1PROBLEMto experience something, especially problems or opposition 遇到,遭遇〔尤指问题或反对〕
encounter problems/difficulties
They encountered serious problems when two members of the expedition were injured.
远征队遇到了严重的问题,两名队员受伤。
encounter opposition/resistance
The government has encountered strong opposition to its plans to raise income tax.
政府欲提高所得税的方案遭到了强烈反对。
The doctor had encountered several similar cases in the past.
那位医生过去曾碰到过好几个类似病例。
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In everyday English, people usually say come across problems/difficulties rather than encounter problems/difficulties and come up against opposition/resistance rather than encounter opposition/resistance: 在日常英语中,人们一般说come across problems/difficulties,而不说encounter problems/difficulties ;一般说come up against opposition/resistance,而不说encounter opposition/resistance
Did you come across any problems?
你遇到过什么问题吗?
We came up against quite a lot of opposition from local people.
我们遭到了当地人的极大反对。
2MEET formal to meet someone without planning to 偶然碰到〔某人〕
I first encountered him when studying at Cambridge.
我第一次遇到他是在剑桥读书时。
Examples from the Corpus
encounter• One encounters a comparatively congenial Schoenberg here.• On the way to town, the soldiersencountered a group of white policemen and shot two of them.• Matheu's efforts to establish the clinicencountered a number of setbacks.• All three dialed up without encountering any busysignals when tested Thursday morning.• This, incidentally, could help with the problem encountered earlier of incorporatingunusualcrimes such as child abuse in the postclassical perspective.• An attempt by Bandai to break into the game player business has encountered even more problems.• Drivers on the M25 are likely to encounterfog and black icetonight.• Other abbreviations are encountered in some thesauri.• It was rare that she encounteredinteresting people through her work.• He was a famouspainter once more now, not simply a local eccentric to encounter on the beach.• If your dogencounterspoisonoak, do not pet it until you clean its fur.• Many of the children encountered some difficulty in learning the material.• The government has encountered strong opposition over its plans to build a new airport.• It was on that second voyage he encountered the Odonata.• He encountered the young woman as she was leaving a coffeeshop.
encounter problems/difficulties• But recently Julia has been encountering difficulties.• Problems of Status and Structure Volunteers who immediately assumed their permanentassignments also encountered difficulties.• Constantly he creates situations for which he can find no earthlysolution and his charactersencounter difficultiesbeyond their means to control.• Mehta -- a cousin of the celebrated Zubin -- also encounters difficulties, but keeps going.• As a school-age child, she encounters difficulties comprehending instructions.• Science and technology still accounted for the largest group of students, though recruitment for technology was encountering difficulties in Britain generally.• Whitehall officials have encountered difficulties in deciding which essential services to include.• If they buy on credit are they likely to encounter difficulties in repaying the loan?
encounter2 ●○○AWL noun [countableC]
1MEETan occasion when you meet someone, or do something with someone you do not know 相遇,邂逅
She didn’t remember our encounter last summer.
她不记得我和她去年夏天那次邂逅了。
encounter with
His first encounter with Wilson was back in 1989.
他第一次遇到威尔逊是在1989年。
Bernstein began training the young musician after a chance encounter at a concert (=a meeting that happened by chance).
在一次音乐会上偶然相遇之后,伯恩斯坦便开始培养这位年轻的音乐家。
casual sexual encounters (=occasions when people have sex)
偶然发生的性关系
encounter between
hostile encounters between supporters of rival football teams
互为对手的足球队球迷之间的冲突
2an occasion when you meet or experience something 遭遇;经历
encounter with
a child’s first encounter with books
孩子第一次接触书本
a close encounter with a snake (=a frightening situation in which you get too close to something)
encounter with• The U.S. had won its first encounter with the NorthVietnamesearmy.
close encounter• DesertOrchid and a close encounter of the short kind.• In a close encounter last season, Gloucester pipped Northampton by 7 points to 6.• I've twice had close encounters of a nasty kind with flying lead.• We also shared a cou-ple of close encounters with danger.• The designer's close encounter of severeillness had a profoundinfluence on his scheme.• The pain is severe and no predator would risk a second close encounter with these snakes.• Retired Willcox schoolteacherJoe Duhon has had several close encounters with the Playa, but he keeps going back.• For those unexpectedclose encounters, breath refresher capsules can be a real life-saver.
Originencounter1
(1200-1300)Old Frenchencontrer, from Late Latinincontra“toward”