is almost guaranteed that that player will not have a large impact on the game.
    1. 6.1Australian Rules Football Catch (the ball) from a kick of at least ten metres.
      〔澳橄〕接球（至少10米距离的踢球）
      I did well at marking the ball
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Opening 52 Seconds: Bombers win the ball from the opening bounce and Lucas marks at centre half forward.
      • But in fact, it makes it almost impossible to see which player is marking the ball, as other players swarm around you.

Phrases

  • be quick (or slow) off the mark

    • Be fast (or slow) in responding to a situation or understanding something.

      反应敏捷（或迟钝）

      he was quick off the mark with girls
      Example sentencesExamples
      • So, as soon as he made a serious gaffe - as he did - they were quick off the mark to call for his ouster.
      • He and everybody else were slow off the mark as the terrorist threat emerged in the mid 90's.
      • The city's snow - clearing trucks were slow off the mark, leaving angry shopkeepers to shovel their pavements.
      • The Left has been slow off the mark in identifying the obvious American responsibility for that event.
      • Police were quick off the mark and they were here really fast.
      • Although Banbridge were quick off the mark with their scoring, the Burren boys were just as quick to get back into the game and soon took control for the remainder of the match.
      • Of course being the day that it was, local papers were quick off the mark and Serena was asked to sign a consent form so that the hospital could give details of the birth to the press.
      • They'll be glad they were quick off the mark because the practice has now been stopped by the director of New York's office of emergency management.
      • Ford, too, has been slow off the mark but is catching up fast after it recently licensed hybrid technology from Toyota, while also giving a bit of its own technology back.
      • Some filling stations in Galway were quick off the mark on Budget night when they immediately at 12 midnight increased the price as stipulated in the Budget.
      Synonyms
      alert, quick, quick-witted, bright, clever, perceptive, sharp, sharp-witted, observant, wide awake

  • get off the mark

    • Get started.

      开始

      he took an hour to get off the mark but finished with 101 runs
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He will be approaching national companies in a bid to get some high-profile backing and has already got off the mark by selling his first perimeter board advert in his first week.

  • leave its (or one's or a) mark

    • Have a lasting or significant effect.

      留下深远的影响

      he left his mark on English football

      他对英国足球运动影响深远。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Few people have so left their mark upon the world.
      • He penned pamphlets of protest, left his mark on Philadelphia's most significant free black institutions, and produced a moving spiritual autobiography.
      • Today's Indian cuisine is certainly not exactly what it was thousands of years ago as invasions, migrations and travel have left their mark on the sub-continent.
      • We must never forget the day when the terrorists left their mark of murder on our nation.
      • Incursions into the country, successively by the Persians, Byzantines, Mongols and Turks are all said to have left their mark on the cuisine.
      • Not all of us will get to do that, but you can with the self-assurance that you have indeed left your mark.
      • During the Cold War, it was the Russians who left their mark.
      • Here are the three affairs that truly left their mark in history.
      • The riots of a year ago, have however, left their mark.
      • It wasn't a game for cowards, as some bone-crunching hits, and a mass brawl in a bad-tempered first-half, left their mark physically on both sets of players.

  • make one's mark

    • Attain recognition or distinction.

      得到公认；获得名声

      it took four years of struggle before we managed to make our mark
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The BBC will televise the second day of competition, and Brewer underlined the importance of new prospects making their mark if financial patronage is to be restored.
      • In the ten years of this sale close on 3,000 heifers have been sold and it is evident by the number of repeat buyers that these heifers are clearly making their mark in the suckler herds of Ireland.
      • Professionally, the 21-year-old Long Island native is already making her mark as one of the most distinctive character actors of her generation.
      • It gives the illusion of doing something permanent, making your mark on the world.
      • That women entrepreneurs and managers are making their mark in a world of men, even if recognition comes by way of separate women's awards.
      • I am not quite sure who to propose, but maybe there is someone out there who feels confident enough to list 10 women in contemporary graphic design currently making their mark.
      • It is about the thousands of highly-qualified young people making their mark in responsible jobs in Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium and elsewhere across the EU.
      • First, his distinction is quite exceptional and we don't have to wait for it to be generally recognized that he has made his mark.
      • The range of soloists offers a blend of the experience of established performers for many years with the talent of some our finest young musicians who are now making their mark here and abroad.
      • In 1989, she was trying to make her mark as a singer in London but had succeeded only in eking out a living, playing tiny gigs and taking the odd bit-part acting job.
      Synonyms
      be successful, distinguish oneself, succeed, gain success, be a success, prosper, get ahead, get on, make good, achieve recognition, attain distinction

  • one's mark

    • Something which is particularly typical of or suitable for someone.

      〈英〉（某人的）风格，特别适合（某人）之事

      ‘I took you out.’ ‘To a motel! That's just about your mark!’

      “我带你出去。”“去汽车旅馆！你就爱这样！”

  • mark time

    • 1(of troops) march on the spot without moving forward.

      （部队）原地踏步

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He blew his whistle, signaling for the band to mark time.
      • I had them mark time and started them off marching down the trail that led to the football field.
      • Still, some steps are better than just marking time in place, right?
      1. 1.1Pass one's time in routine activities until a more interesting opportunity presents itself.
        〈喻〉按兵不动，相机行事
        we're all just marking time, waiting for Wednesday
        Example sentencesExamples
        • At her worst, Gilda comes off as a whinier Lucille Ball, and we mark time until the next skit.
        • The response confirmed to him that the crowd was enjoying what the augmented DJs were doing and there was no sense that everyone was just marking time until the headliners came on.
        • In the short term the markets are still nervous and will mark time until the outlook for the US becomes more certain.
        • It was as if they just wanted to mark time until the final whistle and take the win.
        • ‘I would mark time during ballet, jazz, and acrobatics and wait for tap,’ she says.
        • But he's only marking time until he can return to New Orleans.
        • It's also probably bad news for developers, because they'll have to mark time until whenever ‘early’ is.
        • Do you love what you're doing or are you just marking time until that record deal goes through?
        • The secondary has to find out and the kids with a high-level D have to mark time until those without catch up.
        • Black can't improve his position so he marks time.

  • mark you

    • Used to emphasize a statement.

      〈主英〉注意；听着

      I was persuaded, against my better judgement, mark you, to vote for him

      我被说服投了他的票，请注意，这不符合我的理智判断。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • And this, mark you, in a business which is largely based in London.
      • Not, mark you, setting out to prove there is none, but determined to prove that there is.
      • And all this, mark you, before a date for the general election has even been set.
      • These are the same people, mark you, that would have bought every single song they downloaded if the alternative was to go without - according the the recording industry's claims for the impact of downloading, that is.
      • This statement, mark you, is made by a man who is described at the foot of the article as the Washington Post's book critic.
      • Yet we expect officials to train themselves, prepare themselves and make the important decisions week in and week out for #310 a game - and that, mark you, is for the top referees.
      • Hitchens's article takes the form of a review of The John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism; in its second edition, mark you, so the thing must be a really hot seller.
      • This, mark you, is my first interview in six months.
      • I suppose if I were to take a full time teaching post then I could have a nice hefty mortgage and afford a house of decent proportions… not on the salary, mark you, but on the combination of salary and equity from this house.
      • This, mark you, was his opinion at a time when the number of books published in the UK in a year was somewhere around 10% of today's figure.

  • near (or close) to the mark

    • Almost accurate.

      近乎准确的

      to say he was their legal adviser would be nearer the mark

      说他是他们的法律顾问更贴切一些。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • This is an overly simplified explanation, but very close to the mark nonetheless.
      • My Landlord was fine about it surprisingly - which makes me think my earlier suspicion of him wanting us all out anyhow is close to the mark.
      • That is putting it pretty strongly, and there are admirable exceptions, but it is embarrassingly close to the mark.
      • Mr Sheridan said claims indicate their initial estimates that close to £4m will be required to compensate investors will be very close to the mark.
      • Caddell is not alone among the anti-Bush who acknowledge that some Bush attacks are uncomfortably close to the mark.
      • Although descriptions of Clarke as the ‘next Waugh’ appeared trite, they are starting to look eerily close to the mark.
      • Well, today's New York Times adds some new information that makes it look like Clinton was pretty close to the mark.
      • Even allowing for a little poetic license, this statement is perhaps close to the mark.
      • What these numbskulls in power call Christianity doesn't even come close to the mark.
      • The anti-Communist series is still pretty close to the mark.

  • off (or wide of) the mark

    • 1A long way from an intended target.

      most of his shots went wide of the mark
      Synonyms
      off target, wide of the mark, wide, awry
      off target, off the mark, wide of the mark, wide of the target, inaccurate, off course, astray, nowhere near, out
      inaccurate, incorrect, wrong, erroneous, inexact, off-target, off-beam, out, fallacious, mistaken, misguided, misinformed

    • 2Incorrect or inaccurate.

      不正确的；不准确的

      past demographic projections have been way off the mark
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He also indulged in a bit of illicit breaking and entering, but most true professionals reckon he was way off the mark.
      • When the US State Department issued its damning report, again he was late and off the mark.
      • It appears that the invasion scares promoted by publications over the last few years were not completely off the mark.
      • He was disturbed himself at the result of a report that was so far off the mark.
      • Readers are welcome to put me in my place and show me that I'm completely off the mark!
      • I think claims that there's too much oil out there today are just simply off the mark.
      • The analogy with a Chelsea footballer or a classical pianist is completely off the mark.
      • The Atkins diet may turn out to be completely off the mark, but it shouldn't be dismissed yet.
      • Hamas may have won the Palestinian elections, but Western predictions of war and bloodshed are wide off the mark.
      • But in seeing such engagements as determining our future development, they are way off the mark.
      Synonyms
      off target, off the mark, wide of the mark, wide of the target, inaccurate, off course, astray, nowhere near, out
      off target, wide of the mark, wide of the target, off course, inaccurately, astray
      inaccurate, incorrect, wrong, erroneous, inexact, off-target, off-beam, out, fallacious, mistaken, misguided, misinformed
      irrelevant, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, immaterial, not to the point, beside the point, off the subject, extraneous, neither here nor there

  • of mark

    • dated Having importance or distinction.

      得到公认；获得名声

      he had been a man of mark

      他曾经是个显赫人物。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • There was also the prospect of becoming a man of mark back home when the volunteer's term was up.
      • In 1607 he was apprenticed to his uncle Sir William Herrick, goldsmith, a man of mark who was MP for Leicester, owned land in 13 counties, and had been knighted in 1605.

  • on the mark

    • Correct; accurate.

      近乎准确的

      his forecast for the weekend is right on the mark
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Stalin was on the mark in saying that ‘one death is a milestone, a million is a statistic’.
      • That said, I voted for John Edwards because I'm a bit of a contrarian and because I think he's on the mark when he talks about two Americas.
      • Am I on the mark in thinking of you as mainly a political stirrer?
      • Your comments on illegal immigration were right on the mark and very brave.
      • Some of these items are trivial or irrelevant, but many are on the mark.
      • In a call for ‘appropriate content’ for an audience, it sounds like this is on the mark.
      • But his political analysis was on the mark, even if he falls short of the presidency.
      • He is certainly on the mark with such judgments, but he might have made them with more humor and less earnestness.
      • Obviously, only one of the myriad of warnings he received throughout his four years in office was on the mark.
      • I'd check back occasionally, and Jonas would always be on the mark with whatever analysis or discussion he was having.
      Synonyms
      factual, fact-based, literal, correct, faithful, exact, close, true, truthful, veracious, true to life, telling it like it is, as it really happened, lifelike, authentic, realistic, fair
      well aimed, precise, on target, unerring, deadly, lethal, sure, true, on the mark, careful, meticulous, painstaking, precision

  • on your marks

    • Used to instruct competitors in a race to prepare themselves in the correct starting position.

      各就各位

  • up to the mark

    • 1Up to the required standard.

      符合标准

      concern has been growing that economic forecasts are not up to the mark
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Inadequacy in bowling was another, the side's batting was not up to the mark and the team did not possess a quality all-rounder either.
      • He held several senior positions at the infirmary, notably chairman of a committee which makes sure clinical standards are up to the mark.
      • Quality of the recording was not up to the mark as well.
      • Good firms tend to have demanding customers, which stands to reason: picky customers keep you up to the mark by requiring value for money and telling you if you don't give it.
      • However, with mediapersons carrying video and digital cameras, the quality of transmission was not up to the mark.
      • So, yes, the DVD content is well worth your attention, but is Artisan's presentation up to the mark?
      • Even so, the TV audio quality was not up to the mark.
      • It provides full wireless connectivity, easy synchronization with other wireless devices, high performance, up to the mark video and audio quality.
      • About half the Irish food businesses applying for a hygiene excellence scheme are not up to the mark.
      • If quality was not up to the mark, it was taken away.
      Synonyms
      good enough, up to scratch, up to standard, up to par, satisfactory, acceptable, adequate, passable, sufficient, competent, all right
      required standard, standard, norm, par, level, criterion, gauge, yardstick, rule, measure, scale
      1. 1.1usually with negative(of a person) as healthy or as cheerful as usual.
        （人）（同往常一样）健康；高兴
        Johnny's not feeling up to the mark at the moment

        约翰尼现在心情不好。

Phrasal Verbs

  • mark something down

    • (of a retailer) reduce the indicated price of an item.

      （零售商）降低标价，减价

      ties are marked down by at least 25 per cent
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Meanwhile, in America, we just put water in bottles with shiny stamps, mark the price up a thousand percent or more, advertise the hell out of the product, and consumers guzzle it down.
      • If a broker sells a municipal bond to a customer from the firm's own portfolio, for example, he or she need not tell the customer how much its price was marked up.
      • If the suit does not fit perfectly, do not buy it, even if it is marked down for a large discount.
      • I later notice that it has been marked down several times, indicating that nobody in this whole community knows what a Frette sheet is.
      • But remember the old rule, ‘he who shops best haggles the most’, so just bargain till the prices are marked down to suit your budget.
      • Anyway, prices were marked down to fifty, even seventy percent, and I got carried away and bought stuff, too.
      • The regular price was $180 and they were marked down to $49.
      • Police opened the investigation following reports from several employees who said that the land price had been marked up to conceal the presence of the remaining funds.
      • A survey by the Daily Mail revealed that apples in the superstores were marked up by as much as 198 per cent, while eggs commanded prices up to 439 per cent higher than were paid to the farmers.
      • It has also led to spot shortages of fuel in the economically busiest areas of China, according to the China Securities News, with black-market speculators marking prices up 30% above levels set by the state-controlled pricing system.
      • Steel prices had been marked up by a handful of producers in view of the rising exports to China and a few other countries.
      • However, staff predicted that the rush would start on Christmas Eve when a number of selected items would be marked down for their sale.
      • Bargain-hunters head downstairs to Filene's Basement, where items are marked down by 25% after 14 days, 50% after 21 days and 75% after 28 days.
      • All I am getting is a couple more horrible sweets and they have clearly factored such thefts into their prices and marked them up by about 10,000%.
      • The price of blatberries had been marked down again at Mumlat's Market.
      • In addition to what Tom says, purely observationally, you walk into Iceland or a variety of other shops and there are always two for one deals on freezer food while fresh vegetables are marked up.
      • That was probably a $10 bottle of wine and they marked it up $30.
      Synonyms
      reduce, decrease, lower, cut, put down, take down, discount
      lower the price of, make cheaper, sell at a giveaway price, put in a sale

  • mark something up

    • 1(of a retailer) increase the indicated price of an item.

      （零售商）降低标价，减价

      he marks up prized garments by at least 50 per cent
      Synonyms
      increase, raise, up, put up, hike, hike up, escalate

    • 2Annotate or correct text for printing, keying, or typesetting.

      （印刷、录入或排版之前）注解；校对

      they retyped the articles after the subeditors had marked them up in pencil
      Example sentencesExamples
      • By the time the copy editor got back, marked it up, and sent it down to the subs, it was 10 pm.
      • I can make the addresses and so on machine readable, I just need to know how to mark them up.
      • Previously, Eminent sent 150-to 500-page study-protocol documents to participating physicians and regulators, who marked them up and mailed them back.
      • This new capability will eliminate the need to communicate changes by printing out a copy, marking it up, and faxing it back.
      • Everyone works with a single document, marking it up with their personal highlighting, notes, and edits.
      • These files would be mostly text files, but they would be marked up with a tag language (a subset of SGML called Hypertext Markup language, or HTML).
      • And he would put in time reading your stuff and marking it up and making comments on it and so on, which was very useful.
      • In addition, a copy of the draft lease was marked up with the proposed changes and returned to the hotel.
      • The contents of the file can be marked up, such as adding color around words.
      • In the mid '70s, I got involved on the tail end of a really sexy project in publishing, creating a system that allowed editors to take text and mark it up on screen.
      • I had remembered to bring my copy, but I had already marked it up with all the comments I was going to make during the talk.
      • If you needed a brochure, you'd type it on a typewriter, and then literally mark it up with a red pen to tell the typesetter what you wanted it to look like.
      • I was not in a position to mark it up or to start working on it because I had to check it for correctness.
      Synonyms
      annotate, correct, label

Origin

Old English mearc, gemerce (noun), mearcian (verb), of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin margo 'margin'.

Rhymes

arc, ark, Bach, bark, barque, Braque, Clark, clerk, dark, embark, hark, impark, Iraq, Ladakh, Lamarck, lark, macaque, marc, marque, narc, nark, Newark, park, quark, sark, shark, snark, spark, stark, Vlach

mark2

noun mɑːkmɑrk

  • 1(until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of Germany, equal to 100 pfennig; a Deutschmark.

    马克（德国货币单位，合100芬尼）

    Germany spent billions of marks to save the French franc from speculators
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The euro, which replaces the old francs, marks, guilders, pesetas, escudos, drachmas, and lire of the European Union, is not yet five years old.
    • In the same survey, of 100 goods that were checked, an incredible 86 per cent of them had increased in price when moving from marks to euros.
    • Braeutigam called on lawyers to forego part of their 125 million marks in fees to help pay the additional compensation.
    • This in turn is equal to 1.95583 German marks, or 6.55957 French francs, or 166.386 Spanish pesetas, and so on.
    • When he called the next day, he said he was faxing Leeds an offer of a million marks.
    • Two billion German marks have been invested in the area's shipbuilding but the figures still show South Korea forging ahead.
    • Some 7.5 billion of German marks are frozen in state banks.
    • Now that protection from future legal actions is in place, the 1.8 billion marks still missing from German business will probably trickle in.
    • The avowed aim of the Treasury is to reduce new debt from the present 50 billion German marks to zero by the year 2006.
    • The plan aims to implement cuts of 30 billion German marks, about 50 percent of which is to be raised by attacks on pensioners and unemployed.
    • That means the debt is likely to rise to 80 billion marks… It's way too high.
    • Brahms continued to mobilise support for him, and himself paid him an allowance of some thousand marks a year, while doing his best to remain an anonymous donor.
    • A billion marks are to be saved annually through the sale of equipment, vehicles, land and buildings.
    • One of the reasons is that there were three different currencies in use in Germany during the war - the thaler, the mark and the gulden.
    • The German mark was introduced as a parallel currency to the Yugoslav dinar and then the euro.
    • Some 1 billion marks will be used to build a plant for the manufacture of synthetic materials in Shanghai.
    • She lived through the terrible poverty of the Weimar years, when the price of a loaf of bread soared to more than 50 million marks.
    • Moreover, the budget was burdened annually to the tune of over 10 billion German marks by the war against the Kurds.
    • Thankfully, for 5.3 million marks, you can buy a hell of a lot of visual thunder, which is why you should see this movie in the first place.
    • The resort obviously is geared for the overseas market and while prices won't make a huge dent in sterling, marks, euros or yen, in rand terms they might appear expensive.

  • 2A former English and Scottish money of account, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence in the currency of the day.

    马克（旧时英格兰和苏格兰的记账货币单位，合当时的13先令4便士）

    Sir William left 500 marks for repairing the road to Cambridge
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mrs Burdett was to be paid in marks, which is an archaic form of English currency (20 marks was quite a generous amount).
    • In 1189 King William had taken advantage of Richard's financial needs to buy his freedom from English allegiance for 10,000 marks.
    1. 2.1 A denomination of weight for gold and silver, formerly used throughout western Europe and typically equal to 8 ounces (226.8 grams).
      马克（旧时西欧使用的金银重量单位，一般合8盎司，即226.8克）
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Inside there were about two hundred gold marks.
      • Russia was also obliged to pay 6 billion gold marks in reparations.
      • He produces a silver mark from his purse and holds it up for the man to see.
      • My prices vary, but most are around fifty gold marks.
      • If that lord fails to do this, that lord must pay me 46 marks of silver.

  • 3The basic monetary unit of Bosnia and Herzegovina, equal to 100 fening.

    波黑马克（波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维纳基本货币单位，1波黑马克等于100芬尼）

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the new government took over, they issued a new currency, the Bosnian Convertible Marka, and tied it to the German Mark.
    • It is not fair that such cuts apply equally to veterans with compensation for their wartime service of only 250 Bosnian marka ($177/month).

Origin

Old English marc, from Old Norse mǫrk; probably related to mark1.

noun.1
phr.
phr.v.
noun.2

mark1

nounmɑrkmärk

  • 1A small area on a surface having a different color from its surroundings, typically one caused by accident or damage.

    （尤指事故、伤害导致的）痕；疤痕；斑

    the blow left a red mark down one side of her face

    这一击在她一侧脸颊上留下了一道红痕。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I also noticed tire marks in dirt on the right side of the road.
    • The bullet holes and blood seem even more disturbing when they are left as white marks on a dark surface.
    • I observed her curiously as she hesitantly took off her coat, wincing as she did so; my eyes were called to her neck which was flawed mercilessly with red marks around the left side.
    • Grain is present throughout the feature as well as lots of dirt, reel marks, and scratches.
    • The yellow sponged raked over the arm viciously causing a deep red scuff marks to surface.
    • No tool marks survive on the surface of the boat as a result of repeated scourings by wind, sand and water.
    • This hypothesis well explains why even the same cave has different patterns of calving and different chisel marks.
    • Is the blanket showing any signs of damage such as scorch marks, broken ties, or do any of the wires inside the blanket feel like they are broken or unevenly spaced?
    • William sat back, sulking at the red mark on the side of his cheek.
    • Splotched with marks of dirt and even blood, it looked filthy and gave her a conscious feeling of someone living in the gutters.
    • The lower screen on the one I've got here is scratched, but they're only surface marks - it's not as though the screen is really damaged, just the covering.
    • There are also creams available at make up counters that reduce the look of red or purplish marks (it is usually green or purple in the bottle).
    • Looking up, she saw several holes dotted along its surface, burned scorch marks surrounding the edges.
    • Oh boy… did I do a lot of damage… his whole face was either covered in red marks or a bruise.
    • He was left with puncture marks and a severe gash on his nose and severe damage to his top lip.
    • I must warn you though that your wheels will leave marks on the surface you're sliding on.
    • The films are not well preserved, so there are plenty of scratches and burn marks, and dirt on the prints.
    • She lifted her right hand and lightly ran a finger over the red marks on her cheeks which she knew were the result of frostbite.
    • Always carefully check goods in the shop for damage, tears or marks, particularly if the item is in a sale.
    • Improvements in the technology behind its production mean that many papers are now more resistant to grubby marks and other damage.
    Synonyms
    blemish, streak, spot, fleck, dot, blot, stain, smear, trace, speck, speckle, blotch, smudge, smut, smirch, fingermark, fingerprint, impression, imprint
    1. 1.1 A spot, area, or feature on a person's or animal's body by which they may be identified or recognized.
      （人、动物身上可供辨认的）印记；特征
      he was five feet nine, with no distinguishing marks

      他身高5英尺9英寸，身上没有明显的印记。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I recognized individuals by natural marks such as black spots on the back or head and their toe-clip pattern.
      • Even identifying marks will now be included on that state's register.
      • The man was not immediately identified as the former Iraqi leader but marks on his body and other undisclosed information quickly indicated they had their man.
      • These marks included distinctive spots and stripes on the back, shoulders, hips, hind legs, and rump of the gerbils.
      • He had no tattoos or other distinguishing body marks but he had two crowns on teeth to the front of his right upper jaw, possibly suggesting an accident or sporting injury.

  • 2A line, figure, or symbol made as an indication or record of something.

    标记，记号；唛头

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The skaters may be placed in the correct order, which is all that counts at the bottom line, but the marks are now totally meaningless.
    • It was a confusing mass of symbols and half-familiar marks.
    • As these marks are studied and recorded they can be of great assistance with accurate dating, particularly where company records still exist.
    • Bach, of course, left very few indications or interpretive marks as to how his music should go.
    • The stress marks might seem quaint to us; but McGuffey believed that rhythm and harmony have not only an aesthetic but also a moral value.
    • Accented and umlauted vowels, and diacritical marks on consonants must be avoided, because they act as roadblocks and break the speed of a typist.
    • Although most of the headstones are severely weathered and illegible, cemetery staff will record all legible marks and inscriptions before removing the stones.
    • Here are some useful sites for anyone needing to display diacritical marks, mathematical symbols, etc.
    • As much as it pains me to admit it, there may not be an important moral argument for using an apostrophe rather than a tick mark.
    • Google ignores most punctuation, except apostrophes, hyphens and quote marks.
    • Using the edge of your workbench as a straightedge for the square, draw a set of nice black lines across the mounting marks, so you have a good visual reference.
    • The mark looked like the symbol for life that the mystics had created years ago.
    • EcoRI sites determined by restriction mapping are shown as tick marks on the genomic clones and as half-tick marks below the top line.
    • Line the mark on your stock up with the doweling jig that corresponds to the size of the dowel you are using.
    • Okay, you've got both skis mounted with the toe units, they're epoxied and the boot-heel center marks line up perfectly with those on your skis.
    • Ancient stories are handed down from the days before we learned to store our thoughts in marks on paper or lines carved in stone, and the Gods live in these stories.
    • This section measures knowledge of spelling rules and stress marks in Spanish.
    • At the same time, line up the center marks on the template with your center axis mark on the ski.
    Synonyms
    symbol, sign, character
    1. 2.1 A sign or indication of a quality or feeling.
      示意
      the flag was at half-mast as a mark of respect

      挂半旗以示敬意。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Both sides of the crossing were covered with flowers by mourners, who left bouquets and countless soft toys as a mark of respect.
      • As a mark of respect all club activities have been cancelled this weekend.
      • So the fact that this building is expensive is a mark of its quality.
      • And as a mark of respect for the victims of the tsunami the national flag will be flown at half mast on civic buildings next week.
      • As a mark of respect and in order to allow students to attend the service, all lectures and classes in Italian were cancelled.
      • There are lists of what to do in the event of arrest - and also guides to getting arrested as this is the mark of a high quality protester.
      • He ran a haulage firm and wanted me to take over, but I never fancied it so I named my butcher's shop after his firm as a mark of respect.
      • It is also right that flags in the city should be at half mast, as a mark of respect to the dead and their families.
      • If the mark of a quality referee is to pass unnoticed, then Poll succeeded, albeit with the complicity of a set of almost angelic players.
      • So every time I was in a bar after that, I would add a Jameson on to my order and leave it on the bar as a mark of respect for a mate who couldn't have a drink.
      • WiFi in airport departure lines is the mark of civilised countries.
      • Somehow, the brand of the magazine becomes the mark of quality rather than the individual work in it.
      • The wonderful guard of honour formed by both these groups was a fitting mark of respect and was well deserved.
      • Flags were flying at half mast as a mark of respect for the Duke of Norfolk who died two days ago at the age of 86, the Arundel ground being part of the Duke's estate.
      • The rehabilitation of the bridges and roads should be a mark of quality for lengthy life of the facilities.
      • But a raid of her house and seizure of her property is the mark of an out of control incipient police state.
      • Corus corporate flags at plants across Britain and Europe are flying at half mast as a mark of respect.
      • An impressed stamp on the blade tang is usually the mark of a lower quality blade.
      • Marching is a mark of respect, especially to those who gave their lives.
      • The red and white ballon flag flew at half mast as a mark of respect to the two people who had earlier died in a horrible crash.
      Synonyms
      sign, token, symbol, indication, badge, emblem, symptom, feature, evidence, proof, clue, hint
      characteristic, feature, trait, attribute, quality, hallmark, badge, stamp, property, peculiarity, indicator
    2. 2.2 A written symbol made on a document in place of a signature by someone who cannot write.
      （代替签名的）画押
      Synonyms
      signature, autograph, cross, x, scribble, squiggle, initials, imprint
    3. 2.3 A characteristic property or feature.
      特点，特征
      it is the mark of a civilized society to treat its elderly members well

      善待老年人是文明社会的特征。

    4. 2.4 A competitor's starting point in a race.
      赛跑起点
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He pocketed the penultimate race even after having to re-round the starting mark as he had jumped the start.
      • The runners now toed this mark, each competitor leaning forward with his eye on the farther end of the platform.
      • He might have obtained better results simply by taking the differences in the lanes' staggered starting marks for an appropriate track event.
      • The handicapper's job is to make the race as competitive as possible by giving each competitor a mark off which to run.
    5. 2.5Nautical A piece of material or a knot used to indicate a depth on a sounding line.
      〔航海〕（用于标明测深绳深度的）测标
    6. 2.6Telecommunications One of two possible states of a signal in certain systems.
      〔电信〕传号。SPACE 的反义词
      The opposite of space
    7. 2.7 A level or stage that is considered significant.
      重要关口，水平
      unemployment had passed the two million mark

      失业人数已经超过200万的关口。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He began at one and he continues counting on a new canvas, beginning with the number he ended his last work on, reaching by now well past the five million mark.
      • I did point out to the minion who rang me that come next spring we were likely to be in a position to have a balance somewhere around the quarter million mark.
      • Recent employment data showed the number of people over retirement age who are back in work has risen above the million mark for the first time.
      • The day's only climb, a fourth category rise over the Cote de Boutancourt, comes early in the stage at the 8.5km mark.
      • Worldwide, estimates top the one trillion mark - almost two million a minute.
      • Richard Virenque takes the third climb at the halfway mark of the stage.
      • Hundreds of people are continuing to sign up each day to our petition to save Terry's, with the number of signatures now flying past the 3,000 mark.
      • Botero was part of a group of seven which made a decisive break shortly after the 80 km mark of the stage.
      • This would see them hit the crucial five million mark.
      • Information technology has passed the million mark - and it's a statistic the sector is far from happy with.
      • With another busy five months to go, things are looking good for Cork Airport to pass the two million passenger mark for the first time.
      • Manchester Airport is back on course to break the 20 million passengers-a-year mark for the first time.
      • The trio made their initial attack at the 22 km mark and at one stage pulled out a 5m 20s advantage.
      • Presumably she judged that once the death toll passed the quarter million mark, it became fair game for a bit of a snicker.
      • The million mark for private cars was reached in Britain in 1930, with 10 million by 1967.
      • Today sales are steering towards the three-quarters of a million mark.
      • We reached the mark of one million visitors just a few moments ago.
      • The million mark is actually quite an achievement.
      • This album, at worst, is going to take me over the 40 million quid mark.
      • Who Wants to be a Millionaire did a little better but failed to top the million viewer mark.
      Synonyms
      point, level, stage, degree

  • 3British A point awarded for a correct answer or for proficiency in an examination or competition.

    （考试或竞赛）得分，分数

    many candidates lose marks because they don't read the questions carefully

    许多考生因为没有认真阅读问题而丢分。

    figurative full marks to them for highlighting the threat to the rainforest

    〈喻〉他们因强调了雨林面临的威胁而得了满分。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although the paper is 80 marks / answer all questions, there is some consolation in that several questions are perennial.
    • Again, students would write a report on completion of an assignment, marks being gained as before.
    • Stats and Maths papers were structured with 120 possible marks.
    • If fields, houses, gates, fences, derelict houses are untidy, then we lose marks.
    • The villages provide the judges with a map and description of the area, and then they go around different sections giving marks out of 25.
    • There will be no marks awarded for the answer ‘They both write historical fantasy’.
    • The eleven marks were lost despite the village being cleaned up every morning of the week.
    • Students are awarded marks out of seven for each paper, and get a final overall score.
    • You're not going to get negative marks for writing down something wrong, nor will marks be deducted from another question.
    • I sincerely hope I've done better than a U in French writing this time and I hope I've got enough marks in Chemistry so that I don't need to take any more exams for it in the summer.
    • A lot of marks are lost because people misread the questions.
    • For 45 marks, he was asked to ‘write an essay of about 40 lines on the advantages of a cheerful disposition’.
    • I know of a professor who was in the habit of deducting marks in examinations for bad spelling, poor grammar or clumsy sentences.
    • Government proposals could mean pupils who can't spell lose marks in GCSE and A level exams.
    • I have to admit that Slovenia lost marks in my book for its food, despite the fact that it was much cheaper than in neighbouring Italy or Austria.
    • They got to a tie-breaker for third position, but were unfortunate to lose by a mark.
    • It is surely also the case that some students lose a few marks here and there because of this.
    • It is possible to discourage guessing by allocating one mark for a correct answer and minus one for an incorrect answer.
    • ‘Make sure the answer sheet is stapled to your answer book or else you could lose a lot of marks if your answer sheet gets lost,’ he said.
    • Extra marks are awarded for neatness, good spelling and strict adherence to the curriculum.
    1. 3.1 A figure or letter representing the total correct answers in an examination and signifying a person's score.
      成绩，等第
      the highest mark was 98 percent

      最高成绩为98分。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • A student gets to prepare his own report card, adding explanatory paragraphs that put the best possible spin on his marks.
      • Other Hampshire schools and colleges were toasting record marks.
      • The modular approach to A-levels should, if anything, be extended but marks should be formally recorded for each module rather than hidden under an overall grade.
      • I thought about taking it before exams, but then again, I never ever got good marks, when I wrote smart things, so I didn't.
      • Probably most interesting out of the whole debacle is the notion that science students can't get good marks if they can't write well.
      • In other words, essays attributed to children with popular names were given higher marks than essays purportedly written by children with unusual names.
      • At the end of the course of study, candidates receive a mark from one to seven in each subject.
      • This comprises writing comments for sight, colour, nose and palate of each drink, and then awarding a mark out of ten.
      • These are some of the terms used to describe children unable to learn or more importantly who score poor marks in their examinations.
      • At the University of Calgary, he hopped from fine arts in his first year to drama in his second, working hard to improve his marks and writing skills.
      • She usually stressed about her academic marks when she wasn't depressed and morbid.
      • He awarded marks ranging from six to ten, with his six favourites all receiving the ten mark.
      • This summer she received 4 grade As at A-level, achieving top marks in several papers.
      • Last summer there were around 52,000 protests against A-level marks, of which about 10% resulted in an overall grade change.
      • We can all see that schooling has grown to mean exams, marks, stress, and tension for the parents, tuitions.
      • Researchers discovered that different academics gave different marks for the same essays.
      • A high-flying young Chorley scientist is focusing on a career path which could help save thousands of lives after receiving record marks in her degree.
      • This led to a broader approach to teaching programmes and abolished the link between Proficiency marks and secondary education.
      • The continuing upward trend in results has prompted calls for the marks awarded to each exam to be published rather than a grade, so students' performances can be differentiated more easily.
      • The problems in the evaluation system is not limited to the disparity in marks between different universities.
      Synonyms
      grade, grading, rating, score, percentage
    2. 3.2 (especially in track and field) a time or distance achieved by a competitor, especially one which represents a record or personal best.
      （尤指体育比赛的）最好成绩，纪录
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He also helped set three relay world records and lowered his own mark in the 400 freestyle.
      • She set a British under-20 indoor pentathlon record, bettering the marks of two who would become Olympic champions, Denise Lewis and Sally Gunnell.
      • But her marks are in the record books and appear set to stay there for a good while longer yet.
      • In these she recorded marks of 12. 53s and 1. 51m to put her in an overall 14th place.
      • Thorpe is the current Olympic and triple world champion in the 400 meters and holds three world marks in freestyle distances.
      Synonyms
      required standard, standard, norm, par, level, criterion, gauge, yardstick, rule, measure, scale

  • 4(followed by a numeral) a particular model or type of a vehicle, machine, or device.

    （后跟数字，表示车辆、机器或设备等的）型（号）

    a Mark 10 Jaguar

    10型“美洲虎”攻击/教练机。

  • 5A target.

    目标

    few bullets could have missed their mark

    没什么子弹会射不中目标的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These assaults, and their implicit criticism of the active VP, miss the mark.
    • The writing is clever, witty, crisp, Arquette is very good, and the whole production is bright and hits all the right marks.
    • As for post-1947, Ganguly hits all the major marks of the conflict and lucidly backs his theories up with carefully researched facts.
    • And with hummable lyrics and soulful tunes, she seems to have hit the right mark once again.
    • I'm always hitting marks, and saying the jokes, and having a good time.
    • I think his answer is - or I should say, proposal, if indeed we can call it that, misses the mark.
    • When a History Channel doc makes you think, then the writers and researchers have done their job, they're hitting their marks as well as can be.
    • So far, the Democrats seem to have hit all their marks.
    • Some right-winger attempting to be ironic, some points hit a mark, some are hateful and off target.
    • However, it seems to be missing the mark, and I'd argue it is because of the way we purchase music currently.
    • As she develops she should be able to reach out and grab an object, even though she often misses the mark on the first try.
    • She threw the last knife she was holding at the target in frustration, not hitting far off from the target mark.
    • She may miss the mark sometimes, but you've gotta applaud her sense of adventure.
    • Whichever way you look at it, the scheme was misconceived, miscalculated and entirely missed the mark.
    • The emphasis on hitting your marks was not nearly as pronounced.
    • This is where the current public policies around work-life balance seem to miss the mark.
    • They may very well have this evidence, but everything that's being leaked right now is kind of missing the mark.
    • As one arrow after the next misses its mark, all the boys immediately run for cover, but secret crushes soon rise to the surface.
    • Someone's attempt at a clever analogy perhaps; it rather missed the mark.
    • This makes it difficult to say when a particular quatrain has missed or hits its mark.
    Synonyms
    target, goal, aim, bullseye, objective, object, end, purpose, intent, intention
    1. 5.1US informal A person who is easily deceived or taken advantage of.
      〈非正式，主美〉容易受骗的人；容易被利用的人
      they figure I'm an easy mark

      他们以为我是一个容易糊弄的人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She actually felt sorry for her; Scott was the worst person to work with when there was a major mark on the line.
      • She thereby revealed herself to be a patsy, a mark, a victim of the Big Con.
      • The American salesman, everyone concedes, is the American salesman's easiest mark.
verbmɑrkmärk
[with object]

  • 1Make a visible impression or stain on.

    给…留下（痕迹或污渍）

    he fingered the photograph gently, careful not to mark it

    他轻轻地接触这张照片，小心翼翼不留下痕迹。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were faded, some stained by water from rain and a few marked by mud or beer.
    • She turned a corner and stopped before colliding into a little boy, face marked with tears.
    • Around 10 flag stones, each around a metre square in size, had been taken from the site, leaving others broken and the steps marked and scratched.
    • The latter is clearly marked with close-spaced lines where it has pressed against the gills of the immature cap.
    • I lingered on the bruise that marked most of his cheek.
    • Angie woke up to dried tears in her eyes and her face marked by the carpet since she remained there all night without moving to her actual bed.
    • With a sharp instrument, mark the two holes indicated on the edge and the face of the door.
    • Her gray dress was torn and dirty, marked more so by several spots of blood.
    • As we walked, we passed from grass and mud to stone-paved road, wet and dirty and marked with wheel tracks.
    Synonyms
    discolour, stain, smear, smudge, streak, blotch, blot, blemish
    1. 1.1no object Become stained.
      变脏
      it is made from a sort of woven surface which doesn't mark or tear

      它由一种编织面料制成，不会变脏，也不会破损。

  • 2Write a word or symbol on (an object), typically for identification.

    作记号于；标记

    she marked all her possessions with her name

    她在所有物品上标了自己的名字。

    with object and complement an envelope marked “private and confidential.”

    标有“亲启机密”字样的信封。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When all is said and done, this case file can be marked High School Confidential!
    • Written references should always be marked private personal and confidential and should be sent in a sealed envelope by post or courier.
    • These days most of them have to go in blue and red envelopes marked Par Avion.
    • Any solution that only can be administered topically should be marked clearly with that information.
    • Seven columns in each ring have been marked with strange symbols, forming a huge seven-pointed star.
    • They have placed it in a sealed envelope marked private and confidential.
    • Anyone without a bank account can make a cash donation by placing it in an envelope marked Christmas Care and give it to reception at the Information Centre.
    Synonyms
    put one's name on, name, initial, put one's seal on, label, tag, hallmark, watermark, brand, stamp, earmark
    indicate, label, flag, tab, tick, show the position of, show, identify, designate, delineate, denote
    1. 2.1 Write (a word or figure) on an object.
      记下，记录（字，数字）
      she marked the date down on a card

      她在一张卡片上记下了日期。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He turned his wrist over and revealed a series of code symbols marked on his arm.
    2. 2.2mark something off Put a line by or through something written or printed on paper to indicate that it has passed or been dealt with.
      划掉；勾销（表示某事已过去或已处理）
      he marked off their names in a ledger

      他从账本上把他们的名字销掉。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In fact, you can rip up the ballot if you want - all you need to do is go to the polling booth on election day and mark your name off the register.
      • We'd mark them off on a sheet displayed proudly on the refrigerator, until the sheet was filled and we'd read the required number of books to win the prize. I don't remember now what any of the prizes were.
      • Make lists (daily/weekly) and mark things off as they're accomplished.
      • As we laboriously went through each box, we marked them off in our spreadsheet.
      • To pass the time he began to count, telling each one to lay down as he marked them off.
      • Or you might keep a checklist of all your nighttime and morning tasks and have family members mark them off as each one is completed.
      • As soon as they had all settled themselves well enough in it, the teacher began taking their names and marking them off on a list he had on a clipboard.
      • He simply took the little blue tardy notice and marked something off on his clip board.
      • I hadn't exactly been marking the days off between meetings but occasionally his handsome face had flitted through my thoughts.
      • The child marks the item off the list with help from his/her mother.
      • The homeroom instructor, however, simply shrugged and marked her off.
      • She unconsciously marked each day off on her desk calendar in her office.
      • There she refers to a friend ‘who refuses to believe that committee work is just about marking items off an agenda.’
      • The receptionist looked them up and marked them off as present.

  • 3Show the position of.

    标明…的位置

    the top of the pass marks the border between Alaska and the Yukon

    隘口顶部是阿拉斯加和育空高原之间的边界。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In one part of the complex, crosses mark an area which has been designated as a graveyard.
    • Gaps themselves mark the areas of vulnerability and show the mechanism by which complexity flows through health care to individual patients.
    • It has marked the dividing line between North and South Korea ever since.
    • The two people in question were driving their car out to Coney Island when they veered off the line of concrete markers which marks the route.
    • Two large stones also stand almost due east and west to mark the local equinoctial positions of the sun.
    • We moored to the buoy that marks the Haven's position, and Gino put the decompression station in place.
    • These sills mark areas at the coast where low relief makes it possible for a glacier to spread out and thus lose its erosional power.
    • Under an azure sky at Almondvale, horizontal trenches marked the areas where undersoil heating was being installed.
    • The lamp, which would originally have been a gas lamp, marked a dividing line in the town.
    • The position of each station will be marked by a cross.
    Synonyms
    put one's name on, name, initial, put one's seal on, label, tag, hallmark, watermark, brand, stamp, earmark
    1. 3.1 Separate or delineate (a particular section or area)
      分隔，界隔，标出（某一部分，区域）
      you need to mark out the part of the garden where the sun lingers longest

      你需要标出园子里光照时间最长的部分。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Shrubs or even a low planting can serve as a way to mark off these separate areas.
      • The entire place had been marked off with police tape and closed to the public.
      • There must be hundreds, thousands, of huts being erected here, on 12 by 15 plots that have been marked and staked out.
      • The regional authorities have already marked the approximate area where the plane might have crashed.
      • It is the intention of the Parish Committee to mark out areas in the new and old burial grounds, which will be available for new plots to be taken.
      • A low fence of split bamboo marked off an inside area the width of a boxing ring and twice as long.
      • A portion of the road around the stadium is used as the skating rink and the area is marked using flags so that others do not enter the area.
      • Use canes to mark out the areas and apply the poison evenly.
      • However, some have been laid out in the traditional fashion with a border marking the area in front of the headstone.
      • Use stakes to mark the areas so you can keep track of where you've planted and where you have yet to plant.
      • The shorter man indicated the centre of the room which was currently marked off by cones and surrounded by a hoard of police.
      • For example, it was decided to mark out the objective area by setting fire to four villages at its corners.
      • This includes the installation of meters, marking out spaces and signage.
      • Barbed wire separates the houses from a caravan park on one side, and a tall steel perimeter fence clearly marks the area as separate from the rest of the street.
      • At times his enthusiasm got the better of him, to the point where he began to have a total disregard for the white lines which mark out the playing area.
      • Clam Bed Re-seeding Project: a section of the clam flats has been marked off as an experimental plot.
      • A table of contents that did not require scrolling and which marked off completed sections would also have been nice.
      • Arrowheads in B and C mark the zone of separation of the ectopic eye from the normal compound eye.
      Synonyms
      delineate, outline, delimit, demarcate, measure out, mark the boundaries of, mark the limits of, mark off, define, describe, stake out
    2. 3.2 (of a particular quality or feature) separate or distinguish (someone or something) from other people or things.
      （特征，特点）标志，表明区别
      his sword marked him out as an officer

      佩剑表明他是一位军官。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Good distribution allied with his pace and defensive qualities mark him out as a fine prospect.
      • It doesn't make you part of a family, hanging out in the Apple store marks you out as a computer geek, not a trendsetter.
      Synonyms
      set apart, separate, single out, differentiate, distinguish
    3. 3.3mark someone out for Select or destine someone for (a particular role or condition)
      挑选；指定
      the solicitor general marked him out for government office

      副检察长挑选他担任公职。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was not only that he scored a magnificent goal and a crucial point near the end but it was his over all leadership that marked him out for the TG4 Man of the Match award.
      • That achievement marked him out for a leading role when Labour returned to power and his first Cabinet post was the major appointment of Foreign Secretary.
      • His staff are afraid to venture into remote areas, and have mostly abandoned a fleet of grey Russian jeeps, which the UN has as transport but which they say only marks them out for attack.
      • If you could be confident of one thing yesterday, it was that he would have a marginal impact against opponents who had marked him out for special attention.
      • Those experiences marked him out for a teaching career, upon which he may have embarked.
      • What marks Lavigne out for success, however, is the street cred she carries with her straight out of the skate park.
      • In person, he was a grey, neat, unremarkable little man, quite lacking the sort of dash or colour which might mark him out for high drama.
      • My parents were also older, which marked me out for bullying, both physical and verbal.
      • His ruthless and fanatical belief in violence not only set him apart from the responsible leaders of the civil rights movement - it also marked him out for notoriety and a violent end.
      • But there was something in the quality of her voice that marked her out for a different musical path.
      • His life before entering the Commons hardly marks him out for the most challenging ministerial brief of the next decade.
      • He only began his writings at the age of 52 and his ranting style of delivery, often on street corners to a puzzled audience, marked him out for a lifetime of ridicule and poverty.
      • Because Owen contains this hidden Keatsian poet he is marked out for suffering and an early death.
      • His Jewish descent and left-leaning political views are thought to have marked him out for targeting by the right.
      • Yet it is not his ability that marks him out for many, but his admitted use of a banned drug as part of his fight to defeat cancer
      • It is his difference from societal norms, not his choices, which mark him out for his eventual tragic fate.
      • His character, particularly his greed, hardly marks him out for special attention.
      Synonyms
      destine, ordain, predestine, preordain
    4. 3.4mark someone down as Judge someone to be (a particular type or class of person)
      认定…为（某一类人）
      she had marked him down as a liberal

      她已把他认定为危险的自由主义分子。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Collapsing with a fit of the jitters, she was marked down as a choker, not to be bothered with.
      • I look forward to a time when I can serve my country without wondering if history will mark me down as a participant in something disgraceful.
      • They were both dressed so that it was easy to mark them down as gypsy kin, their faded but bright clothes easy to spot amongst the normal gray drab of the peasants.
      • The promoter, who also officiates on the junior grasstrack scene, spotted Complin several years ago and marked him down as one for the future.
      • Confounding those who had marked him down as a Eurosceptic, he declared: ‘I believe in Europe as a political project.’
      • The Austrian authorities soon marked him down as a troublemaker as he encouraged trade unions and attacked the Catholic Church.
      • I gave my usual response, which is to smile politely and shake my head in an I-dooon't-think-so kinda way, whilst wondering, since I wasn't smoking at the time, how she'd marked me down as a smoker.
      • An old school report marked Clary down as ‘languid and superior’.
      • If this sort of scheduling - off days in mid-series and two-game series - is the result of Interleague Play, then mark me down as a baseball purist.
      • I hated playing musical scales and those stupid nursery rhymes set to music that piano students had to play, but I guess Dad marked me down as a loser in music, too.
      • Despite her lack of years and inches, Wood has been marked down as the Next Big Thing in Scottish curling for several years.
      • Cohen has little time for these critics, marking them down as unable to appreciate what Churchill's leadership really meant and too ready to discount the value of his ability to inspire and take charge.
      • The police obviously marked me down as a criminal because next time I was at a French auction I was surrounded by gun-toting gendarmes who arrested me again.
      • In the reviews section, the very similar Joss Stone is marked down as ‘an artist in it for the long haul.’
      • He was no longer just a gifted midfield player at the biggest club in the land - he was marked down as a player of immense potential, one on whom much of the international team's future success could be fashioned and shaped.
      • Even if it helps me in the hunt, I don't like someone marking me down as an easy target, especially when he's wearing a bullseye himself and doesn't know it.
      • He may know nothing about Rangers, but they will already know enough about him to mark him down as a serious threat.
      • Whatever else happens at these world championships, Paris will be marked down as notable the moment that Haile Gebrselassie toes the start-line for the 10,000-metres final in the Stade de France tonight.
      • She says she has no idea why the officer marked her down as owner being same as driver.
      • If that's being a do-gooder, then mark me down as a proud one.
    5. 3.5 Acknowledge, honor, or celebrate (an important event or occasion) with a particular action.
      感谢；纪念；庆祝
      to mark its fiftieth anniversary, the group held a fashion show

      该慈善机构为庆祝成立50周年举办了时装表演活动。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The bravery and resourcefulness of British prisoners of war will be celebrated in an exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of the Great Escape.
      • Plans are being formulated to hold a celebration event to mark the 10th anniversary of the club next April.
      • I'll ask him why he's boycotting tomorrow's anniversary celebration in Moscow marking the end of World War Two.
      • Graduation from high school and from college are seen as important events that mark the beginning of adulthood.
      • The week beginning July 8 would be marked by a flag ceremony.
      • And when they came to the end of their trek their achievement was marked with celebrations.
      • This ceremony is supposed to mark an important event in the life of the eunuchs, when they realise their dream of marrying for once.
      • The celebrations marking the end of the ‘Great Patriotic War’ are underway in Moscow.
      • It was the highlight of a series of events held last week to mark the beginning of six months of celebrations to marks the Quakers' important anniversary.
      • A church celebrating its 50th anniversary is to mark the occasion with two special events.
      • The good weather added to the spectacle and everyone involved should be very proud of the celebrations to mark the Feast Day of our Patron Saint.
      • Celebrations to mark the big event were on a grand scale and went on for three nights.
      • The finished design marks the 400th anniversary of the 1605 gunpowder plot, led by infamous York son Guy Fawkes.
      • It was all of 21 years since the team had won the Mayo and Connacht honours and some members felt the time to hold a celebration to mark the event.
      • A presentation was made to both earlier this year to mark the 50th anniversary of their position.
      • This ritual together with tonight's celebrations are all that mark an event which has now become pretty meaningless to British society.
      • The event also marked the beginning of Pattaya's St. Valentine's Day celebrations.
      • The celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the event have been unprecedented in scope.
      • Friends of Reuben was formed last February 23 and they will hold a celebration to mark its achievements on its first anniversary next week.
      • Four generations of the Salt family gathered in a building constructed by their ancestor to mark a festival celebrating Sir Titus Salt.
      Synonyms
      celebrate, observe, recognize, acknowledge, keep, honour, solemnize, pay tribute to, salute, commemorate, remember, memorialize
    6. 3.6 Be an indication of (a significant occasion, stage, or development)
      （重要时机，阶段，发展）标志
      the move to the new Globe theatre marked a new phase in Shakespeare’s writing career
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Because the unit can be traced over several tens of kilometres, we suggest it marks a sub-regionally significant event in the Emeishan Province as basalt production terminated.
      • For me, this event clearly marks the end of the happy, carefree years of my childhood.
      • This event marked a downfall of popularity for the hot air balloon, and an increase in popularity, ironically, in hydrogen.
      • The legislation marks a significant change in US policy and means that food aid can be used directly as a weapon of war.
      • This event marked a major change in the temper of the civil rights movement.
      • This marks a significant increase on previous years, with some very serious incidents requiring hospitalisation.
      • Sleep researchers generally agree that Stage 1 marks the transition from waking to sleeping states.
      • The Supreme Court opens today, marking our full judicial independence from Britain.
      • Ms McGreal said the event marked the end of the ‘talking phase’ for women in agriculture.
      • There are some defining events in the life of a nation - events that mark a major change of direction.
      • This event marked the start of the defeat of the reform movement.
      • If the Erskine scheme comes to pass, it will mark a significant change in fortunes for similar proposals.
      • While the figure was down on that for March, lending was 16% higher than in April 2005 and marks six months of record lending figures.
      • The Japanese responded at once, and these events marked the true beginning of the Sino-Japanese war.
      • That event surely marked the end of the world as we have known it.
      • This event marked the humble beginning of what would become the US Air Force.
      • The 1930s marked a significant change in the Soviet approach to retail trade.
      • The stage victory marked a reversal of fortunes for the 26-year-old who lost the prologue when his chain came off close to the finish.
      • Hartstein's decision marks a significant change in the direction of the company.
      • The move marked a significant change in US policy and means that food aid can be used directly for military purposes.
      Synonyms
      represent, signify, be an indication of, be a sign of, indicate, herald
    7. 3.7usually be marked Characterize as having a particular quality or feature.
      表示具有…的性质（或特点）
      the reaction to these developments has been marked by a note of hysteria

      对这些事态发展的反应的特点是歇斯底里式的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • From lack of talent to utter indiscipline, the team has suffered on many fronts and the slide has been marked by a shocking indifference among the players.
      • Clough's early works are marked by a subdued palette of largely browns, greys and greens.
      • Sargent's work is marked by its exceptional lucidity, its exactness of expression and by the decisiveness of her results.
      • A quarterback's first season with a team is almost always marked by struggles fitting in with his new offense.
      • Seemingly interminable rallies are marked by players pounding the ball at one another in games that go hours at a time.
      • So what does 2000 offer the mid-market fashion retail sector after another bleak Christmas marked by early sales notices?
      • In every case his works are marked by a high level of technical skill and surfaces of great animation.
      • Some critics discerned a falling away of powers in his later work, marked by a tendency towards inflated rhetoric, but to others he remained a commanding figure to the end.
      • Above all, he prepared mounts that were marked by meticulous attention to detail and precise labeling.
      • The media had under-rated his dad, Barry felt, and his career has been marked by a ruthless determination to correct that historical injustice.
      • His subsequent work was marked by an offbeat intensity.
      • But apart from a few minor concessions, her term in office has been marked by close collaboration with business.
      • Paddle is largely a doubles game, marked by rapid volleying at the net.
      • Dwelling as they did in clusters of local self-sufficiency, marked by a low standard of living, the people were ever threatened by famine.
      • Her career had been marked by close defeats and valiant efforts.
      • Both rider and vet would have been conscious of the risks they were taking so close to a games that was marked by a hunt for drug cheats.
      Synonyms
      characterize, distinguish, identify, typify, brand, signalize, stamp
    8. 3.8British (of a clock or watch) show (a certain time)
      （钟表）指示（某个时间）
      his watch marked five past eight

      他的手表时间是8点零5分。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Sure enough, as the clock marked 8.30 am, Neptune's special police arrived on the Bridge.
      • The next cut finds him waiting for the second hand on the clock to mark 5.00 pm and thus the banal end to his career.

  • 4British (of a teacher or examiner) assess the standard of (a piece of written work) by assigning points for proficiency or correct answers.

    （教师，考官）（为书面作业）打分，评卷

    the teachers are given adequate time to mark term papers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She suffered a series of literary knockbacks until her work was marked by an external examiner during a creative writing course.
    • Exams in Scotland are supervised by non-teachers but the papers are marked by teachers.
    • She says the programme involved properly supported unit standards marked by trained teachers and assessed to the standard.
    • We were encouraged to mark our own work by referring to the answer books that were always readily available.
    • At £15 per child, the mock will be fully supervised under exam conditions and papers will be marked anonymously.
    • One was assessing the candidate's driving, while the other was assessing the examiner's marking.
    • They were not the ones who did first year Geo-morphology at nine o'clock on a Monday morning, or marked a hundred scripts in two days.
    • Throughout each term homework was set by the subject teacher to a timetable and at the end of term an exam was also set and marked by the same teacher.
    • The examiner then marked it and explained why he had given the marks he had.
    • He felt that having to sit and write an essay that the teacher would mark so that another tick could be put in another box was a waste of time and time was a precious commodity.
    • It needs to be well lit, warm, not too noisy and have a table - work is often marked for neatness and a steady surface helps with writing and drawing.
    • The establishment will be marking their assignments, writing their job references, and checking their credit ratings.
    • Without a tutor to mark your work, how will you know if you got it right?
    • By the time I've finished seeing students, marking their work, preparing classes, doing the admin etc. etc. that more than doubles.
    • Work has been set for him and as far as I'm concerned it's being marked by teachers.
    • Miss Piper began to call out the answers as the whole class followed and marked their own work.
    • It's a very good point, which is why more and more academic work is marked by continuous assessment.
    • Next September teachers will be guaranteed time to plan, prepare and mark work as part of a national deal.
    • The exam papers were marked by teachers and then sent to external moderators.
    • It also says the initial measurement for seven-year-olds is unreliable as it is marked by teachers rather than external examiners.
    Synonyms
    assess, evaluate, appraise, correct
    1. 4.1mark someone/something down Reduce the number of marks awarded to a student, candidate, or their work.
      减分，压低…的得分
      I was marked down for having skipped the last essay question
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Then he was marked down again for the shocking shiny suit he was wearing and ended up without very much going for him at all.
      • Appraisal time is upon us, and all team leaders will have been instructed to find the slightest excuse to mark people down.
      • Like the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Lewisham has been marked down for missing its four-hour A&E waiting time target for 2004 / 5.
      • Upon hearing that he had been marked down for wandering, Levrone fumed, ‘I didn't know you could be marked down for walking offstage.
      • Even when made aware of bullying, Ofsted inspectors won't mark a school down for it now, either.
      • Asked why she felt she was marked down by the judges, she said: ‘You better ask them.’
      • In addition, Mid Yorkshire was marked down for not ensuring at least 98 per cent of patients with suspected cancer were seen within two weeks.
      • A Merit would suffice, heck even a Pass would do as I know she's going to mark me down anyway because I slacked big time on the photography bit, but that was a different unit.

  • 5Notice or pay careful attention to.

    注意，留心

    he'll leave you, you mark my words!

    他会离开你的，你留意我的话！

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Marin didn't seem to notice, marking something on the paper in front of him.
    Synonyms
    take heed of, pay heed to, heed, listen to, take note of, take notice of, pay attention to, attend to, note, mind, bear in mind, give thought to, give a thought to, take into consideration, take to heart

  • 6British (of a player in a team game) stay close to (a particular opponent) in order to prevent them getting or passing the ball.

    〈英〉（比赛中）盯人，盯住（对方队员）

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Harrogate were camped in their half for the entire game and despite marking Elliot Dowley ferociously were not able to match his pace and he put away a winner in the nick of time.
    • Players are marking better now than they have been since the seventies.
    • That means that the full-backs are tied, and the three central defenders are marking one striker.
    • Lorraine Pugh had her best performance in the game against Glynn as she was marking their best player Anne-Marie Moloney.
    • Silsden eventually came into the game but their front men, Hoyle and Hedges were tightly marked throughout the game and had to play much of the time with their backs to goal.
    • Meanwhile, ‘Is it too late to add Shaquille O'Neal to the squad to mark Koller?’
    • Since he would be closely marked by the opponents, other strikers would get more open space to play.
    • If he is assigned a player to mark throughout a game, it is almost guaranteed that that player will not have a large impact on the game.

Phrases

  • be quick (or slow) off the mark

    • Be fast (or slow) in responding to a situation or understanding something.

      反应敏捷（或迟钝）

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Ford, too, has been slow off the mark but is catching up fast after it recently licensed hybrid technology from Toyota, while also giving a bit of its own technology back.
      • The Left has been slow off the mark in identifying the obvious American responsibility for that event.
      • So, as soon as he made a serious gaffe - as he did - they were quick off the mark to call for his ouster.
      • Some filling stations in Galway were quick off the mark on Budget night when they immediately at 12 midnight increased the price as stipulated in the Budget.
      • The city's snow - clearing trucks were slow off the mark, leaving angry shopkeepers to shovel their pavements.
      • He and everybody else were slow off the mark as the terrorist threat emerged in the mid 90's.
      • They'll be glad they were quick off the mark because the practice has now been stopped by the director of New York's office of emergency management.
      • Although Banbridge were quick off the mark with their scoring, the Burren boys were just as quick to get back into the game and soon took control for the remainder of the match.
      • Of course being the day that it was, local papers were quick off the mark and Serena was asked to sign a consent form so that the hospital could give details of the birth to the press.
      • Police were quick off the mark and they were here really fast.
      Synonyms
      alert, quick, quick-witted, bright, clever, perceptive, sharp, sharp-witted, observant, wide awake

  • get off the mark

    • Get started.

      开始

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He will be approaching national companies in a bid to get some high-profile backing and has already got off the mark by selling his first perimeter board advert in his first week.

  • leave its (or one's or a) mark

    • Have a lasting or significant effect.

      留下深远的影响

      she left her mark on the world of foreign policy
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Few people have so left their mark upon the world.
      • Incursions into the country, successively by the Persians, Byzantines, Mongols and Turks are all said to have left their mark on the cuisine.
      • Today's Indian cuisine is certainly not exactly what it was thousands of years ago as invasions, migrations and travel have left their mark on the sub-continent.
      • He penned pamphlets of protest, left his mark on Philadelphia's most significant free black institutions, and produced a moving spiritual autobiography.
      • Not all of us will get to do that, but you can with the self-assurance that you have indeed left your mark.
      • During the Cold War, it was the Russians who left their mark.
      • Here are the three affairs that truly left their mark in history.
      • We must never forget the day when the terrorists left their mark of murder on our nation.
      • The riots of a year ago, have however, left their mark.
      • It wasn't a game for cowards, as some bone-crunching hits, and a mass brawl in a bad-tempered first-half, left their mark physically on both sets of players.

  • make one's mark

    • Attain recognition or distinction.

      得到公认；获得名声

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the ten years of this sale close on 3,000 heifers have been sold and it is evident by the number of repeat buyers that these heifers are clearly making their mark in the suckler herds of Ireland.
      • It is about the thousands of highly-qualified young people making their mark in responsible jobs in Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium and elsewhere across the EU.
      • In 1989, she was trying to make her mark as a singer in London but had succeeded only in eking out a living, playing tiny gigs and taking the odd bit-part acting job.
      • Professionally, the 21-year-old Long Island native is already making her mark as one of the most distinctive character actors of her generation.
      • It gives the illusion of doing something permanent, making your mark on the world.
      • The BBC will televise the second day of competition, and Brewer underlined the importance of new prospects making their mark if financial patronage is to be restored.
      • First, his distinction is quite exceptional and we don't have to wait for it to be generally recognized that he has made his mark.
      • I am not quite sure who to propose, but maybe there is someone out there who feels confident enough to list 10 women in contemporary graphic design currently making their mark.
      • The range of soloists offers a blend of the experience of established performers for many years with the talent of some our finest young musicians who are now making their mark here and abroad.
      • That women entrepreneurs and managers are making their mark in a world of men, even if recognition comes by way of separate women's awards.
      Synonyms
      be successful, distinguish oneself, succeed, gain success, be a success, prosper, get ahead, get on, make good, achieve recognition, attain distinction

  • mark time

    • 1(of troops) march on the spot without moving forward.

      （部队）原地踏步

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He blew his whistle, signaling for the band to mark time.
      • Still, some steps are better than just marking time in place, right?
      • I had them mark time and started them off marching down the trail that led to the football field.
      1. 1.1Pass one's time in routine activities until a more favorable or interesting opportunity presents itself.
        〈喻〉按兵不动，相机行事
        Example sentencesExamples
        • But he's only marking time until he can return to New Orleans.
        • It was as if they just wanted to mark time until the final whistle and take the win.
        • At her worst, Gilda comes off as a whinier Lucille Ball, and we mark time until the next skit.
        • The secondary has to find out and the kids with a high-level D have to mark time until those without catch up.
        • ‘I would mark time during ballet, jazz, and acrobatics and wait for tap,’ she says.
        • Black can't improve his position so he marks time.
        • In the short term the markets are still nervous and will mark time until the outlook for the US becomes more certain.
        • The response confirmed to him that the crowd was enjoying what the augmented DJs were doing and there was no sense that everyone was just marking time until the headliners came on.
        • Do you love what you're doing or are you just marking time until that record deal goes through?
        • It's also probably bad news for developers, because they'll have to mark time until whenever ‘early’ is.

  • mark you

    • Used to emphasize or draw attention to a statement.

      〈主英〉注意；听着

      I was persuaded, against my better judgment, mark you, to vote for him

      我被说服投了他的票，请注意，这不符合我的理智判断。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Hitchens's article takes the form of a review of The John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism; in its second edition, mark you, so the thing must be a really hot seller.
      • And this, mark you, in a business which is largely based in London.
      • These are the same people, mark you, that would have bought every single song they downloaded if the alternative was to go without - according the the recording industry's claims for the impact of downloading, that is.
      • This, mark you, is my first interview in six months.
      • This, mark you, was his opinion at a time when the number of books published in the UK in a year was somewhere around 10% of today's figure.
      • Not, mark you, setting out to prove there is none, but determined to prove that there is.
      • I suppose if I were to take a full time teaching post then I could have a nice hefty mortgage and afford a house of decent proportions… not on the salary, mark you, but on the combination of salary and equity from this house.
      • This statement, mark you, is made by a man who is described at the foot of the article as the Washington Post's book critic.
      • And all this, mark you, before a date for the general election has even been set.
      • Yet we expect officials to train themselves, prepare themselves and make the important decisions week in and week out for #310 a game - and that, mark you, is for the top referees.

  • near (or close) to the mark

    • Almost accurate.

      近乎准确的

      to say he was their legal adviser would be nearer the mark

      说他是他们的法律顾问更贴切一些。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mr Sheridan said claims indicate their initial estimates that close to £4m will be required to compensate investors will be very close to the mark.
      • This is an overly simplified explanation, but very close to the mark nonetheless.
      • Even allowing for a little poetic license, this statement is perhaps close to the mark.
      • The anti-Communist series is still pretty close to the mark.
      • My Landlord was fine about it surprisingly - which makes me think my earlier suspicion of him wanting us all out anyhow is close to the mark.
      • Caddell is not alone among the anti-Bush who acknowledge that some Bush attacks are uncomfortably close to the mark.
      • That is putting it pretty strongly, and there are admirable exceptions, but it is embarrassingly close to the mark.
      • Although descriptions of Clarke as the ‘next Waugh’ appeared trite, they are starting to look eerily close to the mark.
      • What these numbskulls in power call Christianity doesn't even come close to the mark.
      • Well, today's New York Times adds some new information that makes it look like Clinton was pretty close to the mark.

  • off (or wide of) the mark

    • 1Incorrect or inaccurate.

      不正确的；不准确的

      the accusation was a little wide of the mark
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I think claims that there's too much oil out there today are just simply off the mark.
      • He was disturbed himself at the result of a report that was so far off the mark.
      • When the US State Department issued its damning report, again he was late and off the mark.
      • Hamas may have won the Palestinian elections, but Western predictions of war and bloodshed are wide off the mark.
      • The Atkins diet may turn out to be completely off the mark, but it shouldn't be dismissed yet.
      • The analogy with a Chelsea footballer or a classical pianist is completely off the mark.
      • He also indulged in a bit of illicit breaking and entering, but most true professionals reckon he was way off the mark.
      • It appears that the invasion scares promoted by publications over the last few years were not completely off the mark.
      • Readers are welcome to put me in my place and show me that I'm completely off the mark!
      • But in seeing such engagements as determining our future development, they are way off the mark.
      Synonyms
      off target, off the mark, wide of the mark, wide of the target, inaccurate, off course, astray, nowhere near, out
      off target, wide of the mark, wide of the target, off course, inaccurately, astray
      inaccurate, incorrect, wrong, erroneous, inexact, off-target, off-beam, out, fallacious, mistaken, misguided, misinformed
      irrelevant, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, immaterial, not to the point, beside the point, off the subject, extraneous, neither here nor there

    • 2A long way from an intended target.

      his shot never is off the mark for long
      Synonyms
      off target, wide of the mark, wide, awry

  • of mark

    • dated Having importance or distinction.

      得到公认；获得名声

      he had been a man of mark

      他曾经是个显赫人物。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In 1607 he was apprenticed to his uncle Sir William Herrick, goldsmith, a man of mark who was MP for Leicester, owned land in 13 counties, and had been knighted in 1605.
      • There was also the prospect of becoming a man of mark back home when the volunteer's term was up.

  • on the mark

    • Correct; accurate.

      近乎准确的

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Your comments on illegal immigration were right on the mark and very brave.
      • Obviously, only one of the myriad of warnings he received throughout his four years in office was on the mark.
      • I'd check back occasionally, and Jonas would always be on the mark with whatever analysis or discussion he was having.
      • Am I on the mark in thinking of you as mainly a political stirrer?
      • In a call for ‘appropriate content’ for an audience, it sounds like this is on the mark.
      • Some of these items are trivial or irrelevant, but many are on the mark.
      • But his political analysis was on the mark, even if he falls short of the presidency.
      • Stalin was on the mark in saying that ‘one death is a milestone, a million is a statistic’.
      • That said, I voted for John Edwards because I'm a bit of a contrarian and because I think he's on the mark when he talks about two Americas.
      • He is certainly on the mark with such judgments, but he might have made them with more humor and less earnestness.
      Synonyms
      factual, fact-based, literal, correct, faithful, exact, close, true, truthful, veracious, true to life, telling it like it is, as it really happened, lifelike, authentic, realistic, fair
      well aimed, precise, on target, unerring, deadly, lethal, sure, true, on the mark, careful, meticulous, painstaking, precision

  • on your marks

    • Used to instruct competitors in a race to prepare themselves in the correct starting position.

      各就各位

      on your marks, get set, go!

      各就位，预备，跑！

  • up to the mark

    • 1Of the required standard.

      符合标准

      Example sentencesExamples
      • So, yes, the DVD content is well worth your attention, but is Artisan's presentation up to the mark?
      • If quality was not up to the mark, it was taken away.
      • However, with mediapersons carrying video and digital cameras, the quality of transmission was not up to the mark.
      • It provides full wireless connectivity, easy synchronization with other wireless devices, high performance, up to the mark video and audio quality.
      • Even so, the TV audio quality was not up to the mark.
      • About half the Irish food businesses applying for a hygiene excellence scheme are not up to the mark.
      • Good firms tend to have demanding customers, which stands to reason: picky customers keep you up to the mark by requiring value for money and telling you if you don't give it.
      • Inadequacy in bowling was another, the side's batting was not up to the mark and the team did not possess a quality all-rounder either.
      • Quality of the recording was not up to the mark as well.
      • He held several senior positions at the infirmary, notably chairman of a committee which makes sure clinical standards are up to the mark.
      Synonyms
      good enough, up to scratch, up to standard, up to par, satisfactory, acceptable, adequate, passable, sufficient, competent, all right
      required standard, standard, norm, par, level, criterion, gauge, yardstick, rule, measure, scale
      1. 1.1usually with negative(of a person) as healthy or in as good spirits as usual.
        （人）（同往常一样）健康；高兴
        Johnny's not feeling up to the mark at the moment

        约翰尼现在心情不好。

Phrasal Verbs

  • mark something down

    • (of a retailer) reduce the indicated price of an item.

      （零售商）降低标价，减价

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Anyway, prices were marked down to fifty, even seventy percent, and I got carried away and bought stuff, too.
      • I later notice that it has been marked down several times, indicating that nobody in this whole community knows what a Frette sheet is.
      • Meanwhile, in America, we just put water in bottles with shiny stamps, mark the price up a thousand percent or more, advertise the hell out of the product, and consumers guzzle it down.
      • If a broker sells a municipal bond to a customer from the firm's own portfolio, for example, he or she need not tell the customer how much its price was marked up.
      • The price of blatberries had been marked down again at Mumlat's Market.
      • Bargain-hunters head downstairs to Filene's Basement, where items are marked down by 25% after 14 days, 50% after 21 days and 75% after 28 days.
      • All I am getting is a couple more horrible sweets and they have clearly factored such thefts into their prices and marked them up by about 10,000%.
      • Police opened the investigation following reports from several employees who said that the land price had been marked up to conceal the presence of the remaining funds.
      • However, staff predicted that the rush would start on Christmas Eve when a number of selected items would be marked down for their sale.
      • It has also led to spot shortages of fuel in the economically busiest areas of China, according to the China Securities News, with black-market speculators marking prices up 30% above levels set by the state-controlled pricing system.
      • A survey by the Daily Mail revealed that apples in the superstores were marked up by as much as 198 per cent, while eggs commanded prices up to 439 per cent higher than were paid to the farmers.
      • But remember the old rule, ‘he who shops best haggles the most’, so just bargain till the prices are marked down to suit your budget.
      • The regular price was $180 and they were marked down to $49.
      • Steel prices had been marked up by a handful of producers in view of the rising exports to China and a few other countries.
      • If the suit does not fit perfectly, do not buy it, even if it is marked down for a large discount.
      • In addition to what Tom says, purely observationally, you walk into Iceland or a variety of other shops and there are always two for one deals on freezer food while fresh vegetables are marked up.
      • That was probably a $10 bottle of wine and they marked it up $30.
      Synonyms
      reduce, decrease, lower, cut, put down, take down, discount
      lower the price of, make cheaper, sell at a giveaway price, put in a sale

  • mark something up

    • 1(of a retailer) add a certain amount to the cost of goods to cover overhead and profit.

      加价

      they mark up the price of imported wines by 66 percent

      他们将进口葡萄酒加价66%。

      Synonyms
      increase, raise, up, put up, hike, hike up, escalate

    • 2Annotate or correct text for printing, keying, or typesetting.

      （印刷、录入或排版之前）注解；校对

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The contents of the file can be marked up, such as adding color around words.
      • Everyone works with a single document, marking it up with their personal highlighting, notes, and edits.
      • These files would be mostly text files, but they would be marked up with a tag language (a subset of SGML called Hypertext Markup language, or HTML).
      • By the time the copy editor got back, marked it up, and sent it down to the subs, it was 10 pm.
      • This new capability will eliminate the need to communicate changes by printing out a copy, marking it up, and faxing it back.
      • In addition, a copy of the draft lease was marked up with the proposed changes and returned to the hotel.
      • I was not in a position to mark it up or to start working on it because I had to check it for correctness.
      • In the mid '70s, I got involved on the tail end of a really sexy project in publishing, creating a system that allowed editors to take text and mark it up on screen.
      • And he would put in time reading your stuff and marking it up and making comments on it and so on, which was very useful.
      • If you needed a brochure, you'd type it on a typewriter, and then literally mark it up with a red pen to tell the typesetter what you wanted it to look like.
      • I had remembered to bring my copy, but I had already marked it up with all the comments I was going to make during the talk.
      • I can make the addresses and so on machine readable, I just need to know how to mark them up.
      • Previously, Eminent sent 150-to 500-page study-protocol documents to participating physicians and regulators, who marked them up and mailed them back.
      Synonyms
      annotate, correct, label

Origin

Old English mearc, gemerce (noun), mearcian (verb), of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin margo ‘margin’.

mark2

nounmɑrkmärk

  • 1The basic monetary unit of Germany (until the introduction of the euro), equal to 100 pfennigs; a Deutschmark or, formerly, an Ostmark.

    马克（德国货币单位，合100芬尼）

    Germany spent billions of marks to save the French franc from speculators
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some 1 billion marks will be used to build a plant for the manufacture of synthetic materials in Shanghai.
    • The German mark was introduced as a parallel currency to the Yugoslav dinar and then the euro.
    • This in turn is equal to 1.95583 German marks, or 6.55957 French francs, or 166.386 Spanish pesetas, and so on.
    • The plan aims to implement cuts of 30 billion German marks, about 50 percent of which is to be raised by attacks on pensioners and unemployed.
    • In the same survey, of 100 goods that were checked, an incredible 86 per cent of them had increased in price when moving from marks to euros.
    • A billion marks are to be saved annually through the sale of equipment, vehicles, land and buildings.
    • Two billion German marks have been invested in the area's shipbuilding but the figures still show South Korea forging ahead.
    • One of the reasons is that there were three different currencies in use in Germany during the war - the thaler, the mark and the gulden.
    • She lived through the terrible poverty of the Weimar years, when the price of a loaf of bread soared to more than 50 million marks.
    • That means the debt is likely to rise to 80 billion marks… It's way too high.
    • Moreover, the budget was burdened annually to the tune of over 10 billion German marks by the war against the Kurds.
    • The euro, which replaces the old francs, marks, guilders, pesetas, escudos, drachmas, and lire of the European Union, is not yet five years old.
    • The resort obviously is geared for the overseas market and while prices won't make a huge dent in sterling, marks, euros or yen, in rand terms they might appear expensive.
    • Braeutigam called on lawyers to forego part of their 125 million marks in fees to help pay the additional compensation.
    • Now that protection from future legal actions is in place, the 1.8 billion marks still missing from German business will probably trickle in.
    • When he called the next day, he said he was faxing Leeds an offer of a million marks.
    • Thankfully, for 5.3 million marks, you can buy a hell of a lot of visual thunder, which is why you should see this movie in the first place.
    • Brahms continued to mobilise support for him, and himself paid him an allowance of some thousand marks a year, while doing his best to remain an anonymous donor.
    • The avowed aim of the Treasury is to reduce new debt from the present 50 billion German marks to zero by the year 2006.
    • Some 7.5 billion of German marks are frozen in state banks.

  • 2A former English and Scottish money of account, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence in the currency of the day.

    马克（旧时英格兰和苏格兰的记账货币单位，合当时的13先令4便士）

    Sir William left 500 marks for repairing the road to Cambridge
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mrs Burdett was to be paid in marks, which is an archaic form of English currency (20 marks was quite a generous amount).
    • In 1189 King William had taken advantage of Richard's financial needs to buy his freedom from English allegiance for 10,000 marks.
    1. 2.1 A denomination of weight for gold and silver, formerly used throughout western Europe and typically equal to 8 ounces (226.8 grams).
      马克（旧时西欧使用的金银重量单位，一般合8盎司，即226.8克）
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Inside there were about two hundred gold marks.
      • Russia was also obliged to pay 6 billion gold marks in reparations.
      • If that lord fails to do this, that lord must pay me 46 marks of silver.
      • He produces a silver mark from his purse and holds it up for the man to see.
      • My prices vary, but most are around fifty gold marks.

Origin

Old English marc, from Old Norse mǫrk; probably related to mark.

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