greet

1. V-T When you greet someone, you say "Hello" or shake hands with them. 向…問好; 迎接

She liked to be home to greet Steve when he came in from school. 當(dāng)史蒂夫從學(xué)?；貋頃r(shí)，她喜歡在家迎接他。

2. V-T If something is greeted in a particular way, people react to it in that way. 對(duì)…作出反應(yīng)[usu passive]

His research was greeted with scepticism by advocates for children, who thought it was based on faulty data. 他的研究遭到兒童權(quán)益擁護(hù)者們的懷疑，他們認(rèn)為那是基于錯(cuò)誤數(shù)據(jù)得出的。

3. V to weep; lament 哭泣