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[/pɪə(r); pɪr/] n 用法:
1 (a) [C] person who is equal to another in rank, status or merit （官阶、 等级、 地位或功绩）同等的人:
It will not be easy to find his peer. 很不容易找到像他那样的人. *
be judged by one's peers 受到与自己地位相同的人的评价.
(b) [C usu pl 通常作复数] person who is the same age as another 同龄人:
He doesn't spend enough time with his peers. 他不大与其同龄人交往. 用法:
2 [C] (in Britain) male member of one of the ranks of nobility (eg duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron) （在英国）有爵位的男子（如公、 侯、 伯、 子、 男等贵族）:
a `life peer 终身为贵族的男子. peer 2
[/pɪə(r); pɪr/] v [I, Ipr, Ip] ~ (at sth/sb) look closely or carefully, esp as if unable to see well 仔细看（尤指似因看不清）:
peer shortsightedly 因近视而仔细看 *
peer at sb over one's spectacles 戴著眼镜认真打量某人 *
peer into the mist 向雾中张望 *
peer out of the window/over the wall/through a gap 凝视窗外[隔墙细看/从缝隙中窥视]. =>Usage at look1 用法见look1. Cf 参看 peek, peep1 1. |