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push; deduce; decline; postpone; elect
Meanings
10 senses · 28 examplesverb
to push; to exert force to move an object
Can be used for physical objects, people, or mechanical devices.
Please help me push this bicycle.
He pushed the door hard and it opened.
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I accidentally pushed him, and he almost fell over.
The workers are pushing a millstone to make flour.
The bulldozer quickly leveled the ruins.
verb
to grind grain with a millstone
literaryA specific usage referring to processing grain with traditional milling tools, less commonly used in modern daily speech.
When grandma was young, she often ground two dou of buckwheat.
The elderly in the village still keep the habit of pushing stone rollers to mill grain.
verb
to shave; to trim with a tool
Commonly used for hair cutting with clippers or smoothing wood with a plane.
Dad uses clippers to cut his hair every month.
The carpenter planed the wooden board smooth with a plane.
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The gardener uses a lawnmower to trim the grass.
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to promote; to expand; to advance
Used for promoting products, ideas, or projects to a wider audience.
We are promoting this new product.
The company has increased its marketing and sales efforts.
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This policy has been implemented nationwide.
We will advance water conservancy construction to a higher level.
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to deduce; to infer; to reason
Used for logical reasoning or making logical assumptions based on existing information.
We can solve this problem through analogical reasoning.
Based on these clues, the detective began to deduce the killer's movement route.
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Treating others as you would treat yourself is an important moral principle.
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to decline; to yield; to give way
Used for refusing a position or offering something to others politely.
He always yields the best seat to the elders.
Taking off one's clothes and offering food is an idiom describing great care for others.
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Since everyone elected you as class monitor, don't decline.
verb
to shirk; to make excuses; to decline
Used for avoiding responsibility or refusing a request by making excuses.
He always makes all kinds of excuses and refuses to help.
Stop making excuses, you must take full responsibility for this matter.
verb
to postpone; to delay
Used for rescheduling an event to a later time.
Because of the rain, the sports meeting has been postponed for three days.
We have decided to postpone the meeting until next week.
verb
to praise highly; to esteem
Used for expressing high admiration for someone or something.
Many readers highly praise this author's works.
The academic community highly esteems this senior professor's academic achievements.
verb
to elect; to recommend; to choose
Used for selecting someone for a position or role through voting or consensus.
Everyone unanimously elected Lao Zhang to be our class group leader.
We recommended him as a delegate to attend the national conference.