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/i.ɛn/ /ɛn/ /ɑn/

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noun

英国人

(plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen.

Examples :

"The Scottish and the English have a history of conflict."

苏格兰人和英国人之间曾有过冲突的历史。

person group nation

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noun

外人，非阿米什人。

(Amish, plural) The non-Amish; non-Amish people.

Examples :

"The Amish community often has different traditions than the "en." "

阿米什社区的传统常常与“外人”（非阿米什人）不同。

culture group person society

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noun

英文能力，英语运用能力

Ability to employ the English language correctly or idiomatically.

Examples :

"My coworkers have pretty good English for non-native speakers."

我的同事们作为非英语母语者，英文运用能力相当不错。

language ability achievement linguistics communication education

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noun

英文单词, 英语词汇

The English-language term or expression for something.

Examples :

""What's the en for 'thank you' in French?" "

"法语里，'thank you' 用英语怎么说？"

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noun

英文，英语文本

Specific language or wording in English; English text or statements in speech, whether in translation or otherwise.

Examples :

"The technical details are correct, but much of the English is not very clear."

技术细节是正确的，但是很多英语文本表达得不是很清楚。

language linguistics word communication writing

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noun

小字，14号字

A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.

Examples :

"The body text of the report was set in an en, which made it slightly larger and easier to read than the 12-point footnotes. "

报告正文使用了14号字(小字), 比12号的脚注稍微大一些，更容易阅读。

type writing point

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noun

简单易懂的英语，浅显的英语

Plain or readily understandable English language.

Examples :

"The lawyer made sure to present the contract details in en, so everyone could understand their rights and responsibilities. "

律师特意用简单易懂的英语解释了合同细节，这样每个人都能明白自己的权利和义务。

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noun

旋转, 侧旋

Spin or sidespin given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards.

Examples :

"You are trying to put too much English on the ball."

你这是想给球加太多的旋转了。

sport game action

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noun

N字母，恩。

The name of the Latin-script letter N.

Examples :

"The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends."

开头的字母M和N，以及结尾的字母M和N。

language word sign

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noun

半方，半身。

A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).

Examples :

""The preferred dash length in our style guide is one en, which is half the height of the current font size." "

我们的样式指南中首选的破折号长度为一个半方，也就是当前字体大小的一半高度。

type technical writing

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preposition

嗯，相当于“在...之中”，“关于...”。

Used in various phrases borrowed from French or formed as if borrowed from French (see "Derived terms" below).

Examples :

"She approached the presentation with a certain je ne sais quoi, a charm that was difficult to put en words. "

她做报告的时候有一种难以言说的魅力，让人很难用语言来形容 (en words 相当于“用...来表达”)。

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