peer

英 [pɪə(r)]

美 [pɪr]

n.  身份(或地位)相同的人; 同龄人; 同辈; (英国)贵族成员
v.  仔细看; 端详

复数：peers　过去式：peered　现在分词：peering　过去分词：peered　第三人称单数：peers　

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牛津词典

noun

• 身份（或地位）相同的人；同龄人；同辈
  a person who is the same age or who has the same social status as you
  1. She enjoys the respect of her peers.
     她受到同侪的尊敬。
  2. Children are worried about failing in front of their peers.
     儿童都怕在同伴面前失败。
  3. Peer pressure is strong among young people (= they want to be like other people of the same age) .
     年轻人受到强大的同辈压力。
• （英国）贵族成员
  (in Britain) a member of the nobility

verb

• 仔细看；端详
  to look closely or carefully at sth, especially when you cannot see it clearly
  1. We peered into the shadows.
     我们往阴暗处仔细瞧。
  2. He went to the window and peered out.
     他走到窗前仔细往外瞧。
  3. She kept peering over her shoulder.
     她不停地回头看。
  4. He peered closely at the photograph.
     他聚精会神地端详着相片。

柯林斯词典

• VERB （通常因难以看清而）盯着看，凝视，端详
  If youpeer atsomething, you look at it very hard, usually because it is difficult to see clearly.
  1. I had been peering at a computer print-out that made no sense at all...
     我一直盯着看一张毫无意义的计算机打印稿。
  2. He watched the Customs official peer into the driver's window.
     他看见海关官员透过驾驶座车窗仔细地往里看。
• N-COUNT （英国有权或曾经有权在上议院投票的）贵族
  In Britain, apeeris a member of the nobility who has or had the right to vote in the House of Lords.
  1. Lord Swan was made a life peer in 1981.
     斯旺勋爵于1981年受封终身贵族。
• N-COUNT 同龄人；同辈；身份（或地位）相同的人
  Yourpeersare the people who are the same age as you or who have the same status as you.
  1. ...children who are much cleverer than their peers...
     比同龄人聪明许多的孩子
  2. His engaging personality made him popular with his peers.
     他迷人的个性使他深受同龄人的喜爱。

英英释义

noun

• a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
  Synonym:equalmatchcompeer
• a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage

verb

• look searchingly
  1. We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around

双语例句

• Objective: This research was to test the effect of peer relationship on self-esteem of middle school students.
  目的：验证中学生同伴关系对自尊的影响作用。
• It is important for a manager to be able to get the support of his peer group.
  对于经理而言，得到同级同事的支持很重要。
• This is accomplished by initiating early peer and code reviews on the requirements and design documents.
  这通过对需求和设计文档进行早期的同等代码审查来实现。
• He watched the Customs official peer into the driver's window.
  他看见海关官员透过驾驶座车窗仔细地往里看。
• I had been peering at a computer print-out that made no sense at all
  我一直盯着看一张毫无意义的计算机打印稿。
• Peer reviews help management find ways to change policy and procedures related to their management processes.
  同行评审能够帮助管理人员找到方法来改变与管理过程相关的政策和程序。
• And they formed seven undergraduates and we went around to peer institutions of Princeton, and wrote a report.
  他们选了七名本科生，然后我们去参观了一些，普林斯顿大学相似的机构，写了一篇报告。
• He was made a life peer in 1991.
  他于1991年被封为终身贵族。
• Naomi admits that it was peer pressure to be 'cool' that drove her into having sex early.
  娜奥米承认是“装酷”的同辈压力让她过早有了性体验。
• This artide discusses the Several links writing scientific and technical thesis and analyses its contents of peer reviewing.
  针对撰写科技论文的几个环节进行了论述，并对科技论文审稿的内容作了分析。