reference

• n. 参考，参照；涉及，提及；参考书目；介绍信；证明书
• vi. 引用
• vt. 引用

来自 refer,查阅，参考。

1. a remark that calls attention to something or someone;

"she made frequent mention of her promotion"

"there was no mention of it"

"the speaker made several references to his wife"

2. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;

"the student's essay failed to list several important citations"

"the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"

"the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"

3. an indicator that orients you generally;

"it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved"

4. a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts;

"he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"

5. a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;

"requests for character references are all to often answered evasively"

6. the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to;

"the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"

7. the act of referring or consulting;

"reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"

8. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to;

"he carried an armful of references back to his desk"

"he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"

9. the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to;

"he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes"

reference (n.)

1580s, "act of referring," from refer + -ance, or else from French référence, from Medieval Latin *referentia, from Latin referentem (nominative referens), present participle of referre (see refer). Meaning "direction to a book or passage" is recorded from 1610s. Meaning "testimonial" is from 1895. Reference book dates from 1808. Phrase in reference to is attested from 1590s.

reference (v.)

1620s, "to assign;" as "to provide with a reference," 1837 (implied in referenced), from reference (n.). Related: Referencing.

She criticized me when I included little-known references and professional jargon ( ' , 行话 ).

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The research references studies of people's behavior with food and alcohol and results of alcohol restrictions, and then lists five regulations that the researchers think might be promising if applied to junk foods.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Can you give me any references?

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This was first mentioned in reference to brewing in the ninth century.

2017年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

Here, the important aspect is to compare with an appropriate reference group.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

Is that the reference library?

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Present a new letter of reference.

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Instead, thoughts make sense only in reference to the individuals' external world.

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A list of references must be included.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

However, a pocket dictionary doesn't contain enough entries to be adequate for college reference homework.

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However, we are not all using the same reference standard to weigh risks and rewards.

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If you need more help, I'll be over there, at the reference desk.

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Critics also argue that commercial genetic testing is only as good as the reference collections to which a sample is compared.

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On display here are various fantasy elements whose reference, at some basic level, seems to be the natural world.

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It is this implicit or explicit reference to nature that fully justifies the use of word garden though in a “liberated” sense, to describe these synthetic constructions.

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In effect, you try to reconstruct the likely meanings or effects that any given sentence, image or reference might have had: These might be the ones the author intended.

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Ideally, different kinds of reading inform each other, and act as useful reference points for and counterbalances to one another.

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The survey used by the Labor Department asks people if they worked less than 35 hours in the reference week.

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The book is full of references to growing up in India.

这本书谈到许多在印度怎样长大成人的事。

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She made no reference to her illness but only to her future plans.

她没有提到她的病，只说了她未来的计划。

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the President's passing reference to (= brief mention of) the end of the war

总统对战争的结束一语带过

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Keep the list of numbers near the phone for easy reference.

把电话号码表放在电话旁边，方便查找。

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I wrote down the name of the hotel for future reference (= because it might be useful in the future) .

我记下了这家酒店的名字，以后也许用得着。

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The library contains many popular works of reference (= reference books) .

这家图书馆藏有许多常用的参考书。

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The emergency nurse can treat minor injuries without reference to a doctor.

急救护士不必征求医生的意见就可处理轻伤。

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The map reference is Y4.

地图编号为Y4。

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Please quote your reference number when making an enquiry.

查询时请报出编号。

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We will take up references after the interview.

我们在面试之后收推荐信。

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My previous boss will act as a reference for me.

我的前任上司将做我的推荐人。

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There is a list of references at the end of each chapter.

每一章的后面都有一组参考书目。

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With reference to your letter of July 22…

关于你7月22日的来信…

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Each chapter is referenced, citing literature up to 2004.

每一章都附有参考书目，引用文献近至2004年。

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He made no reference to any agreement...

他没有提到什么协议。

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The crowd chanted 'No Poll Tax', a reference to the government's new local taxation system...

人群高呼“不要人头税”，指的是政府新确立的地方税收制度。

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This might be done without reference to Parliament...

这件事情也许可以绕过国会直接进行。

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Please keep this sheet in a safe place for reference.

请把这张纸放在稳妥之处以备查阅。

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There are several reference books which have been compiled to help you make your choice.

有几本参考书专门帮你作出选择。

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...a useful reference work for teachers.

有用的教师参考书

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...a reference from the Quran.

引自《古兰经》的引文

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...historical references.

历史引证

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...a map reference...

地图索引

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Make a note of the reference number shown on the form.

把表格上的编码记下来。

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The firm offered to give her a reference.

公司主动给她开具介绍信。

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It specifically referenced Hermann Noordung's classic 1928 book on this subject.

在这一问题上它特别参照了赫尔曼·诺丁1928年的经典之作。

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Read these notes carefully and keep them for future reference.

仔细阅读这些注释并将其保留下来以备将来之用。

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I am writing with reference to your article on salaries for scientists...

我写此信是为了回应你那篇探讨科学家薪水的文章。

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I'm calling in reference to your series on prejudice.

我打电话是要谈谈你写的有关“偏见”的系列文章。

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