reach是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to arrive at a place, especially after spending a long time or a lot of effort travelling -- （尤指经过很长时间或费很大气力旅行后）到达，抵达

  • We won't reach Miami until five or six o'clock. 我们得五六点钟才能到达迈阿密。

  • They finally reached the coast after five weeks sailing. 他们经过5个星期的航行终于靠了岸。

  • News of his accident had only just reached us. 我们刚刚得到他出事的消息。

  • She reached the conclusion that there was no more she could do. 她得出结论，她再也没有什么可做的了。

  • We'll inform you when a decision has been reached. 作出决定后我们就通知你。

  • The jury took four days to reach a verdict. 陪审团花了4天时间才作出裁决。

• 1 to get to a particular level, especially a high one -- 达到，发展到，提升到（尤指高的水平等）

  • The temperature is expected to reach 30°C today. 今天的气温预计会达到30℃。

  • He's just reached the grand old age of 95. 他刚到95岁高龄。

  • I've reached the point where I'm not going to put up with her criticisms of me any more. 我已经受够了，我再也不能忍受她这样非难我了。

• 2 to stretch out your arm in order to get or touch something -- 伸出手臂（去拿或触摸），伸手及到

  • She's grown so tall that she can reach the door handle now. 她个子长高了，能够着门把手。

  • He reached for the phone and knocked over a glass. 他伸手去拿电话时，碰倒了一个杯子。

  • The child reached down/out/over and picked up the kitten. 那个孩子弯腰伸手／伸出手／把手伸过去抱起那只小猫。

  • He reached his hand out for the money. 他伸手去拿钱。

  • [ + two objects ] UK Can you reach me (down) that book? 你能帮我把那本书拿下来吗？

  • The ladder won't quite reach the top of the wall. 这架梯子够不着墙头。

  • She was wearing a dress that reached (to) her ankles. 她身穿一件长及脚踝的连衣裙。

• 3 to communicate with someone in a different place, especially by phone or email -- （尤指通过电话或信件）和…联系，与…取得联系

  • I've been trying to reach you on the phone all day. 我一整天都在打电话试图和你联系。

  • He's a strange child and his teachers find it difficult to reach him. 这个孩子很奇怪，老师们感到很难跟他沟通。

• 4 Your reach is the distance within which you can stretch out your arm and touch something. -- 伸手可及的距离

  • I like to keep a notebook and pencil within (arm's) reach. 我喜欢把笔记本和铅笔放在随手可及的地方。

  • The top shelf is within/out of (his) reach. 架子最高层的隔板（他）够得着／够不着。

  • Make sure that you keep all dangerous substances out of the reach of the children. 一定要把所有危险物品放在孩子拿不到的地方。

  • We live within (easy) reach of the station. 我们家离车站很近。

  • You've got quite a long reach - can you get that box down from the top shelf for me? 你胳膊长——能替我从最高的架子上把那个盒子拿下来吗？

  • He made a sudden reach for his gun. 他突然伸手去拿枪。

• 5 the limit within which someone can achieve something -- （某人能力等的）所及范围

  • An expensive trip like that would be completely beyond/out of (my) reach (= I would not have enough money to pay for it). 像那种花费大的旅行（我）完全承受不了。

  • After years of saving, the car was at last within (her) reach (= she had enough money to pay for it). 存了好几年钱，（她）终于能买得起那辆汽车了。

• 6 a part of a river or part of an area of land -- （河流的）一段流域；地带；地段

  • The expedition set out for the upper reaches of the Amazon. 探险队动身向亚马孙河上游进发。

  • There was little snow on the lower reaches of the ski run. 滑雪道下面的一段几乎没有雪。

  • We know very little about the farthest/outermost reaches of the universe. 我们对宇宙最远处／最外围空间知之甚少。

  • The news has shocked the upper reaches of the government. 这条消息震动了政府高层。