subject
noun
adj
verb
ˈsʌbdʒɪkt noun
1
THING TALKED ABOUT
谈论的事情
the thing you are talking about or considering in a conversation, discussion, book, film etc 〔对话、讨论、书、电影等的〕主题，题目; 话题
2 Do not say 不要说 ‘the subject is about...’
The subject of the book is war.
本书的主题是战争。
The film was about Egypt.
电影的内容有关埃及。
3
AT SCHOOL
在学校
an area of knowledge that you study at a school or university 学科，科目; 课程
My favourite subject is math.
我最喜欢的学科是数学。
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IN ART
在艺术方面
the thing or person that you show when you paint a picture, take a photograph etc 〔绘画、摄影等的〕主题
Monet loved to use gardens as his subjects.
莫奈喜欢以花园作为他的绘画主题。
5
IN A TEST
在实验中
a person or animal that is used in a test or EXPERIMENT 实验对象，接受实验的人 （动物 ）
The subjects of this experiment were all men aged 18-35.
这个实验的对象均为年龄在 18 至 35 岁的男性。
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GRAMMAR
语法
a noun, noun phrase, or PRONOUN that usually comes before a main verb and represents the person or thing that performs the action of the verb, or about which something is stated. For example, ‘She’ in ‘She hit John’ or ‘elephants’ in ‘Elephants are big’. 主语〔如 She hit John 中的 she，或 Elephants are big 中的 elephants〕
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CITIZEN
公民
someone who was born in a country that has a king or queen, or someone who has a right to live there [正式] 〔君主国的〕臣民，国民 formal
a British subject
英国国民
adj
8
be subject to sth
a. if someone or something is subject to something, especially something bad, it is possible or likely that they will be affected by it b. if something is subject to something such as approval, it depends on that thing happening before it can happen 取决于某事，视某事而定
All flights are subject to delay.
所有航班都有可能延误。
Prices are subject to change .
价格有可能变化。
The funding is subject to approval by the Board of Education.
拨款有待教育委员会批准。
9
be subject to a rule/law/penalty/tax etc
if you are subject to a rule, law, penalty etc, you must obey the rule or pay an amount of money 须遵守规则/须遵守法令/须缴纳罚款/须缴纳税款等
Violators are subject to a $100 fine.
违者须被罚款 100 美元。
10 a subject country, state, people etc are strictly governed by another country [正式] 〔国家、人民等〕被他国统治的，受别国管辖的 only before noun 仅用于名词前 | formal
subject peoples
被他国统治的民族
səbˈdʒekt verb
11 to force a country or group of people to be ruled by you, and control them very strictly [正式] 使隶属，使顺从; 征服
12 to force someone or something to experience something very unpleasant, especially over a long time 使遭受，使经历，使蒙受
Police subjected him to hours of questioning.
警察对他进行了长时间的盘问。
subject sb to an ordeal/abuse/harassment
Barker subjected his victim to awful abuse.
巴克残酷虐待其受害者。