English主要词典
exercise
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun
activity / movements
1 [U] physical or mental activity that you do to stay healthy or become stronger:
Swimming is good exercise. * I don't get much exercise sitting in the office all day. * The mind needs exercise as well as the body. * vigorous / gentle exercise * (BrE) to take exercise
2 [C] a set of movements or activities that you do to stay healthy or develop a skill:
breathing / relaxation / stretching exercises * exercises for the piano * Repeat the exercise ten times on each leg.
questions
3 [C] a set of questions in a book that tests your knowledge or practises a skill:
grammar exercises * Do exercise one for homework.
use of power / right / quality
4 [U] ~ of sth the use of power, a skill, a quality or a right to make sth happen:
the exercise of power / authority by the government * the exercise of patience / discretion / judgement
for particular result
5 [C] ~ (in sth) an activity that is designed to achieve a particular result:
an exercise in public relations * Staying calm was an exercise in self-control. * a communications exercise * In the end it proved a pointless exercise.
for soldiers
6 [C,usually pl.] a set of activities or movements for training soldiers:
military exercises
ceremonies
7 (exercises) [pl.] (AmE) ceremonies:
college graduation exercises
verb
use power / right / quality
1 [VN] (formal) to use your power, rights or personal qualities in order to achieve sth:
When she appeared in court she exercised her right to remain silent. * He was a man who exercised considerable influence over people.
do physical activity
2 to do sports or other physical activities in order to stay healthy or become stronger; to make an animal do this:
[V] an hour's class of exercising to music * How often do you exercise? * [VN] Horses need to be exercised regularly.
3 [VN] to give a part of the body the movement and activity it needs to keep strong and healthy:
These movements will exercise your arms and shoulders.
be anxious
4 [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sb/sth (about sth) (formal) if sb is exercised about sth, they are very anxious about it:
The public are less exercised about this matter than the media. * This very problem has exercised the minds of some of our most eminent scientists.
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