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gear

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Related topics: Motor vehicles, Technology, Clothes, Mechanical, Drug culture
gear1 /ɡɪə $ ɡɪr/ ●●○ S3 noun  
1  in cars etc 汽车等的 [countableC, uncountableU]TTC the machinery in a vehicle such as a car, truck, or bicycle that you use to go comfortably at different speeds 排挡，挡位
 His mountain bike had 18 gears.
他的山地自行车有18挡。
 Andy drove cautiously along in third gear.
安迪挂着三挡小心地行驶。
 Does this thing have a reverse gear?
这玩意儿有倒挡吗？
 Any cyclist can climb a difficult hill; you just change gear.
谁都能骑上难爬的山坡，只要换挡就行了。
 Don’t turn off the engine while you’re still in gear.
还挂着挡的时候不要关发动机。
 It’s a good habit to take the car out of gear while you’re at a stoplight.
等红灯时换空挡的习惯很好。
2  [countableC, uncountableU] used to talk about the amount of effort and energy that someone is using in a situation 〔某种情形下所花的〕精力，努力
 During this period, Japan’s export industries were in top gear (=were as active as they could be).
在这个时期，日本的出口工业如日中天。
 The Republican’s propaganda machine moved into high gear.
共和党的宣传机器开足了马力。
step up a gear British EnglishBrE (=increase the level of effort) 加大力度
 United stepped up a gear in the second half.
联队在下半场加强了拼抢。
3  change gear British EnglishBrE, change/switch/shift gears American EnglishCHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENT to start doing something in a different way, especially using more or less energy or effort 改变做事方式〔尤指改变力度〕
 The boss expects us to be able to change gear just like that.
老板希望我们能够随时随地调整工作节奏。
Examples from the Corpus
change gear• Russ Armstrong, a Middlesbrough motorcycle dealer, has also changed gear after 18 years of the road racing power game.• They saw Jekub roll backwards, change gear with a roar, and attack the truck again.• Any cyclist can climb a difficult hill: you just change gear.• We must now change gear somewhat, and ask what it would take for such relationships to be treated as satisfactory explanations.• Every ten minutes or so she would hear the tortured scream of the transmission and randomly change gears.• You need to be able to move swiftly, changing gears and learning new skills without complaining.• Mark's idea of getting her to change gear was to slip on a nurse's uniform.• Volkov changed gear and increased his speed.
4  equipment 设备 [uncountableU]TEQUIPMENT a set of equipment or tools you need for a particular activity 〔用于某种活动的〕一套设备[工具]
 He’s crazy about photography – he’s got all the gear.
他对摄影很着迷——所有的器材他都有。
 We’ll need some camping gear.
我们需要带些宿营设备。
5  clothes 衣服DCC [uncountableU] a set of clothes that you wear for a particular occasion or activity 〔为某个场合或活动而穿的〕成套服装
 Bring your rain gear.
带上你的雨具。
 police in riot gear
穿着防暴服的警察
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6  machinery 机器TEM [uncountableU] a piece of machinery that performs a particular job 〔某种用途的〕机器
 the landing gear of a plane
飞机的起落架
 heavy lifting gear
重型起重机
7. drugs 毒品 [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE informalMDD a word meaning illegal drugs, used by people who take drugs 毒品〔吸毒者用语〕
8  get your ass in gear American EnglishAmE informal used to tell someone to hurry 赶快 SYN move your ass
 You’d better get your ass in gear – you’re late.
你最好快点——要迟到了。
Examples from the Corpus
get your ass in gear• You better get your ass in gear, you're late.
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
first/second/third etc gear
The heavy traffic meant that we seldom got out of second gear.
a low gear (=first or second gear)
You should use a low gear when going up a hill.
a high gear (=third, fourth, or fifth gear)
Put the car into a higher gear.
top gear British EnglishBrE (=the highest gear)
Hamilton slipped effortlessly into top gear.
bottom gear British EnglishBrE (=the lowest gear)
The car trundled slowly forward in bottom gear.
reverse gear (=for driving backwards)
He put the truck into reverse gear.
verbs
change gear (also switch/shift gears American EnglishAmE)
It takes some time to learn when to change gear.
put the car etc into (first/second/third etc) gear
He put the car into gear, and they moved slowly forwards.
engage first/second etc gear (=put the car into gear)
Nick struggled to engage first gear.
be in the wrong gear
The straining noises from the engine told him that he was in the wrong gear.
crunch/grind the gears (=change gear in a way that makes an unpleasant noise)
He crunched the gears into reverse.
Examples from the Corpus
gear• camping gear• The soldiers were wearing heavy combat gear and travelling in convoys.• There are bellends at either end and both are big enough to store a couple of rucksacks and cooking gear.• The truck, in first gear again, was heading through a forest of small thin jack pine.• Have you got all your football gear?• The drive is transmitted into the adjacent mill building which houses two complete sets of grinding gear and allied crushers, etc.• Did you pack my hiking gear?• Those with the most modern gear can land in zero visibility.• The 12,000 pounds of gear required for the two-day flight test relies on the interactions of 18 computers.• At 8.30 we loaded all our gear into the boat, and cruised out to a spot a few miles offshore.• Police, with riot gear on standby, were called in just after 1am this morning.• Russell wrote, adding that he was on his way to trade the weapons for scuba gear.• Everywhere you went, you'd meet a mate who had some gear.• Now that I've got all the gear, I'm ready to come out riding with you.
in third gear• It is also present in third gear but much less so.• Fordwater is flat in top, St Mary's is tricky in third gear, as is Lavant.
top gear• It was downhill in top gear now.• Quins had started in top gear with Will Carling ripping through the Rugby midfield for the opening try.• Accelerate smartly so that you can get into top gear as quickly as possible.• It was ready to move into top gear at very short notice.• But it was after the interval that Alton really moved into top gear.• He just had to adjust to the wide outside and Bones's new top gear, hitherto unsuspected.• Bath could not hit their top gear of late as they too slithered around in the wet.
gear2 verb [transitiveT]  
1 be geared to somebody/something SUITABLEto be organized in a way that is suitable for a particular purpose or situation 适合某人/某事物
 The typical career pattern was geared to men whose wives didn’t work.
这种典型的职业模式是为妻子不工作的男性设计的。
be geared to do something
 The course curriculum is geared to span three years.
这门课程设计为三年学完。
Examples from the Corpus
be geared to somebody/something• The new air fares are geared to business travelers.• Charles's body language was geared to communicating to street toughs.• Everything we do is geared to a belief.• Everything would be geared to quite ruthless war operations.• Is it simply that our screening procedures, which are geared to human need, overlook their actual role?• Much of this is possible because the curriculum is geared to the developmental needs of children.• One problem remains, however - how do you find training that is geared to the needs of the individuals?• The nature of the assessment should be geared to the purpose of the writing.
2 gear up phrasal verbphr v to prepare for something 为…做好准备
for
 The organization is gearing up for a convention in May.
这个机构正在筹备5月份的一个会议。
gear up/be geared up to do something
 Fast food restaurants are geared up to serve thousands of people daily.
快餐店每天可以接待数千顾客。
Examples from the Corpus
gear up• The company will shortly be gearing up for a major expansion.• Retailers are already gearing up to meet the Christmas rush.
gear for• While obviously busy and gearing up for a big night, the servers here were ever mindful of their dining patrons.• The National Education Association is gearing up for its four-day convention in Boston.• Meanwhile, we were gearing up for my first theatrical performance in New York.• Now that he is gearing up for November, part of his strategy involves blurring the Contract to suit his purposes.• Meanwhile, the Perot organization is gearing up for petition drives in other states starting Feb. 1.• While gearing up for the event, Tamagni is faithfully skating around Miramar Reservoir.• The declining support is causing consternation in the ruling party, which is gearing up for the presidential election later this year.
Examples from the Corpus
gear• The four speed gearbox seems to be very high geared.• Reward systems, promotions and a sense of identity are individually geared and generated.• Clothes, styles, music, and movies, are all geared for their specific market and enjoyment.• Eliminate narrow job-training programs, those geared to low-wage, low-skill occupations, and those that do not reflect labor-market needs.• This revamping is geared toward helping workers adapt to changing times.• It will be gearing up this year, but is unlikely to repeat the 1991 rights issue.• A three-week strike meant a four-week delay by the time everybody was geared up to return to work.
From Longman Business Dictionary
geargear1 /gɪəgɪr/ noun [uncountableU]
1special equipment or clothing used for a particular purpose
We manufacture airplane landing gear and other aerospace parts.
Police in riot gear (=special clothing that protects them if they are attacked) stopped demonstrators getting anywhere near the G8 conference.
2in/into high/top gearCOMMERCE if an activity moves into high gear, it becomes much more important, and people put more effort into making it succeed
The alliance with Mattel is part of Disney’s strategy to keep its merchandising efforts in top gear.
3in/into low gearCOMMERCE if a financial or industrial activity is in low gear, it is not growing, or it is not at a high level
The country’s economy has been stuck in low gear since 1992.
Wall Street shifted into low gear (=started working more slowly than usual) ahead of the Memorial Day weekend.
geargear2 verb [transitiveT]
1be geared at/to/towards to be designed or organized in a way that is suitable for a particular purpose
Fiji’s policies are geared towards reducing reliance on sugar exports and tourism.
Honda’s latest advertisements are geared at consumers who normally prefer buying American trucks and cars.
2be geared to to be connected to something, so that if one thing changes, so does the other
They were borrowing large sums that weregeared to interest rates that might rise.
The minimum notice period is geared to the length of time you have been employed.
→ gear up
Origin gear1
Old English gearwe
gear1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1gear2 verb
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