rally是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a public meeting of a large group of people, especially supporters of a particular opinion -- （尤指为表明支持某种主张的）集会，群众大会

  • 5,000 people held an anti-nuclear rally. 有5000人举行了反核集会。

  • an election/campaign rally 选举／运动集会

• 1 a car or motorcycle race, especially over long distances on public roads -- （尤指长距离的）公路汽车赛；（汽车或摩托车）拉力赛

  • The French driver has taken the lead in the Paris-Dakar rally. 在巴黎─达喀尔汽车拉力赛中，法国车手一路领先。

• 2 a continuous exchange of hits between players in tennis, squash or badminton -- （网球等比赛中）持续对打，相持，拉锯战

• 3 an improvement -- 恢复；复原；好转

  • Share prices fell again today after yesterday's rally. 股票价格在昨天回升后再次下跌。

• 4 to (cause to) come together in order to provide support or make a shared effort -- 集合；召集；（使）团结

  • Supporters/Opponents of the new shopping development are trying to rally local people in favour of/against it. 新购物中心开发项目的支持者／反对者们试图召集当地居民支持／反对该项目。

  • The president has called on the people to rally to/behind the government. 总统已发出号召，呼吁公众和政府团结在一起。

  • [ + obj + to infinitive ] The general rallied his forces to defend the town. 将军召集他的部队守卫这座城市。

  • "Workers of the world unite!" was their rallying cry/call (= a phrase said to encourage support). “全世界工人团结起来”是他们号召人们团结战斗的口号。

• 5 to return to a better condition -- 恢复；复原；重新振作

  • The nurse said my mother had rallied after a poor night. 护士说，我母亲在经历了情况危急的一夜之后已经开始好转了。

  • The team played badly in the first half of the game but rallied in the second. 球队在上半场比赛中表现很糟糕，但在下半场重整旗鼓，表现很好。

  • The pound rallied against the dollar in trading today. 今天的交易中英镑对美元的比价回升。