encounter

1. V-T If you encounter problems or difficulties, you experience them. 遭遇

Every day of our lives we encounter major and minor stresses of one kind or another. 生活中的每一天，我們會遇到或大或小的這樣那樣的壓力。

2. V-T If you encounter someone, you meet them, usually unexpectedly. 邂逅[正式]

Did you encounter anyone in the building?

你在那棟大樓里偶然遇到什么人了嗎？

3. N-COUNT An encounter with someone is a meeting with them, particularly one that is unexpected or significant. 邂逅

The author tells of a remarkable encounter with a group of South Vietnamese soldiers. 作者講述了他與一群南越士兵的驚人邂逅。

4. N-COUNT An encounter is a particular type of experience. 特殊經(jīng)歷

...a sexual encounter. …一次性經(jīng)歷。