1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]APPERFORM to do something to entertain people, for example by acting a play or playing a piece of music 表演,演出
Chenier and the band are performing at the Silver Palace tomorrow.
车尼尔和乐队明天将在银宫演出。
The children perform two plays each school year.
孩子们一学年表演两部话剧。
Do not use perform to say what person an actor pretends to be in a play, film etc. Use play: John Wayne played (NOT performed) a Roman soldier in the film.
表示演员在戏剧、电影等中扮演某角色,不用perform,要用play: John Wayne played (不说performed) a Roman soldier in the film.约翰·韦恩在那部电影中扮演一名罗马士兵。
2[transitiveT]DO to do something, especially something difficult or useful 做;执行;履行;实行〔尤指有难度或有用的事〕SYN carry out
Surgeons performed an emergency operation.
外科医生做了一个急诊手术。
The official opening ceremony was performed by Princess Margaret.
官方开幕式由玛格丽特公主主持。
perform a study/experiment/analysis etc
An analysis of the survey data was performed.
对调查数据进行了分析。
perform a task/job/duty
She was fired for not performing the duties outlined in her contract.
由于没有履行合同中规定的职责,她被解雇了。
perform a function/role
software that performs a specific function
执行特定功能的软件
The leadership cannot be expected to perform miracles (=improve a situation in a way that seems impossible).
不要指望这个领导班子能化腐朽为神奇。
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In everyday English, people usually say that someone carries out an operation, a study etc rather than use perform: 在日常英语中,人们一般说 carry out an operation, a study etc , 而不说 perform
The operation was carried out by a team of surgeons.
这次手术由一个外科医生团队实施。
3perform well/badly etc
a)PERFORMto work or do something well, badly etc 表现得好/差等 → underperform
Many religious schools perform well academically.
许多教会学校学业成绩非常好。
The team performed poorly on Saturday.
那支球队星期六表现很差。
b)if a product, business etc performs well or badly, it makes a lot of money or very little money 〔产品、生意等〕经营得好/不好等
perform a study/experiment/analysis etc• I merely want you to perform an experiment.• In other words, Heisenberg pointed out that bodies, not detached minds, perform experiments.• Time-free environments One possibility is to perform experiments in the relatively constant conditions that existnear the poles.• We design and perform an experiment, or make observations, according to a preformed set of ideas or concepts in our mind.
From Longman Business Dictionary
performper·form /pəˈfɔːmpərˈfɔːrm/ verb
1[transitiveT] to do work, carry out a duty, task etc
It takes a highly skilled mechanic to perform repairs on this car.
Symbols across the top of the screen let a user click a mouse button to perform common operations such as adding up a column of figures.
These chips are designed to perform very specific functions, such as controlling computer disk drives.
2[intransitiveI] to do what is expected or wanted
She looked good during the interview, but will she perform once she’s in the job?
The company’s three divisions allperformed well, despite the recession.
—performer noun [countableC]
The company is a top performer in its field.
Originperform
(1300-1400)Anglo-Frenchperformer, from Old Frenchperfournir, from fournir“to complete”