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graft
n
1 piece cut from a living plant and fixed in a cut made in another plant, to form a new growth; process or result of doing this 接穗; 嫁接
A healthy shoot should form a strong graft. 健康的嫩枝可作强壮的接穗.
2 (medical 医) piece of skin, bone, etc removed from a living body and attached to another body or another part of the same body, usu to replace unhealthy or damaged tissue; process or result of doing this (皮肤、 骨骼等的)移植物, 移植
a `skin graft 移植的皮肤. graft, v [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sth onto sth; ~ sth in/on attach sth as a graft (将某物作为移植物)移植, 嫁接
graft one variety of apple onto another 把一种苹果树嫁接到另一种苹果树上
New skin had to be grafted on. 需移植新皮肤.
(fig 比喻) trying to graft some innovations onto an outdated system 试将某些改革引进到一落伍的体制中.
graft n [U]
1 (esp US)
(a) use of illegal or unfair means (esp bribery) to gain an advantage in business, politics, etc 行贿; 贿赂
graft and corruption 行贿和贪污.
(b) profit obtained in this way 行贿得到的利益.
2 (Brit) hard work 艰巨的工作
Hard graft is the only way to succeed in business. 艰苦奋斗是在事业上成功的唯一途径. graft, v
1 [I] (esp US) practice graft2(1a) 行贿; 贿赂.
2 [I, Ip] ~ (away) (Brit) work hard 努力工作
grafting (away) all day 苦干终日. grafter n hard worker 努力工作的人.
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