encountering 的 3 个定义
- to come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly: to encounter a new situation.
- to meet with or contend against: We encounter so many problems in our work.
- to meet in conflict: We will encounter the enemy at dawn.
- to meet, especially unexpectedly or in conflict: We were angry when we encountered, but we parted with smiles.
- a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting: Our running into each other was merely a chance encounter.
- a meeting of persons or groups that are in conflict or opposition; combat; battle: Another such encounter and we may lose the war.
- Psychology. a meeting of two or more people, as the members of an encounter group or a number of married couples , conducted to promote direct emotional confrontations among the participants, especially as a form of therapy .
encountering 近义词
happen upon
fight, attack
更多encountering例句
- A new opinion paper assesses one way in which we might be able to learn from our encounters with smallpox.
- Walker’s deputy chief of staff at the time, Jang, said Potts told her just before the encounter that she was expecting to meet with Walker as well as Mallott.
- The most touching things were the encounters I would have … when a kid with so much on the line quietly comes out to you while shaking your hand, passes you a note, and you’re just thinking about what that kid might be up against.
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Louisiana Senator John Kennedy, all Republicans, wore masks in encounters with the president in the last week.
- Several police groups issued a statement ahead of the hearing saying the board would invite “members whose qualifications are inherently based on negative encounters with peace officers.”
- Hatuey replied that he would rather burn and be sent to hell than ever again encounter people as cruel as the Spanish.
- This is heartfelt music, and after a first encounter you will find yourself coming back for more.
- Instead, she says other people she has shared the story with described the sexual encounter as rape.
- Outside of that one encounter, however, Moses is pretty meek.
- What if healthy sexuality was the framework that young adults used to process every sexual message that they encounter?
- All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."
- If now we turn to the higher aspects of form, such as symmetry and proportion, we encounter a difficulty.
- During his mild régime the insurrection increased rapidly, and in one encounter he himself was very near falling a prisoner.
- Following the boys, Baptiste entered by the kitchen door to encounter the mother and three daughters preparing the meal.
- Monsieur Quérin saluted and declared himself enchanted at the encounter.