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1. He failed completely in the performance of his duty.
他完全没有履行他的职责。
2. The novel was rated a brilliant performance.
这部小说被认为是一部出色的作品。
3. Engineers will test the performance of the tires.
工程师们将测试这些轮胎的性能。
4. The theater gives two performances a day.
这座剧场一天演出两场。
5. The evening performance begins at 8 o''clock.
晚上的演出八点开始。
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A：Hi, Bob! We’ve been working hard at our lessons for a fortnight. So why don’t we take it easy his weekend?
喂，鲍布！这两周来我们一直在忙于学习。这个周末我们放松一下怎么样？
B：Okay! What do you suggest?
好的，你有什么主意？
A：How about seeing a play? I hear Hamlet is on at the National Theater.
去看一场戏怎么样？ 我听说国家剧场在上演《哈姆雷特》。
B：Is that so? Why not?
真的吗？为什么不呢？
A：(Looking at a newspaper.) Oh, dear me! There’s no performance at the National theater this weekend. So we have to go to cinema instead.
（一边看着报纸）哦，真糟糕！这个周末国家剧场没有演出，因此我们只好看电影了。
B：What’s on?
放什么电影？
A：Let me see…um, Gone With the Wind. It is on at six cinemas on Saturday night.
让我看一看……嗯，在放《乱世佳人》。周六晚上有六家电影院在放。
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B：That sounds interesting. Which is the nearest?
很好。最近的是哪一家电影院？
A：Ah, The Royal, I think.
啊，我想是在皇家电影院。
B：What time does it start?
什么时间开始？
performance
A：Why don’t we go to the 7:30 show? It is convenient to us, I think.
我们可以去看7：30 那一场好吗？我想时间很合适。
B：But we won’t have enough time for dinner.
可我们没有足够的时间吃饭啊。
A：Do you want to go the earlier or the later show?
那你要看早一点的还是晚一点的？
B：Ah… I fancy going the later show.
嗯……我想看晚一点的吧。
A：Then, there’s the 9:30 show.
那就看9：30 那一场吧。
B：That’s Okay, I think.
我想可以吧。
A：All right.
好吧。
1. 表演；演出
A performance involves entertaining an audience by doing something such as singing, dancing, or acting.
e.g. Inside the theatre, they were giving a performance of Bizet''s Carmen.
在剧院里，他们正在演出比才的作品《卡门》。
e.g. ...her performance as the betrayed Medea...
她所演绎的遭人背叛的美狄亚
2. 表现；业绩；性能；运行情况
Someone''s or something''s performance is how successful they are or how well they do something.
e.g. That study looked at the performance of 18 surgeons...
那项研究调查了18名外科医生的工作表现。
e.g. The poor performance has been blamed on the recession and cheaper sports car imports...
业绩不佳的原因被归咎于经济衰退和低价跑车的进口。
3. （汽车的）性能
A car''s performance is its ability to go fast and to increase its speed quickly.
4. 性能卓越的；高性能的
A performance car is one that can go very fast and can increase its speed very quickly.
5. 执行；履行；做
The performance of a task is the fact or action of doing it.
e.g. He devoted in excess of seventy hours a week to the performance of his duties...
为了完成任务，他每周工作70多个小时。
e.g. The people believe that the performance of this ritual is the will of the Great Spirit.
该部族的人认为举行这种仪式是大神的意志。
6. 复杂的事情；麻烦事
You can describe something that is or looks complicated or difficult to do as a performance .
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e.g. The whole process is quite a performance...
整个过程相当复杂。
e.g. She made a big performance of sprinkling all the spices on.
她费了不少劲才把所有的香料都撒在上面。
7. a repeat performance -> see repeat
noun
1. any recognized accomplishment
e.g. they admired his performance under stress
when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe
2. the act of performing
of doing something successfully
using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
e.g. they criticised his performance as mayor
experience generally improves performance
Synonym: executioncarrying outcarrying into action
3. the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
e.g. we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal
an inspired performance of Mozart''s C minor concerto
4. a dramatic or musical entertainment
e.g. they listened to ten different performances
the play ran for 100 performances
the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity
Synonym: public presentation
5. process or manner of functioning or operating
e.g. the power of its engine determines its operation
the plane''s operation in high winds
they compared the cooking performance of each oven
the jet''s performance conformed to high standards
Synonym: operationfunctioning