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pluses

/pluhs/US // plʌs //UK // (plʌs) //

长处,优点,长处是,长项

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Definitions

prep.介词 preposition
  1. 1
    • : more by the addition of; increased by: ten plus two is twelve.
    • : with the addition of; with: He had wealth plus fame.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : involving or noting addition.
    • : positive: a plus quantity.
    • : more.
    • : Electricity. pertaining to or characterized by positive electricity: the plus terminal.
    • : Mycology. designating, in the absence of morphological differentiation, one of the two strains of mycelia that unite in the sexual process.
    • : having a certain quality to an unusual degree: He has personality plus.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural plus·es, plus·ses.

    • : a plus quantity.
    • : Arithmetic. plus sign.
    • : something additional.
    • : a surplus or gain.
conj.连词 conjunction
  1. 1
    • : Informal. also; and; furthermore: A bicycle is cheaper than a car, plus it doesn't pollute the air.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in addition; besides.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Part-time workers have less time to adjust to the job, so adaptability and quick learning skills are big pluses, for example.

  • Howard Kurtz on the pluses and minuses of potential Mitt running mates after his decisive win in New Hampshire.

  • So Silicon Valley is destined to become a technological metropolis and there are pluses and minuses to that.

  • We were in the position of college admissions officers reviewing a high school class where everyone got straight A pluses.

  • "I don't sit around calculating the political pluses and minuses of every word I utter," Daniels said.

  • Life must be studied not from the pluses alone, but from the minuses too.

  • Peace cannot be reached by the simple addition of pluses and elimination of minuses from life.

  • Only the most expert examiner should limit his record to pluses and minuses.