Definition of theatre in English:

theatre

(US theater)

noun ˈθɪətəˈθiədər

1A building or outdoor area in which plays and other dramatic performances are given.
戏院，剧场；影剧院
Example sentencesExamples
- He admitted that there was a long way to go to make it a first-class theatre for dramatic works.
- I first saw James Brown in 1962 at an outdoor theatre in San Diego and it was electrifying.
- Behind the main building, the octagonal theatre has also been remodelled to create a tranquil, communal garden.
- This building was a theatre, teeming with life - actors, audience, staff.
- Catalans enjoy going to opera houses, theaters, and museums in Barcelona and other cities.
- The exhibitions are complemented by concerts and theatrical performances in the state-of-the-art theater.
- Later, he had decided to relax by venturing to the theater to see William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- But don't expect to see the results in opera houses or theaters any time soon.
- Romania has many radio stations, television stations, live theaters, opera houses, cabarets, and entertainment establishments.
- Children were forced to wear their winter coats through a Christmas pantomime performance when a Southend theatre's heating system broke down.
- I always keep that in mind, even when going to the theatre for a performance.
- A landmark cultural building, either a theatre or an opera house, according to Coyne, will act as a focal point for the area.
- Acrobatic performances take place in the open theatre behind the building.
- Maggie was too young to notice such things and was excited about meeting a lady who sang in theaters and opera houses.
- Performances increasingly moved to theatres with proscenium arches, so the audience now viewed the dancers from the front, though no two spectators would have an identical view.
- This show, which includes many new songs, toured the country to much acclaim last summer with sell-out performances in various theatres.
- The newspaper asked a number of actors and directors why plays by Friedrich Schiller were no longer performed in German theatres.
- The building is old and handsome, containing a bistro type restaurant, a theatre and other performance spaces, and at least four galleries.
- Most performances take place in theaters, usually in urban areas.
- The Union is actually becoming one of the very best little fringe theatres in London.
- The next performance at the theatre is Alan Ayckbourn's ‘Relatively Speaking’.
Synonyms
playhouse, auditorium, amphitheatre, hippodrome, coliseum
1. 1.1often the theatremass noun The activity or profession of acting in, producing, directing, or writing plays.
  戏剧（行业）
  what made you want to go into the theatre?
  是什么使你想从事戏剧这一行？
  Example sentencesExamples
  He then began to move more decisively toward theatre, drawn to directing by the opportunity to interpret other people's words.
  I was in Japan last year and was fascinated by the theatre there - it's so different from western theatre.
  Since then he has attended the London Academy for Music and Dramatic Arts, and has been involved in all aspects of theatre including writing, acting and producing.
  ‘She told me that it was the role of theatre to present life and to put theatre back in touch with reality,’ says Mackenney.
  I don't think in terms of film; I think in terms of live theater.
  His growing literary interest led to his writing on theatre.
  Some useful notions about theatre, past and present, suggest that it can operate in this way.
  Cinema, which borrows heavily from theatre in terms of choreography, has a few distinct features of its own that can be exploited.
  It's essential reading for anyone who cares about theater or writing.
  He had the experience of writing for theatre in his early career.
  He is known for his non-conformist attitude in every field in which he has proven himself, be it politics, theatre or the legal profession.
  It combines elements of mime, dance, theatre, puppetry and text.
  Lively conversation and anecdotes will abound as the duo discuss the art of writing for theatre.
  Even though film and television are more lucrative in terms of remuneration, theatre offers a true spiritual experience.
  It was a happy coincidence that Brecht's theory of alienation was inspired by folk tales and folk theatre, which relied a lot on story-telling.
  The idea is to turn the focus onto the fundamentals of theatre, including acting.
  After a spell in the theatre, he directed the TV mini-series ‘The Buddha of Suburbia’, and the films ‘Notting Hill’ and ‘The Mother’.
  It also gave him a valuable insight into the world of theatre and inspired him to develop his childhood talents.
  After graduating, Grant dabbled briefly in advertising but plugged away at an acting career in regional theatre.
  I had never done any acting or theatre in school or college.
  Synonyms
  acting, performing
  drama, the dramatic arts, dramaturgy, the thespian art, stagecraft, theatricals, theatrics
  show business, the stage
  informal the boards, show biz
  rare thespianism, histrionics
2. 1.2mass noun A play or other activity or presentation considered in terms of its dramatic quality.
  戏剧效果
  this is intense, moving, and inspiring theatre
  这个戏剧效果紧张、感人又鼓舞人心。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This production has been handled very well by the director, cast and crew and is bound to delight fans of good-quality community theatre.
  Simone's best songs had the dramatic breadth of musical theater.
  Then, in 1985, he formed a theatre company with the aim of producing quality professional theatre for young people.
  Peter Doran said it proved it was possible to provide quality theatre in remote regions like Pembrokeshire.
  The production promises to live up to the group's current high standard of theatre, kicking off another packed year of top-quality shows.
  The enthusiasts' tactics include presenting science as theatre, magic tricks and fantasy.
  The festival also attempts to improve the quality of college theatre.
  It was a great opportunity for children to experience live, quality theatre with all the magic and excitement.
  ‘It was really interesting in terms of trying to translate that experience into theatre,’ Eatough says.
  They have acquired such a reputation for quality theatre that their shows are always a date for the calendar.
  This kind of theatre is what is meant by the term ‘edgy’ - fresh, in-your-face, a little disconcerting.
  It has an unrivalled reputation for producing contemporary theatre of the highest quality, invention and energy, and for its dedication to new writing.
  The award recognises the company's well-deserved reputation for high-quality theatre by people with learning difficulties.
  You couldn't get a better experience in terms of theatre.
3. 1.3North American, West Indian A cinema.
  〈主北美，西印度〉电影院
  Example sentencesExamples
  Watch out for a streamlined and thus completely uninteresting Hollywood remake in a theatre near you soon.
  General Cinemas has a similar theatre called the Premium Cinema in the Chicago suburbs.
  I did not expect a disc of a film that played in art house theatres to be all that remarkable, but I was shocked by how impressed I was with the audio and video quality.
  This includes all Regal, Loews Cineplex and United Artists theaters as well as several regional circuits.
  After spending years in art-house theaters to avoid cheesy blockbusters, I was strangely comforted seeing American film culture here.
  The winners receive a ten-dollar gift certificate for Cineplex Odeon theatres.
  ‘The Delicate Art of Parking’ is playing at the Cinemark Tinseltown theatres in Vancouver.
  The basic plot was reworked for a new movie that appeared in art house theaters in 2001.
  We have one converted mausoleum that serves as the art house theatre.
  I love movies and I love the big screen and the theatre.
  Rest assured, the art house theater will be bringing this movie to viewers in early March.
  It now costs $13.50 to see an evening movie at a Famous Players megaplex, and Cineplex Odeon theatres like the Varsity have followed suit.
2A room or hall for lectures with seats in tiers.
阶梯式讲堂（或教室）
Example sentencesExamples
- The grant, which comes from Government money, would go towards work to build a new lecture theatre and improve disabled access and toilet facilities.
- The accommodation is rather basic and although they already have a lecture theatre, smaller conference rooms are needed.
- For a moment, it feels as if I'm back in a university lecture theatre.
- The centre has a 150-seat state-of-the-art lecture theatre, an education suite and, of course, a restaurant and gift shop.
- Each day there will be exciting demonstrations, interactive workshops and fascinating talks in the lecture theatre, featuring new ideas and inspirational hints and tips from top experts.
- Sitting in an overcrowded lecture theatre, I noticed students from the same school as Anna entering.
- It has an air-conditioned, tiered lecture theatre, a conference room for 270 and a large number of seminar rooms.
- Further work will include a refurbished lecture theatre and new executive suite.
- Soon the protestors moved in to fill the lobby outside the lecture theatre.
- We are often cramped in a small lecture theatre with not enough seats and people sprawled on the stairs.
- More than 100 people packed a lecture theatre at the Steam Museum to hear the MPs underline their commitment to the war and listen to the views of their constituents.
- I was sitting in my usual seat in the fourth row of the lecture theatre beside one of my other closest friends, Natalie, or Tally, as I liked to call her.
- As her eyes scanned the chemistry lecture theatre her attention was drawn to the strapping, sporty-looking student at the other side of the room.
- This month, people will have the chance to watch the final cut at two showings at 2.30 pm and 5.30 pm in the lecture theatre.
- This evening Mick spoke to a packed lecture theatre at Victoria University's Architecture School in Wellington.
- Sometimes, when I had to be content with a seat at the back of the lecture theatre, I used a pair of opera glasses to get at least a glimpse of the speaker.
- He made the infants' room look like a lecture theatre, with children as young as three sitting on tiers in a gallery.
- Were the women the subject of any adverse comments about their presence in the lecture theatre or classroom?
- When was the last time a boy held a door open for me coming out of a lecture theatre?
- Work is due to start in April on the three-storey school, which will include a lecture theatre, IT rooms, restaurants and sports facilities.
Synonyms
hall, room, auditorium
1. 2.1British An operating theatre.
  〈英〉手术室
  respiratory function is carefully controlled and monitored throughout the patient's stay in theatre
  as modifier the theatre nurse
  Example sentencesExamples
  Our reliance on such machinery was previously highlighted two years ago, when the hospital's theatres and intensive care unit were hit by power failures.
  The underuse of theatres is also resulting in the postponement of 145 operations a week.
  This would require reserve capacity in terms of operating teams and theatres.
  As previously mentioned, five of the nurses who participated in this study worked primarily in theatre.
  When this happens, the theatre nurses can relax and enjoy their work with the pressure off temporarily.
  She works as a nurse in the orthopaedic theatre in Sligo General Hospital.
  The number of patients undergoing arthroplasty thus increased by 17% without any increase in theatre capacity or number of beds.
  Her behaviour was always the same on the ward rounds, in clinics, and in theatre.
  However, these dressings are highly expensive and need to be applied by trained staff in theatre.
  She indicated that though she had had some theatre experience, she was not an experienced theatre nurse.
  Operations will be moved to the hospital's seven other theatres.
  On Sundays he would worry about the patients whose surgery would be cancelled next day for want of a bed, when the hospital had surgeons, theatres, and operating crew available.
  One of the vehicles will be converted to make a mobile clinic and dispensary service, while another will be used as a theatre for minor operations.
  It had 42 beds, a theatre, labour ward, dispensary, and small laboratory.
  The dressing should be removed in theatre with the patient under appropriate anaesthesia.
  We need to fight back by ensuring that hospital wards, theatres and departments are kept spotlessly clean.
  In the antiseptic environment of an obstetric theatre, I witnessed this spectacle with the detachment of a duty-conscious executioner.
  In theatre, the surgeon saved her life again, stabilising her multiple fractures before she was sent off to the intensive care unit in the middle of the night.
  However, nothing would be gained by putting more patients on the ward than the theatre could process.
  Two audiologists, two speech therapists, a theatre sister and a specialist registrar will accompany the couple on the trip in October.
  He kept a vigil outside the theatre while the surgeons operated.
3The area in which something happens.
（事件发生的）场所
a new theatre of war has been opened up
新的战区已经开辟。
Example sentencesExamples
- This allows for the rapid deployment of troops around the world, no matter where the next theater of war develops.
- More than two million of these were Americans bound for the European theatre of war.
- This was to turn the Middle East into an important theatre of war.
- The main theatre of war was in the Crimea, where British, French and Turkish troops landed and laid siege to the port of Sebastopol.
- It is accepted that no such training can wholly reproduce the conditions of patrolling a hostile area, much less wholly reproduce the experience of a theatre of war or of combat itself.
- In the European theatre of war, 5,556 war criminals were tried, the majority in France, America, and the United Kingdom.
- On the point of losing everything to the rebels, the king's triumphant emergence in the theater of war helps push back the enemy and offers a possibility of victory.
- The question has to be asked, however, what parents were doing allowing their children to be in harm's way in the middle of a bloody theatre of war.
- Having proved that she is more than capable of working in an operational theatre, HMS Echo is now beginning to demonstrate her true capabilities and value to the Fleet.
- This theatre of war alone devoured 30,000 Soviet lives.
- The badges will be presented to surviving members from either of the two wars, who served in operational theatres of war.
- As the theatre of war moved south, so did the smallpox, primarily affecting civilians, camp followers, and irregular troops in both armies.
- He was later posted to the Pacific theatre of war, in charge of a mobile radar unit.
- Now, the big question is how do they extricate themselves from a theatre of war that daily looks more like a slaughterhouse?
- Russia replied by opening up a new theatre of war in the Balkans.
- This has obvious effects on attempts to transport armies or other land forces by sea into distant theatres of operations.
- Italy, which had wanted to withdraw from the fighting, now became a theatre of war.
- It removed bungling amateurs from the theatre of war.
- These divisions were deployed by the army in various operational theatres and fully integrated into its command structure.
- During World War II, Soper was sent to the Mediterranean theater of operations as part of the U.S.A. Typhus Commission.
- The theatre of war looms large in France's film culture and this First World War prison drama, based on a true story, was long hailed as one of the greatest films ever made.
- Two soldiers from 2 Para were flown home during the investigation and the other four remained in Kabul but were removed from the theatre of operation.
- Successive governments denied that the region had been a theatre of war: pressure from veterans has forced recantation.
- She has served in very many operational theatres.
- He saw action in many theatres and was awarded Operational Service Medals for Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq.
- Fifteen months later, he was commanding a theater of war.
- This turned a diversionary skirmish into the main theatre of war.
- To compound the woes of the invading forces, with every passing day weather conditions in the theatre of war will grow increasingly worse.
Synonyms
scene, arena, field/sphere/place of action
setting, site
1. 3.1as modifier Denoting weapons intermediate between tactical and strategic.
  战区（介乎战术与战略之间）
  he was working on theatre defence missiles
  他正在研制战区防御导弹。
  Example sentencesExamples
  China has also been critical of the planned theater missile defense system to be jointly researched by Japan and the U.S.
  For one thing, if the North cancels its missile plans, the U.S. will lose a main justification for building the theater missile defense system Beijing opposes so strongly.
  But it is not a tactical and theater missile threat that has formed the focus of National Missile Defense.
  The North Korean threat is a key justification for U.S. military spending, the presence of U.S. troops in Asia and a new theatre missile defence system.
  We already have theater missile systems that are working.
  The Russians had rattled sabers throughout 1983, trying to stop NATO's theater missile deployment.
  These capabilities include both mine warfare and other coastal combat forces, and sea-based theater missile defence.
  They would protect the country's navy in the first instance but would also offer a potential platform for theatre missile defence linked to a strategic defence system.
  In any event, as a result of the bureaucratic ploys and the increased capability of theater missiles, the lines between the two programs have blurred.
  In the wake of the Rome Declaration, a special working group on theater missile defense was set up.
  Japan is taking a rather supportive stance because it is engaged in joint research with the U.S. to develop a theater missile defense system.
  The Russian proposal was made in response to U.S. national missile defense plans including the U.S. and Japanese theater missile defense concept.
  These include theater missile defense systems to protect troops and bases in relatively small regions of conflicts.
  He stressed he was not planning to discuss high-level issues such as the U.S. plan to deploy a theater missile defense system.
  The program was to provide allies, such as Japan and South Korea, with so-called theater missile defense capability.
  Rice was suggesting Japan and the U.S. step up cooperation on joint research on the theater missile defense system.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin theatrum, from Greek theatron, from theasthai 'behold'.

The earliest theatres were the open-air theatres of the classical world, first mentioned in English in the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer. People go to the theatre to watch a play, and the word itself goes back to the Greek theasthai ‘to look at’. A theatre for surgical operations, or operating theatre, gets its name, recorded from the 1660s, because early rooms of this type were arranged like theatres, with banks of seats for observers. See also absurd

Definition of theater in US English:

theater

(also theatre)

nounˈTHēədərˈθiədər

1A building or outdoor area in which plays and other dramatic performances are given.
戏院，剧场；影剧院
Example sentencesExamples
- A landmark cultural building, either a theatre or an opera house, according to Coyne, will act as a focal point for the area.
- He admitted that there was a long way to go to make it a first-class theatre for dramatic works.
- This building was a theatre, teeming with life - actors, audience, staff.
- Most performances take place in theaters, usually in urban areas.
- Children were forced to wear their winter coats through a Christmas pantomime performance when a Southend theatre's heating system broke down.
- Behind the main building, the octagonal theatre has also been remodelled to create a tranquil, communal garden.
- I first saw James Brown in 1962 at an outdoor theatre in San Diego and it was electrifying.
- This show, which includes many new songs, toured the country to much acclaim last summer with sell-out performances in various theatres.
- The building is old and handsome, containing a bistro type restaurant, a theatre and other performance spaces, and at least four galleries.
- Maggie was too young to notice such things and was excited about meeting a lady who sang in theaters and opera houses.
- The next performance at the theatre is Alan Ayckbourn's ‘Relatively Speaking’.
- But don't expect to see the results in opera houses or theaters any time soon.
- The newspaper asked a number of actors and directors why plays by Friedrich Schiller were no longer performed in German theatres.
- I always keep that in mind, even when going to the theatre for a performance.
- Later, he had decided to relax by venturing to the theater to see William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- The Union is actually becoming one of the very best little fringe theatres in London.
- The exhibitions are complemented by concerts and theatrical performances in the state-of-the-art theater.
- Romania has many radio stations, television stations, live theaters, opera houses, cabarets, and entertainment establishments.
- Catalans enjoy going to opera houses, theaters, and museums in Barcelona and other cities.
- Performances increasingly moved to theatres with proscenium arches, so the audience now viewed the dancers from the front, though no two spectators would have an identical view.
- Acrobatic performances take place in the open theatre behind the building.
Synonyms
playhouse, auditorium, amphitheatre, hippodrome, coliseum
1. 1.1often the theater The activity or profession of acting in, producing, directing, or writing plays.
  戏剧（行业）
  what made you want to go into the theater?
  是什么使你想从事戏剧这一行？
  Example sentencesExamples
  I was in Japan last year and was fascinated by the theatre there - it's so different from western theatre.
  It combines elements of mime, dance, theatre, puppetry and text.
  The idea is to turn the focus onto the fundamentals of theatre, including acting.
  He is known for his non-conformist attitude in every field in which he has proven himself, be it politics, theatre or the legal profession.
  He then began to move more decisively toward theatre, drawn to directing by the opportunity to interpret other people's words.
  It was a happy coincidence that Brecht's theory of alienation was inspired by folk tales and folk theatre, which relied a lot on story-telling.
  It's essential reading for anyone who cares about theater or writing.
  After graduating, Grant dabbled briefly in advertising but plugged away at an acting career in regional theatre.
  He had the experience of writing for theatre in his early career.
  Since then he has attended the London Academy for Music and Dramatic Arts, and has been involved in all aspects of theatre including writing, acting and producing.
  ‘She told me that it was the role of theatre to present life and to put theatre back in touch with reality,’ says Mackenney.
  Even though film and television are more lucrative in terms of remuneration, theatre offers a true spiritual experience.
  After a spell in the theatre, he directed the TV mini-series ‘The Buddha of Suburbia’, and the films ‘Notting Hill’ and ‘The Mother’.
  It also gave him a valuable insight into the world of theatre and inspired him to develop his childhood talents.
  Cinema, which borrows heavily from theatre in terms of choreography, has a few distinct features of its own that can be exploited.
  I don't think in terms of film; I think in terms of live theater.
  Some useful notions about theatre, past and present, suggest that it can operate in this way.
  Lively conversation and anecdotes will abound as the duo discuss the art of writing for theatre.
  His growing literary interest led to his writing on theatre.
  I had never done any acting or theatre in school or college.
  Synonyms
  acting, performing
2. 1.2 A play or other activity or presentation considered in terms of its dramatic quality.
  戏剧效果
  this is intense, moving, and inspiring theater
  这个戏剧效果紧张、感人又鼓舞人心。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The award recognises the company's well-deserved reputation for high-quality theatre by people with learning difficulties.
  Then, in 1985, he formed a theatre company with the aim of producing quality professional theatre for young people.
  You couldn't get a better experience in terms of theatre.
  This production has been handled very well by the director, cast and crew and is bound to delight fans of good-quality community theatre.
  ‘It was really interesting in terms of trying to translate that experience into theatre,’ Eatough says.
  It was a great opportunity for children to experience live, quality theatre with all the magic and excitement.
  It has an unrivalled reputation for producing contemporary theatre of the highest quality, invention and energy, and for its dedication to new writing.
  The festival also attempts to improve the quality of college theatre.
  This kind of theatre is what is meant by the term ‘edgy’ - fresh, in-your-face, a little disconcerting.
  Simone's best songs had the dramatic breadth of musical theater.
  They have acquired such a reputation for quality theatre that their shows are always a date for the calendar.
  The enthusiasts' tactics include presenting science as theatre, magic tricks and fantasy.
  Peter Doran said it proved it was possible to provide quality theatre in remote regions like Pembrokeshire.
  The production promises to live up to the group's current high standard of theatre, kicking off another packed year of top-quality shows.
3. 1.3North American, West Indian A movie theater.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Only one theater in the country (in New York City) agreed to screen ‘Winter Soldier’ when it was released in 1972.
  Although I don't advocate moving from one theater to the next to see a movie you haven't paid for, I'm not against sneaking in a few outside snacks.
  Sitting in a regular multiplex theater for more than two hours becomes uncomfortable.
  Only yesterday, the last drive-in theater closed in Vancouver.
  The scene around the East Village theater earlier this evening was ecstatic.
  Indies can't make 5000 prints of one film, and send them to every theater that wants to show it.
  If you really want to give them a treat, take them to a movie at an IMAX theater.
  Everything changed in 1962 when I wandered into a double bill of Alain Resnais movies at a Boston art theater.
  They designed multiplex theaters that had smaller seating capacities but which retained the bigger screens that distinguished the moviegoing experience.
  Star Wars seemed to be playing in every single theater.
4. 1.4 A room or hall for lectures, etc., with seats in tiers.
  阶梯式讲堂（或教室）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Were the women the subject of any adverse comments about their presence in the lecture theatre or classroom?
  The accommodation is rather basic and although they already have a lecture theatre, smaller conference rooms are needed.
  The centre has a 150-seat state-of-the-art lecture theatre, an education suite and, of course, a restaurant and gift shop.
  It has an air-conditioned, tiered lecture theatre, a conference room for 270 and a large number of seminar rooms.
  This month, people will have the chance to watch the final cut at two showings at 2.30 pm and 5.30 pm in the lecture theatre.
  For a moment, it feels as if I'm back in a university lecture theatre.
  As her eyes scanned the chemistry lecture theatre her attention was drawn to the strapping, sporty-looking student at the other side of the room.
  Further work will include a refurbished lecture theatre and new executive suite.
  More than 100 people packed a lecture theatre at the Steam Museum to hear the MPs underline their commitment to the war and listen to the views of their constituents.
  We are often cramped in a small lecture theatre with not enough seats and people sprawled on the stairs.
  When was the last time a boy held a door open for me coming out of a lecture theatre?
  Sometimes, when I had to be content with a seat at the back of the lecture theatre, I used a pair of opera glasses to get at least a glimpse of the speaker.
  I was sitting in my usual seat in the fourth row of the lecture theatre beside one of my other closest friends, Natalie, or Tally, as I liked to call her.
  This evening Mick spoke to a packed lecture theatre at Victoria University's Architecture School in Wellington.
  Each day there will be exciting demonstrations, interactive workshops and fascinating talks in the lecture theatre, featuring new ideas and inspirational hints and tips from top experts.
  Soon the protestors moved in to fill the lobby outside the lecture theatre.
  Sitting in an overcrowded lecture theatre, I noticed students from the same school as Anna entering.
  Work is due to start in April on the three-storey school, which will include a lecture theatre, IT rooms, restaurants and sports facilities.
  The grant, which comes from Government money, would go towards work to build a new lecture theatre and improve disabled access and toilet facilities.
  He made the infants' room look like a lecture theatre, with children as young as three sitting on tiers in a gallery.
  Synonyms
  hall, room, auditorium
5. 1.5 The area in which something happens.
  （事件发生的）场所
  a new theater of war has been opened up
  新的战区已经开辟。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Italy, which had wanted to withdraw from the fighting, now became a theatre of war.
  These divisions were deployed by the army in various operational theatres and fully integrated into its command structure.
  This was to turn the Middle East into an important theatre of war.
  She has served in very many operational theatres.
  Two soldiers from 2 Para were flown home during the investigation and the other four remained in Kabul but were removed from the theatre of operation.
  It removed bungling amateurs from the theatre of war.
  It is accepted that no such training can wholly reproduce the conditions of patrolling a hostile area, much less wholly reproduce the experience of a theatre of war or of combat itself.
  Russia replied by opening up a new theatre of war in the Balkans.
  This has obvious effects on attempts to transport armies or other land forces by sea into distant theatres of operations.
  To compound the woes of the invading forces, with every passing day weather conditions in the theatre of war will grow increasingly worse.
  He was later posted to the Pacific theatre of war, in charge of a mobile radar unit.
  As the theatre of war moved south, so did the smallpox, primarily affecting civilians, camp followers, and irregular troops in both armies.
  Now, the big question is how do they extricate themselves from a theatre of war that daily looks more like a slaughterhouse?
  On the point of losing everything to the rebels, the king's triumphant emergence in the theater of war helps push back the enemy and offers a possibility of victory.
  The badges will be presented to surviving members from either of the two wars, who served in operational theatres of war.
  This allows for the rapid deployment of troops around the world, no matter where the next theater of war develops.
  The question has to be asked, however, what parents were doing allowing their children to be in harm's way in the middle of a bloody theatre of war.
  During World War II, Soper was sent to the Mediterranean theater of operations as part of the U.S.A. Typhus Commission.
  Having proved that she is more than capable of working in an operational theatre, HMS Echo is now beginning to demonstrate her true capabilities and value to the Fleet.
  He saw action in many theatres and was awarded Operational Service Medals for Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq.
  The main theatre of war was in the Crimea, where British, French and Turkish troops landed and laid siege to the port of Sebastopol.
  This turned a diversionary skirmish into the main theatre of war.
  Fifteen months later, he was commanding a theater of war.
  Successive governments denied that the region had been a theatre of war: pressure from veterans has forced recantation.
  More than two million of these were Americans bound for the European theatre of war.
  In the European theatre of war, 5,556 war criminals were tried, the majority in France, America, and the United Kingdom.
  The theatre of war looms large in France's film culture and this First World War prison drama, based on a true story, was long hailed as one of the greatest films ever made.
  This theatre of war alone devoured 30,000 Soviet lives.
  Synonyms
  scene, arena, field of action, place of action, sphere of action
6. 1.6as modifier Denoting weapons for use in a particular region between tactical and strategic.
  战区（介乎战术与战略之间）
  he was working on theater defense missiles
  他正在研制战区防御导弹。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They would protect the country's navy in the first instance but would also offer a potential platform for theatre missile defence linked to a strategic defence system.
  Rice was suggesting Japan and the U.S. step up cooperation on joint research on the theater missile defense system.
  The North Korean threat is a key justification for U.S. military spending, the presence of U.S. troops in Asia and a new theatre missile defence system.
  For one thing, if the North cancels its missile plans, the U.S. will lose a main justification for building the theater missile defense system Beijing opposes so strongly.
  In the wake of the Rome Declaration, a special working group on theater missile defense was set up.
  The Russians had rattled sabers throughout 1983, trying to stop NATO's theater missile deployment.
  The program was to provide allies, such as Japan and South Korea, with so-called theater missile defense capability.
  We already have theater missile systems that are working.
  China has also been critical of the planned theater missile defense system to be jointly researched by Japan and the U.S.
  But it is not a tactical and theater missile threat that has formed the focus of National Missile Defense.
  These include theater missile defense systems to protect troops and bases in relatively small regions of conflicts.
  In any event, as a result of the bureaucratic ploys and the increased capability of theater missiles, the lines between the two programs have blurred.
  These capabilities include both mine warfare and other coastal combat forces, and sea-based theater missile defence.
  The Russian proposal was made in response to U.S. national missile defense plans including the U.S. and Japanese theater missile defense concept.
  Japan is taking a rather supportive stance because it is engaged in joint research with the U.S. to develop a theater missile defense system.
  He stressed he was not planning to discuss high-level issues such as the U.S. plan to deploy a theater missile defense system.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin theatrum, from Greek theatron, from theasthai ‘behold’.

词汇	theatre
释义	Definition of theatre in English: theatre (US theater) noun ˈθɪətəˈθiədər 1A building or outdoor area in which plays and other dramatic performances are given. 戏院，剧场；影剧院 Example sentencesExamples He admitted that there was a long way to go to make it a first-class theatre for dramatic works. I first saw James Brown in 1962 at an outdoor theatre in San Diego and it was electrifying. Behind the main building, the octagonal theatre has also been remodelled to create a tranquil, communal garden. This building was a theatre, teeming with life - actors, audience, staff. Catalans enjoy going to opera houses, theaters, and museums in Barcelona and other cities. The exhibitions are complemented by concerts and theatrical performances in the state-of-the-art theater. Later, he had decided to relax by venturing to the theater to see William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. But don't expect to see the results in opera houses or theaters any time soon. Romania has many radio stations, television stations, live theaters, opera houses, cabarets, and entertainment establishments. Children were forced to wear their winter coats through a Christmas pantomime performance when a Southend theatre's heating system broke down. I always keep that in mind, even when going to the theatre for a performance. A landmark cultural building, either a theatre or an opera house, according to Coyne, will act as a focal point for the area. Acrobatic performances take place in the open theatre behind the building. Maggie was too young to notice such things and was excited about meeting a lady who sang in theaters and opera houses. Performances increasingly moved to theatres with proscenium arches, so the audience now viewed the dancers from the front, though no two spectators would have an identical view. This show, which includes many new songs, toured the country to much acclaim last summer with sell-out performances in various theatres. The newspaper asked a number of actors and directors why plays by Friedrich Schiller were no longer performed in German theatres. The building is old and handsome, containing a bistro type restaurant, a theatre and other performance spaces, and at least four galleries. Most performances take place in theaters, usually in urban areas. The Union is actually becoming one of the very best little fringe theatres in London. The next performance at the theatre is Alan Ayckbourn's ‘Relatively Speaking’. Synonyms playhouse, auditorium, amphitheatre, hippodrome, coliseum 1.1often the theatremass noun The activity or profession of acting in, producing, directing, or writing plays. 戏剧（行业） what made you want to go into the theatre? 是什么使你想从事戏剧这一行？ Example sentencesExamples He then began to move more decisively toward theatre, drawn to directing by the opportunity to interpret other people's words. I was in Japan last year and was fascinated by the theatre there - it's so different from western theatre. Since then he has attended the London Academy for Music and Dramatic Arts, and has been involved in all aspects of theatre including writing, acting and producing. ‘She told me that it was the role of theatre to present life and to put theatre back in touch with reality,’ says Mackenney. I don't think in terms of film; I think in terms of live theater. His growing literary interest led to his writing on theatre. Some useful notions about theatre, past and present, suggest that it can operate in this way. Cinema, which borrows heavily from theatre in terms of choreography, has a few distinct features of its own that can be exploited. It's essential reading for anyone who cares about theater or writing. He had the experience of writing for theatre in his early career. He is known for his non-conformist attitude in every field in which he has proven himself, be it politics, theatre or the legal profession. It combines elements of mime, dance, theatre, puppetry and text. Lively conversation and anecdotes will abound as the duo discuss the art of writing for theatre. Even though film and television are more lucrative in terms of remuneration, theatre offers a true spiritual experience. It was a happy coincidence that Brecht's theory of alienation was inspired by folk tales and folk theatre, which relied a lot on story-telling. The idea is to turn the focus onto the fundamentals of theatre, including acting. After a spell in the theatre, he directed the TV mini-series ‘The Buddha of Suburbia’, and the films ‘Notting Hill’ and ‘The Mother’. It also gave him a valuable insight into the world of theatre and inspired him to develop his childhood talents. After graduating, Grant dabbled briefly in advertising but plugged away at an acting career in regional theatre. I had never done any acting or theatre in school or college. Synonyms acting, performing drama, the dramatic arts, dramaturgy, the thespian art, stagecraft, theatricals, theatrics show business, the stage informal the boards, show biz rare thespianism, histrionics 1.2mass noun A play or other activity or presentation considered in terms of its dramatic quality. 戏剧效果 this is intense, moving, and inspiring theatre 这个戏剧效果紧张、感人又鼓舞人心。 Example sentencesExamples This production has been handled very well by the director, cast and crew and is bound to delight fans of good-quality community theatre. Simone's best songs had the dramatic breadth of musical theater. Then, in 1985, he formed a theatre company with the aim of producing quality professional theatre for young people. Peter Doran said it proved it was possible to provide quality theatre in remote regions like Pembrokeshire. The production promises to live up to the group's current high standard of theatre, kicking off another packed year of top-quality shows. The enthusiasts' tactics include presenting science as theatre, magic tricks and fantasy. The festival also attempts to improve the quality of college theatre. It was a great opportunity for children to experience live, quality theatre with all the magic and excitement. ‘It was really interesting in terms of trying to translate that experience into theatre,’ Eatough says. They have acquired such a reputation for quality theatre that their shows are always a date for the calendar. This kind of theatre is what is meant by the term ‘edgy’ - fresh, in-your-face, a little disconcerting. It has an unrivalled reputation for producing contemporary theatre of the highest quality, invention and energy, and for its dedication to new writing. The award recognises the company's well-deserved reputation for high-quality theatre by people with learning difficulties. You couldn't get a better experience in terms of theatre. 1.3North American, West Indian A cinema. 〈主北美，西印度〉电影院 Example sentencesExamples Watch out for a streamlined and thus completely uninteresting Hollywood remake in a theatre near you soon. General Cinemas has a similar theatre called the Premium Cinema in the Chicago suburbs. I did not expect a disc of a film that played in art house theatres to be all that remarkable, but I was shocked by how impressed I was with the audio and video quality. This includes all Regal, Loews Cineplex and United Artists theaters as well as several regional circuits. After spending years in art-house theaters to avoid cheesy blockbusters, I was strangely comforted seeing American film culture here. The winners receive a ten-dollar gift certificate for Cineplex Odeon theatres. ‘The Delicate Art of Parking’ is playing at the Cinemark Tinseltown theatres in Vancouver. The basic plot was reworked for a new movie that appeared in art house theaters in 2001. We have one converted mausoleum that serves as the art house theatre. I love movies and I love the big screen and the theatre. Rest assured, the art house theater will be bringing this movie to viewers in early March. It now costs $13.50 to see an evening movie at a Famous Players megaplex, and Cineplex Odeon theatres like the Varsity have followed suit. 2A room or hall for lectures with seats in tiers. 阶梯式讲堂（或教室） Example sentencesExamples The grant, which comes from Government money, would go towards work to build a new lecture theatre and improve disabled access and toilet facilities. The accommodation is rather basic and although they already have a lecture theatre, smaller conference rooms are needed. For a moment, it feels as if I'm back in a university lecture theatre. The centre has a 150-seat state-of-the-art lecture theatre, an education suite and, of course, a restaurant and gift shop. Each day there will be exciting demonstrations, interactive workshops and fascinating talks in the lecture theatre, featuring new ideas and inspirational hints and tips from top experts. Sitting in an overcrowded lecture theatre, I noticed students from the same school as Anna entering. It has an air-conditioned, tiered lecture theatre, a conference room for 270 and a large number of seminar rooms. Further work will include a refurbished lecture theatre and new executive suite. Soon the protestors moved in to fill the lobby outside the lecture theatre. We are often cramped in a small lecture theatre with not enough seats and people sprawled on the stairs. More than 100 people packed a lecture theatre at the Steam Museum to hear the MPs underline their commitment to the war and listen to the views of their constituents. I was sitting in my usual seat in the fourth row of the lecture theatre beside one of my other closest friends, Natalie, or Tally, as I liked to call her. As her eyes scanned the chemistry lecture theatre her attention was drawn to the strapping, sporty-looking student at the other side of the room. This month, people will have the chance to watch the final cut at two showings at 2.30 pm and 5.30 pm in the lecture theatre. This evening Mick spoke to a packed lecture theatre at Victoria University's Architecture School in Wellington. Sometimes, when I had to be content with a seat at the back of the lecture theatre, I used a pair of opera glasses to get at least a glimpse of the speaker. He made the infants' room look like a lecture theatre, with children as young as three sitting on tiers in a gallery. Were the women the subject of any adverse comments about their presence in the lecture theatre or classroom? When was the last time a boy held a door open for me coming out of a lecture theatre? Work is due to start in April on the three-storey school, which will include a lecture theatre, IT rooms, restaurants and sports facilities. Synonyms hall, room, auditorium 2.1British An operating theatre. 〈英〉手术室 respiratory function is carefully controlled and monitored throughout the patient's stay in theatre as modifier the theatre nurse Example sentencesExamples Our reliance on such machinery was previously highlighted two years ago, when the hospital's theatres and intensive care unit were hit by power failures. The underuse of theatres is also resulting in the postponement of 145 operations a week. This would require reserve capacity in terms of operating teams and theatres. As previously mentioned, five of the nurses who participated in this study worked primarily in theatre. When this happens, the theatre nurses can relax and enjoy their work with the pressure off temporarily. She works as a nurse in the orthopaedic theatre in Sligo General Hospital. The number of patients undergoing arthroplasty thus increased by 17% without any increase in theatre capacity or number of beds. Her behaviour was always the same on the ward rounds, in clinics, and in theatre. However, these dressings are highly expensive and need to be applied by trained staff in theatre. She indicated that though she had had some theatre experience, she was not an experienced theatre nurse. Operations will be moved to the hospital's seven other theatres. On Sundays he would worry about the patients whose surgery would be cancelled next day for want of a bed, when the hospital had surgeons, theatres, and operating crew available. One of the vehicles will be converted to make a mobile clinic and dispensary service, while another will be used as a theatre for minor operations. It had 42 beds, a theatre, labour ward, dispensary, and small laboratory. The dressing should be removed in theatre with the patient under appropriate anaesthesia. We need to fight back by ensuring that hospital wards, theatres and departments are kept spotlessly clean. In the antiseptic environment of an obstetric theatre, I witnessed this spectacle with the detachment of a duty-conscious executioner. In theatre, the surgeon saved her life again, stabilising her multiple fractures before she was sent off to the intensive care unit in the middle of the night. However, nothing would be gained by putting more patients on the ward than the theatre could process. Two audiologists, two speech therapists, a theatre sister and a specialist registrar will accompany the couple on the trip in October. He kept a vigil outside the theatre while the surgeons operated. 3The area in which something happens. （事件发生的）场所 a new theatre of war has been opened up 新的战区已经开辟。 Example sentencesExamples This allows for the rapid deployment of troops around the world, no matter where the next theater of war develops. More than two million of these were Americans bound for the European theatre of war. This was to turn the Middle East into an important theatre of war. The main theatre of war was in the Crimea, where British, French and Turkish troops landed and laid siege to the port of Sebastopol. It is accepted that no such training can wholly reproduce the conditions of patrolling a hostile area, much less wholly reproduce the experience of a theatre of war or of combat itself. In the European theatre of war, 5,556 war criminals were tried, the majority in France, America, and the United Kingdom. On the point of losing everything to the rebels, the king's triumphant emergence in the theater of war helps push back the enemy and offers a possibility of victory. The question has to be asked, however, what parents were doing allowing their children to be in harm's way in the middle of a bloody theatre of war. Having proved that she is more than capable of working in an operational theatre, HMS Echo is now beginning to demonstrate her true capabilities and value to the Fleet. This theatre of war alone devoured 30,000 Soviet lives. The badges will be presented to surviving members from either of the two wars, who served in operational theatres of war. As the theatre of war moved south, so did the smallpox, primarily affecting civilians, camp followers, and irregular troops in both armies. He was later posted to the Pacific theatre of war, in charge of a mobile radar unit. Now, the big question is how do they extricate themselves from a theatre of war that daily looks more like a slaughterhouse? Russia replied by opening up a new theatre of war in the Balkans. This has obvious effects on attempts to transport armies or other land forces by sea into distant theatres of operations. Italy, which had wanted to withdraw from the fighting, now became a theatre of war. It removed bungling amateurs from the theatre of war. These divisions were deployed by the army in various operational theatres and fully integrated into its command structure. During World War II, Soper was sent to the Mediterranean theater of operations as part of the U.S.A. Typhus Commission. The theatre of war looms large in France's film culture and this First World War prison drama, based on a true story, was long hailed as one of the greatest films ever made. Two soldiers from 2 Para were flown home during the investigation and the other four remained in Kabul but were removed from the theatre of operation. Successive governments denied that the region had been a theatre of war: pressure from veterans has forced recantation. She has served in very many operational theatres. He saw action in many theatres and was awarded Operational Service Medals for Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq. Fifteen months later, he was commanding a theater of war. This turned a diversionary skirmish into the main theatre of war. To compound the woes of the invading forces, with every passing day weather conditions in the theatre of war will grow increasingly worse. Synonyms scene, arena, field/sphere/place of action setting, site 3.1as modifier Denoting weapons intermediate between tactical and strategic. 战区（介乎战术与战略之间） he was working on theatre defence missiles 他正在研制战区防御导弹。 Example sentencesExamples China has also been critical of the planned theater missile defense system to be jointly researched by Japan and the U.S. For one thing, if the North cancels its missile plans, the U.S. will lose a main justification for building the theater missile defense system Beijing opposes so strongly. But it is not a tactical and theater missile threat that has formed the focus of National Missile Defense. The North Korean threat is a key justification for U.S. military spending, the presence of U.S. troops in Asia and a new theatre missile defence system. We already have theater missile systems that are working. The Russians had rattled sabers throughout 1983, trying to stop NATO's theater missile deployment. These capabilities include both mine warfare and other coastal combat forces, and sea-based theater missile defence. They would protect the country's navy in the first instance but would also offer a potential platform for theatre missile defence linked to a strategic defence system. In any event, as a result of the bureaucratic ploys and the increased capability of theater missiles, the lines between the two programs have blurred. In the wake of the Rome Declaration, a special working group on theater missile defense was set up. Japan is taking a rather supportive stance because it is engaged in joint research with the U.S. to develop a theater missile defense system. The Russian proposal was made in response to U.S. national missile defense plans including the U.S. and Japanese theater missile defense concept. These include theater missile defense systems to protect troops and bases in relatively small regions of conflicts. He stressed he was not planning to discuss high-level issues such as the U.S. plan to deploy a theater missile defense system. The program was to provide allies, such as Japan and South Korea, with so-called theater missile defense capability. Rice was suggesting Japan and the U.S. step up cooperation on joint research on the theater missile defense system. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin theatrum, from Greek theatron, from theasthai 'behold'. The earliest theatres were the open-air theatres of the classical world, first mentioned in English in the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer. People go to the theatre to watch a play, and the word itself goes back to the Greek theasthai ‘to look at’. A theatre for surgical operations, or operating theatre, gets its name, recorded from the 1660s, because early rooms of this type were arranged like theatres, with banks of seats for observers. See also absurd Definition of theater in US English: theater (also theatre) nounˈTHēədərˈθiədər 1A building or outdoor area in which plays and other dramatic performances are given. 戏院，剧场；影剧院 Example sentencesExamples A landmark cultural building, either a theatre or an opera house, according to Coyne, will act as a focal point for the area. He admitted that there was a long way to go to make it a first-class theatre for dramatic works. This building was a theatre, teeming with life - actors, audience, staff. Most performances take place in theaters, usually in urban areas. Children were forced to wear their winter coats through a Christmas pantomime performance when a Southend theatre's heating system broke down. Behind the main building, the octagonal theatre has also been remodelled to create a tranquil, communal garden. I first saw James Brown in 1962 at an outdoor theatre in San Diego and it was electrifying. This show, which includes many new songs, toured the country to much acclaim last summer with sell-out performances in various theatres. The building is old and handsome, containing a bistro type restaurant, a theatre and other performance spaces, and at least four galleries. Maggie was too young to notice such things and was excited about meeting a lady who sang in theaters and opera houses. The next performance at the theatre is Alan Ayckbourn's ‘Relatively Speaking’. But don't expect to see the results in opera houses or theaters any time soon. The newspaper asked a number of actors and directors why plays by Friedrich Schiller were no longer performed in German theatres. I always keep that in mind, even when going to the theatre for a performance. Later, he had decided to relax by venturing to the theater to see William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The Union is actually becoming one of the very best little fringe theatres in London. The exhibitions are complemented by concerts and theatrical performances in the state-of-the-art theater. Romania has many radio stations, television stations, live theaters, opera houses, cabarets, and entertainment establishments. Catalans enjoy going to opera houses, theaters, and museums in Barcelona and other cities. Performances increasingly moved to theatres with proscenium arches, so the audience now viewed the dancers from the front, though no two spectators would have an identical view. Acrobatic performances take place in the open theatre behind the building. Synonyms playhouse, auditorium, amphitheatre, hippodrome, coliseum 1.1often the theater The activity or profession of acting in, producing, directing, or writing plays. 戏剧（行业） what made you want to go into the theater? 是什么使你想从事戏剧这一行？ Example sentencesExamples I was in Japan last year and was fascinated by the theatre there - it's so different from western theatre. It combines elements of mime, dance, theatre, puppetry and text. The idea is to turn the focus onto the fundamentals of theatre, including acting. He is known for his non-conformist attitude in every field in which he has proven himself, be it politics, theatre or the legal profession. He then began to move more decisively toward theatre, drawn to directing by the opportunity to interpret other people's words. It was a happy coincidence that Brecht's theory of alienation was inspired by folk tales and folk theatre, which relied a lot on story-telling. It's essential reading for anyone who cares about theater or writing. After graduating, Grant dabbled briefly in advertising but plugged away at an acting career in regional theatre. He had the experience of writing for theatre in his early career. Since then he has attended the London Academy for Music and Dramatic Arts, and has been involved in all aspects of theatre including writing, acting and producing. ‘She told me that it was the role of theatre to present life and to put theatre back in touch with reality,’ says Mackenney. Even though film and television are more lucrative in terms of remuneration, theatre offers a true spiritual experience. After a spell in the theatre, he directed the TV mini-series ‘The Buddha of Suburbia’, and the films ‘Notting Hill’ and ‘The Mother’. It also gave him a valuable insight into the world of theatre and inspired him to develop his childhood talents. Cinema, which borrows heavily from theatre in terms of choreography, has a few distinct features of its own that can be exploited. I don't think in terms of film; I think in terms of live theater. Some useful notions about theatre, past and present, suggest that it can operate in this way. Lively conversation and anecdotes will abound as the duo discuss the art of writing for theatre. His growing literary interest led to his writing on theatre. I had never done any acting or theatre in school or college. Synonyms acting, performing 1.2 A play or other activity or presentation considered in terms of its dramatic quality. 戏剧效果 this is intense, moving, and inspiring theater 这个戏剧效果紧张、感人又鼓舞人心。 Example sentencesExamples The award recognises the company's well-deserved reputation for high-quality theatre by people with learning difficulties. Then, in 1985, he formed a theatre company with the aim of producing quality professional theatre for young people. You couldn't get a better experience in terms of theatre. This production has been handled very well by the director, cast and crew and is bound to delight fans of good-quality community theatre. ‘It was really interesting in terms of trying to translate that experience into theatre,’ Eatough says. It was a great opportunity for children to experience live, quality theatre with all the magic and excitement. It has an unrivalled reputation for producing contemporary theatre of the highest quality, invention and energy, and for its dedication to new writing. The festival also attempts to improve the quality of college theatre. This kind of theatre is what is meant by the term ‘edgy’ - fresh, in-your-face, a little disconcerting. Simone's best songs had the dramatic breadth of musical theater. They have acquired such a reputation for quality theatre that their shows are always a date for the calendar. The enthusiasts' tactics include presenting science as theatre, magic tricks and fantasy. Peter Doran said it proved it was possible to provide quality theatre in remote regions like Pembrokeshire. The production promises to live up to the group's current high standard of theatre, kicking off another packed year of top-quality shows. 1.3North American, West Indian A movie theater. Example sentencesExamples Only one theater in the country (in New York City) agreed to screen ‘Winter Soldier’ when it was released in 1972. Although I don't advocate moving from one theater to the next to see a movie you haven't paid for, I'm not against sneaking in a few outside snacks. Sitting in a regular multiplex theater for more than two hours becomes uncomfortable. Only yesterday, the last drive-in theater closed in Vancouver. The scene around the East Village theater earlier this evening was ecstatic. Indies can't make 5000 prints of one film, and send them to every theater that wants to show it. If you really want to give them a treat, take them to a movie at an IMAX theater. Everything changed in 1962 when I wandered into a double bill of Alain Resnais movies at a Boston art theater. They designed multiplex theaters that had smaller seating capacities but which retained the bigger screens that distinguished the moviegoing experience. Star Wars seemed to be playing in every single theater. 1.4 A room or hall for lectures, etc., with seats in tiers. 阶梯式讲堂（或教室） Example sentencesExamples Were the women the subject of any adverse comments about their presence in the lecture theatre or classroom? The accommodation is rather basic and although they already have a lecture theatre, smaller conference rooms are needed. The centre has a 150-seat state-of-the-art lecture theatre, an education suite and, of course, a restaurant and gift shop. It has an air-conditioned, tiered lecture theatre, a conference room for 270 and a large number of seminar rooms. This month, people will have the chance to watch the final cut at two showings at 2.30 pm and 5.30 pm in the lecture theatre. For a moment, it feels as if I'm back in a university lecture theatre. As her eyes scanned the chemistry lecture theatre her attention was drawn to the strapping, sporty-looking student at the other side of the room. Further work will include a refurbished lecture theatre and new executive suite. More than 100 people packed a lecture theatre at the Steam Museum to hear the MPs underline their commitment to the war and listen to the views of their constituents. We are often cramped in a small lecture theatre with not enough seats and people sprawled on the stairs. When was the last time a boy held a door open for me coming out of a lecture theatre? Sometimes, when I had to be content with a seat at the back of the lecture theatre, I used a pair of opera glasses to get at least a glimpse of the speaker. I was sitting in my usual seat in the fourth row of the lecture theatre beside one of my other closest friends, Natalie, or Tally, as I liked to call her. This evening Mick spoke to a packed lecture theatre at Victoria University's Architecture School in Wellington. Each day there will be exciting demonstrations, interactive workshops and fascinating talks in the lecture theatre, featuring new ideas and inspirational hints and tips from top experts. Soon the protestors moved in to fill the lobby outside the lecture theatre. Sitting in an overcrowded lecture theatre, I noticed students from the same school as Anna entering. Work is due to start in April on the three-storey school, which will include a lecture theatre, IT rooms, restaurants and sports facilities. The grant, which comes from Government money, would go towards work to build a new lecture theatre and improve disabled access and toilet facilities. He made the infants' room look like a lecture theatre, with children as young as three sitting on tiers in a gallery. Synonyms hall, room, auditorium 1.5 The area in which something happens. （事件发生的）场所 a new theater of war has been opened up 新的战区已经开辟。 Example sentencesExamples Italy, which had wanted to withdraw from the fighting, now became a theatre of war. These divisions were deployed by the army in various operational theatres and fully integrated into its command structure. This was to turn the Middle East into an important theatre of war. She has served in very many operational theatres. Two soldiers from 2 Para were flown home during the investigation and the other four remained in Kabul but were removed from the theatre of operation. It removed bungling amateurs from the theatre of war. It is accepted that no such training can wholly reproduce the conditions of patrolling a hostile area, much less wholly reproduce the experience of a theatre of war or of combat itself. Russia replied by opening up a new theatre of war in the Balkans. This has obvious effects on attempts to transport armies or other land forces by sea into distant theatres of operations. To compound the woes of the invading forces, with every passing day weather conditions in the theatre of war will grow increasingly worse. He was later posted to the Pacific theatre of war, in charge of a mobile radar unit. As the theatre of war moved south, so did the smallpox, primarily affecting civilians, camp followers, and irregular troops in both armies. Now, the big question is how do they extricate themselves from a theatre of war that daily looks more like a slaughterhouse? On the point of losing everything to the rebels, the king's triumphant emergence in the theater of war helps push back the enemy and offers a possibility of victory. The badges will be presented to surviving members from either of the two wars, who served in operational theatres of war. This allows for the rapid deployment of troops around the world, no matter where the next theater of war develops. The question has to be asked, however, what parents were doing allowing their children to be in harm's way in the middle of a bloody theatre of war. During World War II, Soper was sent to the Mediterranean theater of operations as part of the U.S.A. Typhus Commission. Having proved that she is more than capable of working in an operational theatre, HMS Echo is now beginning to demonstrate her true capabilities and value to the Fleet. He saw action in many theatres and was awarded Operational Service Medals for Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq. The main theatre of war was in the Crimea, where British, French and Turkish troops landed and laid siege to the port of Sebastopol. This turned a diversionary skirmish into the main theatre of war. Fifteen months later, he was commanding a theater of war. Successive governments denied that the region had been a theatre of war: pressure from veterans has forced recantation. More than two million of these were Americans bound for the European theatre of war. In the European theatre of war, 5,556 war criminals were tried, the majority in France, America, and the United Kingdom. The theatre of war looms large in France's film culture and this First World War prison drama, based on a true story, was long hailed as one of the greatest films ever made. This theatre of war alone devoured 30,000 Soviet lives. Synonyms scene, arena, field of action, place of action, sphere of action 1.6as modifier Denoting weapons for use in a particular region between tactical and strategic. 战区（介乎战术与战略之间） he was working on theater defense missiles 他正在研制战区防御导弹。 Example sentencesExamples They would protect the country's navy in the first instance but would also offer a potential platform for theatre missile defence linked to a strategic defence system. Rice was suggesting Japan and the U.S. step up cooperation on joint research on the theater missile defense system. The North Korean threat is a key justification for U.S. military spending, the presence of U.S. troops in Asia and a new theatre missile defence system. For one thing, if the North cancels its missile plans, the U.S. will lose a main justification for building the theater missile defense system Beijing opposes so strongly. In the wake of the Rome Declaration, a special working group on theater missile defense was set up. The Russians had rattled sabers throughout 1983, trying to stop NATO's theater missile deployment. The program was to provide allies, such as Japan and South Korea, with so-called theater missile defense capability. We already have theater missile systems that are working. China has also been critical of the planned theater missile defense system to be jointly researched by Japan and the U.S. But it is not a tactical and theater missile threat that has formed the focus of National Missile Defense. These include theater missile defense systems to protect troops and bases in relatively small regions of conflicts. In any event, as a result of the bureaucratic ploys and the increased capability of theater missiles, the lines between the two programs have blurred. These capabilities include both mine warfare and other coastal combat forces, and sea-based theater missile defence. The Russian proposal was made in response to U.S. national missile defense plans including the U.S. and Japanese theater missile defense concept. Japan is taking a rather supportive stance because it is engaged in joint research with the U.S. to develop a theater missile defense system. He stressed he was not planning to discuss high-level issues such as the U.S. plan to deploy a theater missile defense system. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin theatrum, from Greek theatron, from theasthai ‘behold’.
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