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 achievement [ə'tʃivmənt]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 完成, 成就, 功业

  1. Flying across the Atlantic for the first time was a great achievement.
    首次飞跃大西洋是一项了不起的业绩。
  2. I felt a great sense of achievement when I reached the top of the mountain.
    当我到达山顶的时候,我有一种巨大的成就感。
  3. His breast/heart swelled with pride at his achievement.
    他有了成绩而沾沾自喜.


achievement
[ noun ]
the action of accomplishing something
<noun.act>


Achievement \A*chieve"ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. ach[`e]vement,
E. {Hatchment}.]
1. The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by
exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the
achievement of his object.

2. A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor,
boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat.

[The exploits] of the ancient saints . . . do far
surpass the most famous achievements of pagan
heroes. --Barrow.

The highest achievements of the human intellect.
--Macaulay.

3. (Her.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally
applied to the funeral shield commonly called {hatchment}.
--Cussans.

Hatchment \Hatch"ment\ (-ment), n. [Corrupt. fr. achievement.]
1. (Her.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased
person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls
of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is
hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of
giving public notification of the death of the deceased,
his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc.
Called also {achievement}.

His obscure funeral;
No trophy, sword, or hatchment o'er his bones.
--Shak.

2. A sword or other mark of the profession of arms; in
general, a mark of dignity.

Let there be deducted, out of our main potation,
Five marks in hatchments to adorn this thigh.
--Beau. & Fl.

  1. He won a tournament in 1984, his first year on the tour, and the next year not only won another but also led in top-10 finishes with 13, an unusual achievement for a sophomore.
  2. The queen and her six attendants were chosen from about 700 applicants, based on their public speaking ability, poise, academic achievement and personality.
  3. None question the technical achievement represented if the Boeing 7J7 incorporates the latest in fuel savings, airframe design and electronics.
  4. Previous winners of its achievement award include CBS founder William S. Paley, Washington Post Publisher Katharine Graham, and former NBC board Chairman Grant Tinker.
  5. Actor Clint Eastwood, who won a Golden Globe for best director, isn't among the nominees announced for the prestigious Directors Guild of America achievement award.
  6. It praised the 'significant achievement' in saving money.
  7. But the achievement of Canadian Oxy is undeniable and has turned the eyes of oil men in new directions.
  8. Silver praised Hockney's latest creation as "a tremendous achievement and a real development in the world of art." "I think Hockney has humanized technology and made it more intimate," he said.
  9. His most enduring achievement was probably the assemblage of the land where the United Nations now sits.
  10. As drama it may have been wanting, but his fellow filmmakers admired Bernardo Bertolucci's achievement in fulfilling such a difficult project with style and class.
  11. Failure to ratify the treaty as it stands could destroy President Reagan's most cherished foreign-policy achievement.
  12. President Reagan and Mikhail S. Gorbachev bade farewell at the Kremlin today, concluding a summit long on good will but short of achievement.
  13. Here is a list of Drama Desk winners, announced Wednesday, for outstanding achievement during the 1989-90 theater season.
  14. He became the youngest pilot to fly across the continental United States unaided, beating a 10-year-old's previous achievement, according to the National Aeronautics Association.
  15. The future lies not in collective political action or a race-based group identity but in ordinary individual effort and achievement.
  16. But he said that such considerations "may ultimately be counterproductive if they are allowed to obscure or cause long delays in the achievement of price stability."
  17. De Beers's achievement over the decades has been to mass-market what was once an aristocratic luxury without greatly diminishing its value.
  18. Mark Lamos, Hartford Stage's 43-year-old artistic director now in his ninth year at the theater, says the award recognizes a quarter-century of theatrical achievement.
  19. He said discrimination against the disabled "deserves far more emphasis." "Russell Redenbaugh is a profile in courage and achievement who will be a tremendous addition to the commission," said Dole, R-Kan.
  20. Experts welcomed the achievement, saying it could lead to preventing hair loss in men genetically disposed to baldness.
  21. This Iphigenie en Tauride seemed to me the peak of EBF achievement in recent years.
  22. Lifetime achievement award winners Dizzy Gillespie, Lena Horne, Leontyne Price and Sarah Vaughan will participate in a special jazz segment.
  23. It's a measure of achievement to be on a magazine cover.
  24. Things are even worse in reading and writing, where only 2% to 4% reach the top categories. Even if you go down to the next achievement level, the number of students who make it is very disappointing.
  25. The deal was that if the students lost, they would wash the board members' cars; if they won they'd get certificates of achievement.
  26. It also disclosed that he received a Pounds 48,000 bonus last year 'based on the achievement of stated personal objectives'.
  27. Support ebbed because the administration made little effort to sustain Ollie North's achievement.
  28. Carroll, who possesses an even better voice, manages to make the Russian more than a milquetoast, not an inconsiderable achievement, considering Nelson's laborious plot.
  29. The League will now have to build the apparatus of a large political party. Such an achievement will not be easy.
  30. The study found that the divorce rate for marriages in which the wife has more schooling than her husband is over 50 percent higher than it is for marriages in which the husband has the same or higher educational achievement.
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