popular
1 liked by a lot of people 受人喜愛的,受人歡迎的
ᅳ反義詞 unpopular
Hilary was popular at school. 在學校大家都喜歡希拉里。
a popular holiday resort 一個人們都喜愛前往的度假勝地
Coffee is probably the most popular drink in the world. 咖啡可能是全世界人們最喜愛的飲品。
hugely/enormously/immensely etc popular
Guerrero’s music is hugely popular in Latin America. …的音樂在拉丁美洲得到大多數人的喜愛。
popular with/among
The President is very popular with Jewish voters. 這位總統得到猶太人選民的支持。
2 [only before noun] done by a lot of people in a society, group etc 大眾的
The government has little popular support among women voters. 這屆政府得不到婦女選民的支持。
popular belief/opinion/view (=a belief, opinion etc that a lot of people have) 大家的信仰/意見/觀點
3 [only before noun] relating to ordinary people, or intended for ordinary people 流行的
American popular culture.美國流行文化
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evolve verb [intransitive and transitive]
1 if an animal or plant evolves, it changes gradually over a long period of time 演變
evolve from
Fish evolved from prehistoric sea creatures. 魚是由史前海洋動物演變而來的。
2 to develop and change gradually over a long period of time 發展
The school has evolved its own style of teaching. 這所學校逐漸發展了自己的教學風格。
Businesses need to evolve rapidly. 企業需要迅速發展。
evolve out of
The idea evolved out of work done by British scientists. 這個想法是從英國科學家的工作中逐漸得來的。
evolve into
The group gradually evolved into a political party. 這個團體逐漸演變成一個政黨。
air conditioning noun [uncountable] a system that makes the air in a room or building cooler and drier 冷氣系統
ᅳair-conditioned adjective
air conditioner noun [countable] a machine that makes the air in a room or building cooler and drier 空調