vWth it?个性是受父母和社会熏陶的结果，还是我们生而
有之？ _ see also air conditioning condo /'kDndau; NAmE 'kaindou/ noun {pi. -os) {NAmE, informal) = condominium
con-doi-ence /kan'daulans; NAmE -'dou-/ noun [c, usually pi., U} sympathy that you
feel for sb when a person in their family or that they know well has died; an
expres- sion of this sympathy 吊唁；慰唁：to give/ojfer/ express your condolences ^ ^ It Pg 0 Our condolences go to his m/e and/ami7y•向i也的妻子和家人谨致吊慰之
意。◊ a Zetter o/condoZence 吊唁信 con.dom /，kDndDm; /SWmf _ka:nd9m/ now/7 1 also sheath) (also NAmE formal or technical prophy-lac- tic) a thin rubber covering
that a man wears over his penis
during sex to stop a woman fi:om becoming pregnant or
to protect against disease (男用 ） 避孕套， 隹 险套，安全套；阴莲套2 fema丨e condom a thin rubber device
that a woman wears inside her vagina
during sex to prevent herself from becoming pregnant 'C ^ 用）避孕套
con.do.min.ium
/,kDnda_miniam;
AMmf
,ka:n-/
(also informal condo) noun (especially NAmE) an apartment building in
which each flat/apartment is owned by the person living in it but the building
and shared areas are owned by everyone together; a flat/apartment in such a
building公寓（套房私有，其他地方属业主共有）；一
套公寓住房；公寓的单充
con-done
/kan'daun;
NAmE -'doun/ verb to accept behaviour that
is morally wrong or to treat it as if it were not serious 宽恕；g恕；纵容[VN] Terrorism can never be
condoned•决不能容忍恐怖主义。[also
V
-ing， VN -ing]
con-dor
/'kDndo:(r);
NAmE 'ka:n-/
noun a large bird of the vulture family, that lives mainly in S
America 神鹰，大秃鹰（主要栖居在南美洲） con-du-cive /kan'djuisrv; /S/Amf -'du:s-/ adj. ~ to sth making it
easy, possible or likely for sth to happen 使容易（或有奇能）发生的：C/mirs fn rows are not as conducive to discussion as chairs
arranged in a circle. 椅子成排摆放不如成圈摆放便于讨论。
con-duct CHw verb, noun
m verb /kan'dAkt/ 1 [VN] to organize
and/or do a particu- lar activity组织；安排；实施；执行：to conduct cm
experimenl/an inquiry/a survey 进行实验 /
询问 /
调査
0 The negotiations have been
conducted in a positive manner.已积极进行过谈判。2 to direct a group of
people who are singing or playing music 指挥（敎唱 或妾乐演奏）：[VN】a concert by the
P/iiZharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir CoZin Davis 由科林•戴维斯
爵士指挥、爱乐交响乐团演出的音乐会[also V] 3 [VN +adv./prep.] to lead or guide sb through or around a place带命；引导；为（某人 >
导游：a conducted tour of
behave in a particular way 举止；表现：He conducted himsd//ar better than
expected•他秦现得比预料的要好
得多。5 [VN]_(tor/7/7/’a»/
术语).(of
a substance 物质）to allow heat or electricity to pass along
or through it 传 导（热或电等能量）：Copper conducts
dectricity vveZZ. 铜的导电性能好。
■
noun /'kDndAkt; NAmE 'ka:n-/ [U] (formaf) 1 a person^ behaviour
in a particular place or in a particular situ- ation (人在某地或某种情况下的）行为，举止：TTie 印ort has a strict code 〇/conduct.体育运动有严格的行为
愈.范。2 ~ of
sth. the.way in which a business or an
activity is organized and managed 经营方式；管理方
法；泰施办法：There was growing criticism 〇/ the
government’s _comiuct tfte war.政府对战争的指挥方式
受到越来越多的指责。.一see also safe conduct con.duct.ance./kan'dAktans/
[U]
(p/?ys/a 物）the degree to which an object
allows electricity or heat to pass through it电导（杀 >;(热）传导性
conduction /kandAkJn/ now/? [u] (phys/cs 物）the process by which
heat or electricity passes through a material (热或电等能量的）传导
con-duct
ive
/kan'dAktiv/
adj. (physics 物).able to conduct electricity, heat，etc.导电（或热 ％ )的；能 传导（电、热等）的！►
ton-duct.iv.ity AkrnidAk'trvdti; NAmE ,ka:n-/ noun [U]
con.ductive edu'cation now/7 [u] a treatment for people with cerebral palsy that was developed in Hungary and that involves
special physical exercises and learning methods引导式4育（治疗脑瘫的方法，在
匈牙利开发，包括#定的动作训练和学习方法）
con-duct-or
/kan'dAkta(r)/
noun 1 a
person who stands in front of an orchestra,
a group of singers etc., and directs their performance, especially sb
who does this as a profession (管弦乐队、合唱队%的> 指挥；职业指
W-
2 (BrE also guard) a person who is in
charge of a train and travels with it, but does not drive it 歹ij 车长 3 (8r£) a person whose
job is to collect money from passengers on a bus or check their tickets (公共.汽车
的）售票员：a bus conductor公共汽车售票员4 (phys/’a a substance
that allows electricity or heat to pass along it or through it导体（导电或导热等的物质’）： Wood is a poor conductor•木头不是良好的导体。_ see
also LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR
con-duc-tress /kan'dAktras/ noun
(BrE, old-fashioned) a woman who collects
money from passengers on a bus or checks their tickets '(.公兵汽车的）女售票员
con
duit /'kDndjurt;
NAmE 'kainduit/ noun 1
[technical 术语）a pipe, channel or
tube which liquid, gas or electrical wire can pass through (液体、气体i 电线的 ） 管
if
, ^ 2
{formal) a person, an
organization or a
country that is used to pass
things or information to other people or places中转人；中转机构;■中转国：The organization had
acted as a conduit for money from the arms industry.那家机构充当了从军火工业向他处中转资
金的渠道，
cones圆锥形物
cone [BrE also fir cone) ice cream cone traffic cone
冷杉球果 蛋卷冰激凌 锥形警告路标
cone /kaun; NAmEkoun/ noun, verb m noun 1 a solid or hollow
object with a round flat base and sides that slope up to a point (实心或空心的）圆
锥体一picture o solid — see also conic, conical 2 a solid or hollow
object that is shaped like a cone (实心或.空心的•）圆锥形物：a paper cone 〇/ popcorn
_满爆玉米花的 II形纸筒◊ the cone 〇/a voicano 火山锥一see also nose cone 3 (also 'traffic cone) a plastic object shaped
like a cone and often red and white, or yellow, in colour, used on roads to
show where vehicles are not allowed to go, for example while repairs are being
done锥形警告路奋（常为红白色
或红黄色的塑料锥形物，表示在维修道路等时禁止通行）
4 (also old-fashioned cornet) a piece of thin crisp
biscuit shaped like a cone, which you can put ice cream in to eat it (盛冰激凌的）锥形蛋卷筒5 the hard dry fruit
of a pine or fir tree (松树或冷私的）球果：a pi/ie cone 松树球果 一 see
also fir cone m verb ,cone sth«-+'off to close a road or
part of a
road by putting a line of cones
across it.用锥形警告路标
关闭（道路或道路的一部分）
con-fab /'konfaeb; NAmE 'ka:n-/ noun (jnformaf) 1 an informal private
(iiscussion or conversation 私人谈话；
闲谈 2 a meeting or conference of the members