co-ordinate
coordinate, n
1 (often 常作 coordinate) either of two numbers or letters used to fix the position of a point on a graph or map 坐标
the x and y coordinates on a graph 图表上的x和y坐标
coordinates of latitude and longitude 经纬度
[attrib 作定语]
co-ordinate geometry, ie geometry using co-ordinates 解析几何. =>illus at map 见map.
2 co-ordinates [pl]
matched items of women's clothing (女子的)配套衣物. co-ordinate, coordinate, v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (with sth) cause (different parts, limbs, etc) to function together efficiently 使(各部分、 肢体等)协调, 协同动作
co-ordinate one's movements when swimming 游泳时协调动作
We must co-ordinate our efforts (ie work together) to help the flood victims. 我们应该同心协力以援助遭水灾的灾民.
The plan was not (ie Its parts were not) very well co-ordinated. 这计划的各部分配合得不够好.
The price of the car was so low that it made Stone suspicious of the value.
这辆车的价格如此之低,世通怀疑那车的价值。
In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable.