peer
noun /pɪə(r)/
/pɪr/
- [usually plural] a person who is the same age or who has the same social status as you
身份（或地位）相同的人；同龄人；同辈 - She enjoys the respect of her peers.
她受到同侪的尊敬。 - A peer review system is being introduced to help teachers who are experiencing difficulty.
正在引入一个同行评议系统来帮助有困难的教师。 - Children are worried about failing in front of their peers.
儿童都怕在同伴面前失败。 - 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。
- Children often take up smoking because of peer pressure.
小孩子经常因为来自同龄人的压力而抽烟。 - Peer acceptance is particularly important for teenagers.
得到同伴接受，对青少年尤其重要。 - She is highly respected by her professional peers.
她深受专业同行的尊敬。 - Some children fail to develop normal peer relations.
有些孩子未能建立正常的同伴关系。 - They adopt attitudes that are more socially acceptable among their peers.
他们采取了较容易被同龄人接受的态度。 - We have seen several women who can outperform their male peers physically.
我们已经看到好几个女性在体力方面超过她们的男性同龄人。 - an extended family and peer network
大家庭和朋辈的网络 - teenagers trying to impress their peers
试图打动同龄人的青少年
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- academic
- professional
- outperform
- impress
- group
- influence
- pressure
- …
- among somebody’s peers
- She enjoys the respect of her peers.
- (in the UK) a member of the nobility or the House of Lords
（英国）贵族成员 - MPs and peers from all parties met to discuss the issue.
来自所有党派的议员和议员们聚在一起讨论这个问题。
Topics People in societyc1- She is the American-born wife of a Scottish peer.
她是一个苏格兰贵族在美国出生的妻子。 - Conservative peers are expected to criticize the scheme.
保守的同行预计会批评该计划。 - She described the incident as ‘unbecoming behaviour for a peer of the realm’.
她形容这一事件为“不符合王国同龄人的行为”。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Conservative
- Labour
- etc.
- …
- a peer of the realm
- MPs and peers from all parties met to discuss the issue.
词源noun Middle English: from Old French peer, from Latin par ‘equal’.