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peer

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peer1 /pɪə $ pɪr/ ●●○ noun [countableC] → pier
1  [usually plural]PG formal your peers are the people who are the same age as you, or who have the same type of job, social class etc 同齡人；社會地位相同的人
American children did less well in math than their peers in Japan.
美國兒童的數學成績不如日本的同齡兒童。
Staff members are trained by their peers.
員工由同事培訓。
→ peer group, peer pressure
2. a member of the British nobility 〔英國的〕貴族 → House of Lords, peerage
→ life peer
Examples from the Corpus
peer• The Government is to reintroduce a bill curbing the right to jury trial, which has twice been thrown out by peers.• Few of his peers scoffed, but even fewer followed his example of actually taking it on the course.• The respect of his peers in the research community is very important to him.• It gives evidence of the approval of peers and keeps one in contact with the traditions of the past.• How was I spending my time on peer relationships?• At about three years old, children begin to take an interest in their peers.• Everyone wants to be successful in the eyes of their peers.• Six were Etonians, three were peers, and another three were knights or baronets.• So we put together a list of students who were peer mentors.• Relationships with peers, not superiors, seemed the developmental relationships that mattered.• The jury system gives you the basic right to be judged by your peers.
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peer2 ●●○ verb [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]
PGto look very carefully at something, especially because you are having difficulty seeing it 〔尤指因看起來費勁而〕盯着看，凝視
He was peering through the wet windscreen at the cars ahead.
他正費力地透過淋濕的風擋盯視着前方的汽車。
Philippa peered into the darkness.
菲莉帕凝視着暗處。
► see thesaurus at look
Examples from the Corpus
peer• Two heads swivelled to peer at her, and she recognized the reporters from the pub.• She adjusted her glasses and peered at the man.• I slowed, turning to peer at the site with an eerie feeling of detachment.• Lok peered at the stick and the lump of bone and the small eyes in the bone things over the face.• Mattie grunted abstractedly, totally engrossed in peering at the various plastic containers and bowls in the refrigerator.• Watch any game in a crucial situation and you will see the catcher peering into his dugout before calling each pitch.• Roger peered into the dark corridor to see what was making the noise.• Having stopped the car, feeling pleasantly lost, he peered through the half-dark.• Yanto crouched down and peered under the wagon.
From Longman Business Dictionary
peerpeer /pɪəpɪr/ noun [countableC usually plural]
1a company or product that is similar to the one you are talking about
He believes the company is undervalued relative to its peers.
2someone who is the same age or has the same job, social position etc as the person you are talking about
Staff members are trained by their peers.
Origin peer1
(1200-1300) Old French per, from Latin par “equal”; → PAR
 peer2
(1500-1600) Perhaps from appear
peer1 nounpeer2 verb
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