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bring /briŋ/ vt. (brought /brɔ:t/, brought) 1.带来（可跟双宾）：Bring your sister here next time.下次把你妹妹 带来。Liz brought her a glass of water.(=…a glass of water to her)莉姿给她端了杯水。2.导致：The sad news brought tears to her eyes. 噩耗使她不禁流泪。3.招引：Her cries brought the neighbours.她的叫声使邻居们跑了过来。4.构成短语动词 bring about 引起：Science has brought about many changes in our lives.科学给我们的生活带来了许多变化。bring along 把…带来：I want to bring my friend along to see you. 我想把我的朋友带来见你。bring roud/around使苏醒；劝说某人做某事（尤指接受自己的观点）：She's not keen, but I think I can bring her round.她并不是很热心，但我想我可以说服她。bring back 归还：All library books must be brought back before June 20.所有图书馆的书必须在6月20日之前归还。 bring down使落下，击落：I'll give you some aspirin to bring down his temperature我给你点阿司匹林，把你的体温降下来。We are determined to bring down inflation.我们决心降低通货膨胀。bring forth 生产，导致；生育：The guilty verdict has brought forth sharp criticism from women’s groups.有罪判决导致妇女群体的尖锐批评。Six months ago, his wife had finally brought forth a son and heir.六个月前他妻子终于生下一子有了后嗣。bring forward 提出，提议：bring the matter forward at the next meeting 在下次会议把此事提出来 bring into being使某事物产生/存在：This rule was brought into being because the old law was abused. 由于旧的法律遭到滥用, 这条规则便应运而生。bring …into play使运行；使生效；激活：We must bring all positive factors into play. 我们必须调动一切积极因素。bring off成功做某事：It’s a really difficult part to act but I think she brought it off. (= she succeeded)这个角色不容易担当，但我认为她成功了。bring on导致（不愉快）；帮助某人提高技术等：Headaches are often brought on by stress.头疼往往是紧张导致的。The college golf scholarships are excellent at bringing on talented young players.学院高尔夫奖学金非常有利于提高有天赋的年轻球员的球技。bring out 取出；说出，阐明；出版：The robber brought out his knife. 强盗拿出刀子。Bring out the meaning more clearly.把意思讲清楚些。bring out a set of children’s books 出版一套儿童读物 bring the house down 满堂喝彩：The clown sang a duet with the talking horse, which brought the house down every night. 小丑和一匹会说话的马表演一段二重奏，每个晚上都是满堂喝彩。bring sb. to使某人苏醒：Sam collapsed and at first no one could bring him to.萨姆虚脱了，起初无人能使他苏醒。bring to justice绳之以法，交付审判：to bring a criminal to justice 使罪犯受到法律制裁 bring … to life使生动有趣：It’s always been an interesting period in history and this film really brought it to life.这一直被认为是非常有趣的一段历史，本片确实使其活灵活现。bring … to light使曝光：Her research has brought to light new information about Jefferson’s early life. 她的研究使得杰斐逊早期的新材料告白于天下。bring … to one’s knees征服…：Sanctions were imposed in an attempt to bring the country to its knees.企图通过制裁来征服这个国家。bring up 教育，养育；呕吐：She has brought up five children. 她养育了五个孩子。He brought up what he had eaten. 他把吃下的东西全吐了出来。bring up the rear 随其后：You two go ahead - Sam and I’ll bring up the rear.你们两个向前去，萨姆和我随后。

［辨析］bring, take, fetch, carry 都有“带，运送”的意思。bring表示“带来”:Bring me a cup of tea, please.请给我拿杯茶来。take表示“带走”：Let’s take Mary to the cinema. 让我们带玛丽去电影院吧。fetch表示“去取来”：Please fetch some chairs from the next room.请到隔壁房间拿几把椅子来。carry表示“运送”，是一般用语，指用车、船、手、肩、背把人或物运至另一地方：Railways, trucks and ships carry goods. 火车、卡车、轮船运送货物。He carried the boy on his back.他背上驮着那男孩。