peer是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to look carefully or with difficulty -- 仔细看，端详；费力地看

  • When no one answered the door, she peered through the window to see if anyone was there. 没有人开门，她就费力地透过窗户朝里望去，看是否有人在。

  • The driver was peering into the distance trying to read the road sign. 司机费力地看着远方，想要看清路标。

• 1 a person who is the same age or has the same social position or the same abilities as other people in a group -- 同龄人；同辈；同等社会地位（或能力）的人

  • Do you think it's true that teenage girls are less self-confident than their male peers? 你是否认为十几岁的女孩子不如同年龄的男孩子自信？

  • He wasn't a great scholar, but as a teacher he had few peers (= not as many people had the same ability as him). 他算不上伟大的学者，但作为教师没有几个人能与他相提并论。

• 2 in the UK, a person who has a high social position and any of a range of titles, including baron, earl, and duke, or a life peer -- 贵族

  • a hereditary peer 世袭贵族

  • a Conservative peer 保守党推荐任命的上议院议员