decipher

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de·ci·pher /dɪˈsaɪfə $ -ər/ verb [transitiveT]

1 UNDERSTANDto find the meaning of something that is difficult to read or understand 辨认；解释 → indecipherable

She studied the envelope, trying to decipher the handwriting.

她仔细地看信封，试图辨认上面的字迹。

2. to change a message written in a code into ordinary language so that you can read it 解译；破译 SYN decode

—decipherment noun [uncountableU]

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decipher• Would you like me to decipher a Rorschach for you?• From then on the Chamber began following closely each development as the messages were in turn deciphered and translated.• Much of our SleepTight tryout was spent deciphering directions.• She couldn't decipher it in the pitch black.• For Adorno, then, the meaning of musical works is immanent; our role is to decipher it.• Illiterate people may be able to recognize and decipher signs.• Those Hansard writers could decipher the Rosetta stone in their spare time.• It means that it has fewer aural clues from which to decipher the sense.• What such discoveries mean is that scientists are deciphering what seems to be a fundamental weight-control system in the body.

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