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Results for: "reference"

Translating from English to Chinese Simplified

Translations:

reference — academic writing
→ 引用 (yǐnyòng)
→ 来源 (láiyuán)
→ 参考文献 (cānkǎo wénxiàn)
reference — measurement one can compare to
→ 参考 (cānkǎo)
reference — information about a person
→ 推荐信 (tuījiànxìn)
→ 引用 (yǐnyòng)

More translations:

reference
→ 提及,涉及
reference
→ 关于品行、能力等的)证明、介绍
reference
→ 参考书目

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 10

  1. a remark that calls attention to something or someone

    • “she made frequent mention of her promotion”
    • “there was no mention of it”
    • “the speaker made several references to his wife”
    Synonymsmention
  2. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

    • “the student's essay failed to list several important citations”
    • “the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book”
    • “the article includes mention of similar clinical cases”
  3. an indicator that orients you generally

    • “it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved”
    Synonymsreference pointpoint of reference
Show 7 more meanings
  1. a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts

    • “he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic”
    Synonymsreference bookreference workbook of facts
  2. a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

    • “requests for character references are all too often answered evasively”
    Synonymscharactercharacter reference
  3. the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"

    • “the extension of `satellite of Mars'”
  4. the act of referring or consulting

    • “reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer”
    Synonymsconsultation
  5. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

    • “he carried an armful of references back to his desk”
    • “he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation”
    Synonymssource
  6. (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

    Synonymsaddresscomputer address
  7. the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to

    • “he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes”

VERB 1

  1. refer to; work"

    • “he referenced his colleagues'”
    Synonymscite