encounter
verb
noun
ɪnˈkaʊntə verb
1 to experience something, especially problems or opposition 遇到，遭遇〔尤指问题或反对〕: encounter problems/difficulties •They encountered serious problems when two members of the expedition were injured. 两名远征队员受伤，他们遇到了严重的问题。 encounter opposition/resistance •The government has encountered strong opposition to its plans to raise income tax. 政府欲提高所得税的方案遭到了强烈反对。 •The doctor had encountered several similar cases in the past. 那位医生过去曾碰到过好几个类似的病例。
encounter problems/difficulties
They encountered serious problems when two members of the expedition were injured.
两名远征队员受伤，他们遇到了严重的问题。
encounter opposition/resistance
The government has encountered strong opposition to its plans to raise income tax.
政府欲提高所得税的方案遭到了强烈反对。
The doctor had encountered several similar cases in the past.
那位医生过去曾碰到过好几个类似的病例。
2 to meet someone without planning to [正式] 偶然碰到〔某人〕 formal
I first encountered him when studying at Cambridge.
我第一次遇到他是在剑桥读书时。
noun
3 an occasion when you meet someone, or do something with someone you do not know 相遇，邂逅
She didn’t remember our encounter last summer.
她不记得我们去年夏天那次邂逅。
[+ with ]
His first encounter with Wilson was back in 1989.
他第一次遇到威尔逊是早在 1989 年。
Bernstein began training the young musician after a chance encounter at a concert (=a meeting that happened by chance) .
在一次音乐会上偶然相遇之后，伯恩斯坦便开始训练这位年轻的音乐家。
casual sexual encounters (=occasions when people have sex)
偶然发生的性经历
[+ between ]
hostile encounters between supporters of rival football teams
互为对手的足球队的球迷之间的不友好冲突
4 an occasion when you meet or experience something 遭遇; 经历
[+ with ]
a child’s first encounter with books
孩子第一次接触书本
a close encounter with a snake (=a frightening situation in which you get too close to something)
险遇一条蛇