code是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a system of words, letters, or signs used to represent a message in secret form, or a system of numbers, letters, or signals used to represent something in a shorter or more convenient form -- 密碼；代號；代碼

  • The message was written in code. 電報是用密碼寫的。

  • She managed to decipher/break/crack (= succeed in understanding) the code. 她成功地破譯了密碼。

  • Each entry in this dictionary has a grammar code. 這本詞典的每個詞條都有一個文法標記。

• 1 a set of rules that are accepted as general principles, or a set of written rules that say how people in a particular organization or country should behave -- 法典；法規

  • Clinics will be subject to a new code of conduct and stronger controls by local authorities. 診所將要遵守新的行業規範，並受到地方當局更有力的掌控。

  • a moral code 道德規範

  • a code of behaviour/ethics 行為／道德準則

• 2 an arrangement of genetic material in DNA (= the chemical that carries genetic information in cells) -- （DNA中遺傳物質的）編碼

  • genetic codes 基因編碼

• 3 to represent a message in code so that it can only be understood by the person who is meant to receive it -- 把…譯成密碼；用密碼寫