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a list of names or topics that are referred to in a book, etc., usually arranged at the end of a book in alphabetical order or listed in a separate file or book 索引 Look it up in the index. 在索引中查找。 Author and subject indexes are available on a library database. 作者索引和學科索引可在圖書館的數據庫中找到。
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingb2Is there any reference to it in the index? 索引中有沒有提到它? It's a general index to the whole work. 這是整部作品的總索引。 Search the index to find the address of the data file. 查閱索引尋找數據文件的地址。 The index only gives the main towns. 索引中只有主要城鎮的名稱。 The topic I was interested in didn't appear in the index. 我感興趣的那個題目沒收進索引。 His novels were put on the index of banned books. 他的小說被列入禁書目錄。 The detailed index lists all the historical characters referred to in the book. 詳細的索引列出了書中提到的所有歷史人物。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- comprehensive
- detailed
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- appear in
- be in
- consult
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- give something
- list something
- card
- in a/the index
- index to
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a box of cards with information on them, arranged in alphabetical order 卡片目錄(或索引) -
a system that shows the level of prices and wages, etc. so that they can be compared with those of a previous date (物價和工資等的)指數 the cost-of-living index 生活費用指數 The Dow Jones index fell 15 points this morning. 道瓊斯指數今天上午下跌了 15 點。 stock-market indices 股市指數 house price indexes 房價指數
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1Inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, is expected to drop. 正如居民消費價格指數所顯示的,通貨膨脹率預期下降。 Most commodity funds track a specific commodity index. 多數商品基金都會跟蹤某種具體的商品價格指數。 The Morgan Stanley Cyclical index posted a small advance. 摩根士丹利循環指數出現小幅上升。 The NYSE Financial index gained 20%. 紐約證券交易所金融指數上漲了 20%。 The commodities index fell 3.1%. 商品價格指數下降了 3.1%。 The company is listed on the Nasdaq technology stocks index. 該公司被列入納斯達克科技股指數成分股。 The hundred shares index closed down 15 points. 百種股票綜合指數收盤時下跌了 15 點。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- reliable
- sensitive
- …
- have
- use (something as)
- compile
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- add something
- gain something
- increase
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- in an/the index
- on an/the index
- a drop in an index
- a fall in an index
- changes in an index
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a sign or measure that something else can be judged by 標志;指標;表征;量度 The number of new houses being built is a good index of a country's prosperity. 在建新房屋的數量是國家繁榮程度的一個可靠指標。
Extra ExamplesThe test results were used as an index of language proficiency. 考試結果被用作衡量語言水平的指標。 Those who lived in the inner cities had a high index of deprivation. 生活在市中心的居民貧困指數很高。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- reliable
- sensitive
- …
- have
- use (something as)
- compile
- …
- add something
- gain something
- increase
- …
- in an/the index
- on an/the index
- a drop in an index
- a fall in an index
- changes in an index
- …
- (usually indices [plural])(
mathematics )數學 the small number written above a larger number to show how many times that number must be multiplied by itself. In the equation 42 = 16, the number 2 is an index. Topics Maths and measurementc2指數(如在等式 42 = 16 中,2 是指數)
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin index, indic- ‘forefinger, informer, sign’, from in- ‘towards’ + a second element related to dicere ‘say’ or dicare ‘make known’; compare with indicate. The original sense ‘index finger’ (the finger with which one points), came to mean ‘pointer’ (late 16th cent.), and figuratively something that serves to point to a fact or conclusion; hence a list of topics in a book (“pointing” to their location).