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外刊例句
- Every first-year economics student quickly becomes familiar with charts of supply and demand, which place price on one axis and quantity on the other.
每个经济学专业的新生很快都会熟悉供求关系图,图上两条轴线分别用来标示价格和数量。
——《经济学人》 - It was 1942, the world was at war, and the eponymous city was occupied by the Axis powers.
那是1942年,世界还处于战争中,这座与影片齐名的城市当时为轴心国所占领。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[noun] an imaginary line about which a body rotates
[名词] 轴(旋转物体假想的中心线)
深入解读
axis源自拉丁语axis(轴、中心点),其最基本的含义为“轴、轴线”,即一个物体或一个三维图形绕着旋转或者可以设想绕着旋转的一根直线,比如地轴就是“the earth’s axis”。当用在几何上时,axis指的则是“将物体平分为二的对称中心线”。若是在图表中,axis又指“固定的参考轴线”或“坐标轴”,比如:
- the vertical axis
纵坐标轴 - the horizontal axis
横坐标轴
第二次世界大战期间,纳粹德国、意大利王国和日本帝国等共同结成法西斯国家联盟,被称为轴心国(Axis powers)。为什么要将法西斯联盟称为轴心国呢?
这源于意大利法西斯独裁者墨索里尼在与纳粹德国签订同盟条约后的一次演讲,他在演讲中宣称其他欧洲国家应该从此开始围着罗马-柏林轴线(the Rome-Berlin axis,柏林和罗马在同一经度线上)转。
影视用例
出自1980年5月美国科幻片《星球大战V:帝国反击战》(Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)。该片讲述银河帝国的超级武器“死星”虽被义军摧毁,但势力再兴。义军节节败退,在苟延残喘中期待新的希望。卢克·天行者走上绝地武士的道路并面临着走向光明或是黑暗的抉择。
常见短语
Axis 是一个名词,指的是中心线、轴线,或者联盟、合作等关系。以下是包含“axis”这个词的50个短语,附上中文解释:
- Geographical axis – 地理轴线
- Horizontal axis – 水平轴
- Vertical axis – 垂直轴
- Central axis – 中心轴
- Rotational axis – 旋转轴
- Polar axis – 极轴
- Earth’s axis – 地球轴
- Axis of symmetry – 对称轴
- Longitudinal axis – 纵轴
- Axis of rotation – 旋转轴
- X-axis – X轴
- Y-axis – Y轴
- Z-axis – Z轴
- Axis of the Earth’s orbit – 地球轨道轴
- Economic axis – 经济轴
- Political axis – 政治轴
- Cultural axis – 文化轴
- Global axis – 全球轴
- Trade axis – 贸易轴
- Diplomatic axis – 外交轴
- Strategic axis – 战略轴
- Social axis – 社会轴
- Alliance axis – 联盟轴
- Axis of cooperation – 合作轴
- Scientific axis – 科学轴
- Axis of power – 权力轴
- Economic growth axis – 经济增长轴
- Cultural exchange axis – 文化交流轴
- Axis of development – 发展轴
- Trade partnership axis – 贸易伙伴关系轴
- Axis of innovation – 创新轴
- Security axis – 安全轴
- Axis of progress – 进步轴
- Regional axis – 区域轴
- Axis of influence – 影响力轴
- Bilateral axis – 双边轴
- Axis of negotiation – 谈判轴
- Cultural integration axis – 文化融合轴
- Environmental axis – 环境轴
- Axis of understanding – 理解轴
- Diplomatic axis – 外交轴
- Coastal axis – 沿海轴
- Axis of collaboration – 合作轴
- Axis of influence – 影响力轴
- Economic partnership axis – 经济伙伴关系轴
- Axis of unity – 团结轴
- Trade axis – 贸易轴
- Axis of communication – 交流轴
- Axis of conflict – 冲突轴
- Axis of progress – 进步轴
同近义词
- median: a straight line passing from a point of a triangle to the centre of the opposite side
- shaft: a shaft is a rod that turns round continually in order to transfer movement in the machine
- axle: a long straight piece of metal that connects a pair of wheels on a vehicle