profits this year. TTAitmMMm
„ 0 The house was reported as being in
excellent condition. ij£ & fe T W $ R
& fi o o [V] The committee will report on its research next month.
% 'If H 0 o [V -ing] The neighbours reported
seeing him leave the building around
reported by the hospital
spokesman to be making excellent progress. rcraia
This
pattern is only used in the passive, itfc'fejSfXftTM z&if ;&<, [also
V speech,
V
(that),
V
wh-, VN -ing]
►
NEWS/STORY §ff|0; '\\\f 2 ~ (on) sth to present a written
or spoken account of an
event in a newspaper, on television, etc. jft 11; A A; s.fp: [VN] The stabbing
was reported in the local
press. 7ft
$i] T ft o 0 [VN that] It was reported that
several people had been arrested. U JR it B W ft A 1# 0 0 [V] She
reports on royal stories for
the BBC.
[also V that] 3 be reported used to show that sth
has been stated, and you do not know if it is true or not ( T&ftWJiSiilS )
IBifc, fft0: [VN to inf]
She is reported to earn over $10 million a year. jg
1 000 £T)%o O [VN] The President is
reported as saying that he needs a break. M if & £1 ft m 1c H ““To o
[VN that] It was reported that
changes were being considered.
►
CRIME/ACCIDENT, ETC. 4 ~ sth (to sb) | ~ sb
(to sb) (for sth/for
doing sth) to tell a person in authority about a crime, an
accident, an illness, etc. or about sth bad that sb has done ^ jft ; ft A :
[VN] Have you reported the accident to the police yet? ftflftATftfkif T ? 0 He’s already been reported twice for
arriving late. ftBftifil1] ftAo
0 a decrease in the
number of reported cases of
AIDS
o [VN-ADJ] She has
reported her daughter missing.
£JLAS£,
►
ARRIVE £ijft 5 [V] ~ (to sb/sth) (for sth) to tell sb that you
have arrived, for example
for work or for a meeting with sb ftli]: You should report for duty at
to the reception desk on
arrival.
re,port ’back to return to a place,
especially in order to work again 00; jg0; ( ft ft ) 0 |ij Xft ft: Take an
hour for lunch and report back at 2. ft —
TTN'ifeTif, re,port'back (on sth) (to
sb) to give sb information
about sth that they have asked you to find out about T^f (
Find out as much as you can about him and report back to me. 0ftftfto O One person
in the group should be
prepared to report back to the class onyour discussion.
So
o [+ that] They reported back that no
laws had actually been broken. ft 0 X ft. ft ft
A 'ff re'port
to sb (not
used in the progressive tenses T T iffi ff ft) (business 0) if you report to a particular manager
in an organization that you work for, they are officially responsible for your
work and tell you what to do ft• •• A^; AH; AUS
mnoun
►
OF NEWS |f[ 10 1 ~ (on/of sth) a written or spoken
account of an event, especially one that is published or broadcast ftil: Are
these newspaper reports true? ft£ft Xj&^ftilJS^iEf? o a weather
report AAfKft
►
INFORMATION fi || 2 ~ (on sth) a spoken or written
description of sth containing information that sb needs to have Xft; If A; id
Mi: a police/medical report W ft (0 / fifr ft ft O Can you give us a
progress report? ft
►
OFFICIAL STUDY M ft 3 ~ (on sth) an official document
written by a group of people
who have examined a particular situation or problem S: ft ft : The committee
will publish their report on the health service in a few weeks. A£M]Xt&#E*?IR#M
«ftft.
STORY ft ft 4 a stpry or piece of
information that may or may not be true ft |0: I don’t believe these reports
of UFO sightings. DcTS *7$
IfTtnftft W,
0
There are unconfirmed reports of a shooting in the capital. ft£1T#&AX7ffri&*fto
►
ON STUDENT’S
►
OF GUN tdjii 6 the sound of an
explosion or of a gun
being fired ft®# HTT bang,
blast: aloud
report BAWHft#
fTTTTl of bad/good re'port (formal) talked about by
people in a bad/good way ft# ft / re-portage /rTpo:tid3; ,repo:'ta:3; NAmE
ri'poirt-; ,re- poir't-/ noun [U] (formal) the reporting of news
or the typical style in which this is done in newspapers, or on TV and radio
fr^ftil; ftitMft; ftilAft re-port-ed-ly /ri'poitidli; NAmE
-'poirt-/ adv. according to what some people say lift; lift if; lift 10
: The band have reportedly decided to split up. Ilftj&T^RlAE
re,ported 'question noun (grammar ifj£) = indirect
QUESTION
re,ported 'speech (also .indirect speech) noun [u] (grammar if if) a report of what sb has
said that does not use their exact words ftfftftif : In
reported speech, ‘I’ll come later’ becomes ‘He said he’d come later’, ft 10
ft 31 if ft, I’ll come later $ A He said he’d come later0 re-port-er /n'poita(r); NAmE -'poirt-/ noun a person who collects
and reports news for newspapers, radio or television ifl # ; ig if ia : a reporter from the
New York Times « ® £j 9# Jf » WiSA O a crime reporter ]f jiXG
P
(ft iS
# —
compare journalist — see also cub reporter
re-porting /ri'poitirj; NAmE -'poirt-/ noun [u] the presenting and
writing about news on television and radio, and in newspapers §Jrl0}fii: accurateA>alanced/
objective reporting / £ ft / £ M 61) Hr 10 3f it o
(BrE) Reporting restrictions on the trial have
been lifted (= it can now legally be reported). Alf
re-pose /rTpauz; NAmE
rTpooz/ noun, verb ■ noun [U] (literary)
a state of rest, sleep or feeling calm
&; BiBR; T#; W
a verb [V +adv./prep.] (literary)
1 (of an object $}W) to be or be kept in a particular place T ; ^ M
S 2 (of a person A) to lie or rest in a particular place |$; fAl. re-posi-tory /rfpnzotri; NAmE
rTpaizatoiri/ noun (pi. -ies) (formal) 1 a place where sth is
stored in large quantities Tr#; 2 a person or book that is full of
information TiR/W tflflA; I? ^My
father is a repository of family history.
T^D0
re pos sess /,riipa'zes/ verb [VN] [usually passive] to
take back property or goods from sb who has arranged to buy them but who still
owes money for them and cannot pay ( )
&HI ( ) , *fr
)
re pos ses sion /.riipe'zej'n/ noun
1 [U, C] the act of
repossessing property, goods, etc. ( )
i|^0 : families threatened with repossession
o a repossession
order %} ft, 2 [C]
a house, car, etc. that
has been repossessed T ( ) : Auctions
are the best place for buying
repossessions, ft ® ifo
rep re hen sible /.repri'hensebl/ adj.
(formal) morally wrong and deserving criticism Tilll&iJ;
EQ3 deplorable
rep-re sent o-w /,repri'zent/ verb
►
ACT/SPEAK FOR SB A® A#« 1 [VN] [often passive]
to be a member of a group of people and act or speak on their behalf at an
event, a meeting, etc. ft A : The competition
attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries.
500 o Local businesses are well represented
on the committee (= there are a lot of
people from them on the committee), ft
A „ 0