application
n
1
(a) [U] ~ (to sb) (for sth) formal request 申请; 请求
Keys are available on application to the principal. 向校长申请就可得到钥匙.
(b) [C] instance of this 申请; 请求
We received 400 applications for the job. 对这份工作, 我们接到400人的申请.
[attrib 作定语]
an application form, ie a form on which to make an application 申请表.
2
(a) [U, C] ~ (of sth) (to sth) act of applying one thing to another 敷用; 施用
lotion for external application only, ie to be put on the skin, not swallowed 只限外用的敷剂(用於皮肤, 不可内服)
three applications per day 每日敷用三次.
(b) [C] substance applied 敷用的物质
an application to relieve muscle pain 减轻肌肉疼痛的敷剂.
3 [U] making a rule, etc take effect (使规则等)生效; 实施
the strict application of the law 严明执法.
4 [U] concentrated effort; hard work 专心; 努力
Success as a writer demands great application. 要成为作家就得狠下功夫.
5 [U, C] ~ (to sth) act of putting a theory, discovery, etc to practical use 应用; 运用
a new invention that will have application/ a variety of applications in industry 工业上可应用的[有多种用途的]新发明.
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appli(apply请求;应用)+cation: 申请{an application form 申请表}
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*[,æpli'keiʃәn]n. 应用, 申请, 志愿书, 应用程序【计】 应用, 应用程序【医】 应用, 用法; 敷用, 敷贴; 敷物, 敷剂【经】 申请, 请求, 申请书相关词组: to make an application to sb for help
Was the philosopher who refused to look through Galileo's telescope more culpable than those who alleged that the spiral nebulae observed with Lord Rosse's great telescope in the eighteen-forties were scratches left by the grinder?