encounter
معنی فارسی
روبروشدن با مواجه شدن با مصادف شدن با دچارشدن (ياخوردن) با
معنی کامل و مثالها
/en koun´tǝr, in-/vt.,vi., n., adj.
● (اتفاقا) برخوردن به
I encountered no difficulties
به اشکالی برخورد نکردم.
to encounter an old acqaintance on the street
در خیابان به یک آشنای سابق برخوردن
● (در نبرد یا کشمش و غیره) برخورد پیدا کردن با، مصاف دادن، رودر رو شدن، جلو (کسی) ایستادن
we encountered four enemy tanks and forced them to retreat
ما با چهار تانک دشمن رو به رو شدیم و آنها را مجبور به عقبنشینی کردیم.
● نبرد، مصاف، رزم، مواجهه، رو در رویی، برخورد، درگیری
I will never forget my encounter with my school principal
هرگز درگیری خودم را با مدیر مدرسه فراموش نخواهم کرد.
● (روان شناسی) وابسته به گروه رویارویی
encounter group
گروه رویارویی
encounter group therapy
درمان با گروه رویارویی
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Late Middle English (in the senses ‘meet as an adversary’ and ‘a meeting of adversaries’; formerly also as incounter): from Old French encontrer (verb), encontre (noun), based on Latin in- ‘in’ + contra ‘against’.
مثال
- We had a frightening encounter with a bear in the woods.
- She encountered numerous obstacles during the first year of her studies.
- I encountered my old friend in the street.
ترکیبهای رایج
Chance encounter Brief encounter Close encounter Unexpected encounter
تعریف انگلیسی
- a minor short-term fight
- a casual or unexpected convergence “he still remembers their meeting in Paris” “there was a brief encounter in the hallway”
- a casual meeting with a person or thing
- a hostile disagreement face-to-face
- come together “I'll probably see you at the meeting” “How nice to see you again!” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Somebody ----s somebody” “Something ----s something”
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with “We find this idea in Plato” “I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here” “She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something”
- be beset by “The project ran into numerous financial difficulties” “Verb Frames:” “Something ----s something”
- experience as a reaction “My proposal met with much opposition” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Something ----s something” “Something is ----ing PP (for: meet)” “Somebody ----s PP (for: meet)”
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle “Princeton plays Yale this weekend” “Charlie likes to play Mary” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s somebody”
مترادفها
I. noun
1. Meeting, rencounter, clash, collision.
2. Attack, onset, assault.
3. Conflict, combat, fight, contest, battle, engagement, action, skirmish, brush, affair.
II. verb active
1. Meet (suddenly), meet face to face.
2. Confront, face.
3. Meet with, fall upon, come upon.
4. Attack, engage with, contend against, join battle with, cope with, compete with, struggle with, strive with, fight with.
III. verb neuter
Clash, skirmish, rencounter, fight, come into collision.