direct

动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /daɪˈɹɛkt/|/dɪˈɹɛkt/|/dəˈɹɛkt/|[daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt]    美 /daɪˈɹɛkt/|/dɪˈɹɛkt/|/dəˈɹɛkt/|[daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt]|/dɑɪˈɹekt/|/dɪˈɹekt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To manage, control, steer.
    — to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army
  2. To aim (something) at (something else).
    — They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.
  3. To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.
    — He directed me to the left-hand road.
  4. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
    — She directed them to leave immediately.
  5. To address (a letter) to a particular person or place. dated
    — [A]s I do not know where I shall be, and shall have my letters sent after me as soon as I do know, continue to direct hither.
形容词 adj.
  1. Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
  2. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
    — the most direct route between two buildings
  3. Straightforward; sincere.
    — Be even and direct with me.
  4. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
    — He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.
  5. In the line of descent; not collateral.
    — a descendant in the direct line
  6. In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
  7. Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
    — direct nomination; direct legislation
  8. Having a single flight number.
  9. Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.
副词 adv.
  1. Directly.
    — The walls, which are fixed direct into the ground without a plinth, are made of wattle and plastered with a thin lair of mud or cowdung.

词形变化

more direct comparative most direct superlative more direct comparative most direct superlative directs present,singular,third-person directing participle,present directed participle,past directed past

词汇关系

近义词
patent univocal
反义词
indirect
衍生词
direct access direct action direct activist direct air capture direct bank direct broadcast satellite direct buffer direct case direct cinema direct client contact direct cost direct coupling direct cremation direct current direct cut direct debit direct democracy direct deposit direct descendant direct discourse direct drive direct election direct evidence direct exam direct examination direct fire direct flight direct free kick direct grant grammar school direct initiative direct intent direct-inverse marking direct inward dialing direct limit direct mail direct marketing direct maternal death direct message directness direct object direct orange direct primary direct product direct provision direct question direct quote direct red card direct registering direct repeat direct report direct response direct rule direct selling direct sequel direct speech direct sum direct system direct tax direct-to-cell direct-to-cellphone direct-to-cellular direct-to-consumer direct-to-DVD direct-to-home direct-to-streaming direct-to-TV direct-to-video direct verb dreckly foreign direct investment hyperdirect nondirect non-direct buffer semidirect transcranial direct current stimulation undirect co-direct codirect directability directable directee directrix misdirect outdirect overdirect overdirecting redirect redirective stereodirect subdirect underdirect
相关词
adroit direction directly director dirge dirigible dress

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin dīrēctus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + regō (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress. Doublet of derecho.
For the meaning development compare with Russian напра́вить (naprávitʹ, “to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point”), отпра́вить (otprávitʹ, “to send, to dispatch, to forward”) connected with пра́вить (právitʹ, “to govern, to rule, to drive, to steer”).
词源 2
Borrowed from Latin dīrēctus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + regō (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress. Doublet of derecho.
For the meaning development compare with Russian напра́вить (naprávitʹ, “to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point”), отпра́вить (otprávitʹ, “to send, to dispatch, to forward”) connected with пра́вить (právitʹ, “to govern, to rule, to drive, to steer”).
词源 3
Borrowed from Latin dīrēctus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + regō (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress. Doublet of derecho.
For the meaning development compare with Russian напра́вить (naprávitʹ, “to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point”), отпра́вить (otprávitʹ, “to send, to dispatch, to forward”) connected with пра́вить (právitʹ, “to govern, to rule, to drive, to steer”).
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