performance
entertain
1 If a performer, performance, or activity entertains you, it amuses you, interests you, or gives you pleasure.
2 If you entertain people, you provide food and drink for them, for example by inviting them to your house.
3 If you entertain an idea or suggestion, you allow yourself to consider it as possible or as worth thinking about seriously.
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audience
1 The audience at a play, concert, film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
2 The audience for a television or radio programme consists of all the people who watch or listen to it.
3 The audience of a writer or artist is the people who read their books or look at their work.
4 If you have an audience with someone important, you have a formal meeting with them.
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increase
1 If something increases or you increase it, it becomes greater in number, level, or amount.
* decrease
2 If there is an increase in the number, level, or amount of something, it becomes greater.
= rise * decrease
3 If something is on the increase, it is happening more often or becoming greater in number or intensity.
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complicated
If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
= complex * uncomplicated, simple
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aspect
1 An aspect of something is one of the parts of its character or nature.
2 The aspect of a building or window is the direction in which it faces.
3 If something begins to have a new aspect, it begins to have a new appearance or quality.
= outlook
4 In grammar, aspect is the way that a verb group shows whether an activity is continuing, is repeated, or is completed. For example, in `They were laughing', the verb
is in the progressive aspect and shows that the action was continuing. Compare tense.
sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-6-8 1:20:46←
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[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-22 01:37|