carry /ˈkæri/ vt. 1.运送，手提，肩挑， 搬，抱，带等： He was carrying a box on his shoulder. 他肩上扛着个盒子。The monkey carried her baby on her back.老猴子背上背着它的小猴子。 How many kilograms of luggage can I carry with me?我随身可以带多少公斤行李? 2.传达，传播：Wind carries sound. 风传播声音。The news is carried all over the world by radio. 消息由无线电传遍了全世界。［考句］The newest satellite can carry a thousand telephone conversations and a colour TV program at the same time. 这颗最新的人造卫星可以同时传送1,000路的电话以及一套彩色电视节目。3.构成短语动词 carry something forward保留：we carried forward a reserve which allowed us to meet demands.我们保留了一些储备，这些储备后来满足了我们的需要。carry off 使死亡；成功：Hunger and cold carried off many of the children in the camp.饥饿和寒冷使很多营地儿童丧生。It’s not an easy part to act but I thought he carried it off brilliantly.这个角色不易演，但我认为他演得非常成功。carry on 继续，进行；开展；经营：carry on the work继续工作The doctor told her to carry on with the treatment. 大夫要她继续治疗。［考句］ They carried on in spite of the extremely difficult conditions.尽管条件十分艰苦，他们还是继续（进行）下去。carry out 进行，实行，执行：carry out the plan实行这个计划；carry out policies 执行政策；carry out experiments 做实验 carry over 推后；相互影响：The performance has had to be carried over to next week. 演出已经不得不推到下周。Inevitably, problems at work are carried over into your private life. 工作中的问题不可避免地要影响你的私生活。carry through 帮助克服困难；取得成功：Determination alone will carry you through the bad times.毅力本身就能使你度过难关。It will almost certainly be the next decade before this package of reforms is carried through.几乎一定要到下一个十年，他的一揽子改革计划才能获得成功。carry weight （见weight条）
［辨析］与bring, take和fetch辨见bring
