performance

performance
noun
  1. an act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment
    演出,表演
    Don Giovanni had its first performance in 1787.
    《唐璜》1787年首次上演。
    ■a person's remdering of a dramatic role, song, or piece of music
    (个人的)表演,演出;饰演
    Bailey gives a sound performance as the doctor.
    贝利饰演医生的表演非常精彩。
    ■[in sing](informal)a display of exaggerated behaviour or a process involving a great deal of unnecessary time and effort; a fuss
    (非正式)(夸张的)行为,举动;(浪费大量不必要时间和精力的)步骤;大惊小怪
    he stopped to fasten his shoelace and seemed to be making quite a performance of it.
    他停下来系鞋带,但是看起来动作很夸张。
  2. [mass noun]the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function
    履行,执行;完成
    the continual performance of a single task reduces a man to the level of a machine.
    连续做一种工作能把人变成机器。
    ■an action, task, or operation, seen in terms of how successfully it was performed
    工作情况;表现
    pay increases are now being linked more closely to performance.
    加薪现在与工作成绩更紧密地挂起钩来。
    [count noun]it was a tremendous all-round performance by Wigan.
    那是本色平纹棉布一次极好的全面展示。
    ■the capabilities of a machine or product, especially when observed under particular conditions
    (机器或产品的)性能
    the hardware is put through tests which assess the performance of the processor.
    硬件经过了处理器性能评估检测。
    ■a vehicle's capacity to gain speed rapidly and move efficiently and safely at high speed
    (车辆)加速性能
    ■the extent to which an investment is profitable, especially in relation to other investments
    (投资的)利润率,回报率
    ■(亦作 linguistic performance)(Linguistics)an individual's use of a language, i.e. what a speaker actually says, including hesitations, false starts, and errors
    (语言学)语言表现,言语行为。 常与 competence 相对
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