pole

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pole1 /pəʊl $ poʊl/ W3 noun [countableC] → poll

1 stick/post 棒/杆D a long stick or post usually made of wood or metal, often set upright in the ground to support something 杆，柱，竿

a telephone pole

电话线杆

2 HEGSGthe most northern or most southern point on a planet, especially the Earth 〔行星的〕地极；〔尤指地球的〕北[南]极

the distance from pole to equator

地极到赤道的距离

the North/South Pole

Amundsen’s expedition was the first to reach the South Pole.

阿蒙森的探险队是最早到达南极的队伍。

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3 be poles apart DIFFERENTtwo people or things that are poles apart are as different from each other as it is possible to be 〔两人或两事物〕截然相反，大相径庭

Both are brilliant pianists, though they’re poles apart in style.

他们两位都是卓越的钢琴家，然而在风格上却大相径庭。

Examples from the Corpus

be poles apart• Tokyo and Washington remain poles apart on the issue of free trade.• The two feelings were poles apart.• This is an area of human emotion so fraught with difficulty that attitudes to it are poles apart.• Our views may be poles apart but they're not saboteurs.• The results are poles apart in terms of character ... each room has a distinctive style of its own.• Their childhoods, like almost everything else about them, were poles apart.• I suppose that logicians and physicists normally consider themselves to be poles apart.

4 opposite ideas/beliefs 相反的观点/信仰OPPOSITE/REVERSE one of two situations, ideas, or opinions that are the complete opposite of each other 〔两种情况、观念或意见〕截然相反的两极之一；极端

at one pole/at opposite poles

We have enormous wealth at one pole, and poverty and misery at the other.

我们一方面有着巨大的财富，另一方面又存在着贫穷和困苦。

Washington and Beijing are at opposite poles (=think in two completely different ways) on this issue.

在这个问题上，华盛顿和北京看法完全不同。

5 electrical 电的

a) HPone of two points at the ends of a magnet where its power is the strongest 磁极

b) HPEone of the two points at which wires can be attached to a battery in order to use its electricity 电极

Examples from the Corpus

pole• Chain mail was made first by coiling links around a pole and then fully constructed by interlinking.• a fishing pole• a flag pole• Alexei dragged his coat off what remained of the lantern pole.• At one pole in the debate is keeping our personal freedoms, and at the other is reducing crime.• Pike pole with D-shaped handles is extended for victim to reach.• They begin to go through motions of dancing, holding on to the steel poles that support the ceiling, jerking mechanically.• They like roosting on telegraph poles.• The top of the pole had been severed, and his hat had fallen out of sight into the space below the staging.• Amundsen's expedition was the first to reach the pole.• The other boy walked around the house poking the walls with a thick pole.• When he looked down he felt as if his own feet were stuck in the soft muck like two poles.

the North/South Pole• Joseph Harker Is there anything intrinsically upward about the north pole?• Once into the southern hemisphere the lines of latitude would become shorter and finally vanish at the south pole.• He's also planned a route to the south pole of Mars.

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