但英语至今未覆盖所有领域。
在这句话中，注意2个词的意思，cover 和 field
cover
1
VERB 遮盖;掩蔽
If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
Cover the casserole with a tight-fitting lid...
用大小合适的盖子盖住砂锅。
2
VERB 盖在…上面;铺在…上面
If one thing covers another, it has been placed over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
His finger went up to touch the black patch which covered his left eye...
他伸手去触摸遮住左眼的黑眼罩。
3
VERB 盖;覆盖;遮住
If one thing covers another, it forms a layer over its surface.
The clouds had spread and nearly covered the entire sky...
云彩扩散开来，几乎遮住了整个天空。
-covered
...chocolate-covered biscuits.
有巧克力外层的饼干
4
VERB 用…遮盖;把…铺在…上
To cover something with or in something else means to put a layer of the second thing over its surface.
The trees in your garden may have covered the ground with apples, pears or plums...
你花园里的果树也许已经落了一地的苹果、梨或李子。
5
VERB 行走(一段路程)
If you cover a particular distance, you travel that distance.
It would not be easy to cover ten miles on that amount of petrol...
就那么点儿汽油很难开10英里。
6
VERB (用枪等)掩护
To cover someone or something means to protect them from attack, for example by pointing a gun in the direction of people who may attack them, ready to fire the gun if necessary.
You go first. I'll cover you.
你先撤，我掩护你。
7
N-UNCOUNT (飞机等的)掩护，防护
Cover is protection from enemy attack that is provided for troops or ships carrying out a particular operation, for example by aircraft.
They said they could not provide adequate air cover for ground operations.
他们声称无法为地面军事行动提供充分的空中掩护。
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N-UNCOUNT 躲避处;避难所;庇护所
Cover is trees, rocks, or other places where you shelter from the weather or from an attack, or hide from someone.
Charles lit the fuses and they ran for cover.
查尔斯点燃了导火索，他们便赶紧四处躲避。
9
VERB 给…保险
An insurance policy that covers a person or thing guarantees that money will be paid by the insurance company in relation to that person or thing.
Their insurer paid the ?900 bill, even though the policy did not strictly cover it...
虽然严格来讲保险单并不包含这一项，他们的保险公司还是支付了那张900英镑的账单。
10
N-UNCOUNT (保险公司的)保险
Insurance cover is a guarantee from an insurance company that money will be paid by them if it is needed.
Make sure that the firm's insurance cover is adequate.
确保该公司上了足够的保险。
11
VERB (法律)适用于，涉及
If a law covers a particular set of people, things, or situations, it applies to them.
The law covers four categories of experiments...
该法规适用于4类试验。
12
VERB (在演讲、课程或书中)讨论，涉及
If you cover a particular topic, you discuss it in a lecture, course, or book.
The Oxford Chemistry Primers aim to cover important topics in organic chemistry...
《牛津化学初级读本》丛书旨在论述有机化学中的重要问题。
13
VERB 报道
If journalists, newspapers, or television companies cover an event, they report on it.
Robinson was sent to Italy to cover the 1990 World Cup...
鲁宾逊被派到意大利报道1990年的世界杯比赛。
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VERB (钱)足以支付，够付
If a sum of money covers something, it is enough to pay for it.
Send it to the address given with ?1.50 to cover postage and administration...
将它寄到指定地址，并附上1.50英镑以支付邮资和管理费。
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N-COUNT 覆盖物;套子;罩子;盖子
A cover is something which is put over an object, usually in order to protect it.
...a family room with washable covers on the furniture.
家具上套有可清洗外罩的家庭娱乐室
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N-PLURAL 被子;毯子;床单;床罩
The covers on your bed are the things such as sheets and blankets that you have on top of you.
She set her glass down and slid farther under the covers.
她放下杯子，钻进被子里。
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N-COUNT (书刊的)封面，封皮
The cover of a book or a magazine is the outside part of it.
A few years ago, David Byrne was on the cover of Time magazine.
几年前，大卫·拜恩曾登上《时代》周刊的封面。
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N-COUNT (对秘密或违法之事的)掩盖，掩饰
Something that is a cover for secret or illegal activities seems respectable or normal, and is intended to hide the activities.
They set up a spurious temple that was a cover for sexual debauchery...
他们建立起一座为淫秽活动作掩护的假寺庙。
19
VERB (通过提供假信息或不完全的信息来)遮掩，掩盖，包庇
If you cover for someone who is doing something secret or illegal, you give false information or do not give all the information you have, in order to protect them.
Why would she cover for someone who was trying to kill her?
她为什么要包庇想要杀她的人呢？
20
VERB 代替，顶替(某人工作)
If you cover for someone who is ill or away, you do their work for them while they are not there.
She did not have enough nurses to cover for those who went ill or took holiday.
她没有足够的护士来顶替那些生病或休假的人工作。
21
VERB 翻唱(歌曲)
To cover a song originally performed by someone else means to record a new version of it.
He must make a decent living from other artists covering his songs.
其他艺术家翻唱他的歌曲，一定使他过上了收入颇为可观的生活。
22
N-COUNT 同 cover version
A cover is the same as a cover version .
The single is a cover of an old Rolling Stones song.
这支单曲是滚石乐队的一首老歌的翻唱。
23
See also: covered; covering
24
PHRASE 揭露，揭示(真实身份或工作的真实性质)
To blow someone's cover means to cause their true identity or the true nature of their work to be revealed.
Asking those kind of questions could blow my cover...
问那种问题会暴露我的身份。
25
PHRASE (通常为到达另一地点)离开隐蔽处，冲出躲藏处
If you break cover, you leave a place where you have been hiding or sheltering from attack, usually in order to run to another place.
They began running again, broke cover and dashed towards the road.
他们又开始跑，离开隐蔽处朝公路冲去。
26
PHRASE 躲避(炮火、轰炸或坏天气)
If you take cover, you shelter from gunfire, bombs, or the weather.
Shoppers took cover behind cars as police marksmen returned fire.
警方的射击手开火回击时，购物者们躲在汽车后面。
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PHRASE 在…的遮掩下(躲避炮火轰炸、坏天气等)
If you are under cover, you are under something that protects you from gunfire, bombs, or the weather.
'Get under cover!' shouted Billy, and we darted once more for the tables.
“躲起来！”比利喊道，我们便又一次冲向桌子。
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PREP-PHRASE 在…的掩护下
If you do something under cover of a particular situation, you are able to do it without being noticed because of that situation.
They move under cover of darkness.
他们在黑暗的掩护下行进。
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PHRASE 保护自己(免受批评、谴责等);辩解
If you cover your back or cover your rear, you do something in order to protect yourself, for example against criticism or against accusations of doing something wrong.
The canny Premier covered his back by pointing out that he was of Scottish stock.
精明狡猾的首相辩解说自己是苏格兰血统。
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PHRASE 同 cover your back
Cover your ass means the same as cover your back .
Just play it safe, cover your ass, keep your head down.
要谨慎行事，保护好自己并保持低调。
相关词组: cover up
field
1
N-COUNT 地;田;牧场
A field is an area of grass, for example in a park or on a farm. A field is also an area of land on which a crop is grown.
...a field of wheat...
麦田
2
N-COUNT 运动场;球场
A sports field is an area of grass where sports are played.
...a football field...
足球场
3
N-COUNT 矿产地;矿田
A field is an area of land or sea bed under which large amounts of a particular mineral have been found.
...an extensive natural gas field in Alaska.
阿拉斯加一个巨大的天然气田
4
N-COUNT (磁、引力或电)场
A magnetic, gravitational, or electric field is the area in which that particular force is strong enough to have an effect.
Some people are worried that electromagnetic fields from electric power lines could increase the risk of cancer.
有些人担心输电线的电磁场可能增加致癌几率。
5
N-COUNT 专业;学科;领域
A particular field is a particular subject of study or type of activity.
Exciting artistic breakthroughs have recently occurred in the fields of painting, sculpture and architecture...
绘画、雕塑和建筑领域最近出现了激动人心的艺术突破。
6
N-COUNT 字段;信息组;栏
A field is an area of a computer's memory or a program where data can be entered, edited, or stored.
Go to a site like Yahoo! Finance and enter 'AOL' in the Get Quotes field.
登录诸如“雅虎财经”这样的站点，在“股票行情”栏输入“美国在线”。
7
N-COUNT 战场;战地
You can refer to the area where fighting or other military action in a war takes place as the field or the field of battle .
We never defeated them on the field of battle.
我们从未在战场上打败过他们。
8
N-COUNT 视野;视域
Your field of vision or your visual field is the area that you can see without turning your head.
Our field of vision is surprisingly wide.
我们的视野出人意料地开阔。
9
N-COUNT-COLL (体育比赛的)所有参赛者，出场阵容
The field is a way of referring to all the competitors taking part in a particular race or sports contest.
Going into the fourth lap, the two most broadly experienced riders led the field...
进入第四圈时，两名身经百战的骑手开始领先。
10
ADJ 实地;野外
You use field to describe work or study that is done in a real, natural environment rather than in a theoretical way or in controlled conditions.
I also conducted a field study among the boys about their attitude to relationships...
我还对男孩子们进行了一项有关两性关系态度的实地调查。
11
VERB (在板球、棒球或圆场棒球中)防守，担任守队
In a game of cricket, baseball, or rounders, the team that is fielding is trying to catch the ball, while the other team is trying to hit it.
When we are fielding, the umpires keep looking at the ball.
我们防守的时候，裁判们一直看着球。
fielding
At first base he led the league 21 times in fielding.
他在一垒防守方面 21 次位居联盟第一。
12
VERB (通常成功地)回答，处理(问题)
If you say that someone fields a question, you mean that they answer it or deal with it, usually successfully.
He was later shown on television, fielding questions.
他后来出现在电视上，答复问题。
13
VERB 使…出场;让…参加比赛
If a sports team fields a particular number or type of players, the players are chosen to play for the team on a particular occasion.
England intend fielding their strongest team in next month's World Youth Championship.
英格兰意欲在下月的世界青年锦标赛中推出他们的最强阵容。
14
VERB 让…参加竞选;让…作竞选候选人
If a candidate in an election is representing a political party, you can say that the party is fielding that candidate.
There are signs that the new party aims to field candidates in elections scheduled for February next year.
有迹象表明新党意欲推举候选人参加定于明年 2 月举行的选举。
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PHRASE 纵情享受;肆意地做;尽情地做
If someone is having a field day, they are very busy doing something that they enjoy, even though it may be hurtful for other people.
In our absence the office gossips are probably having a field day...
我们不在的时候，办公室里大概谣言四起了吧。
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PHRASE 在实地;在野外
Work or study that is done in the field is done in a real, natural environment rather than in a theoretical way or in controlled conditions.
The zoo is doing major conservation work, both in captivity and in the field.
无论在圈养场还是在野外，动物园在动物保护方面都承担了主要的工作。
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PHRASE 领先;带头
If you say that someone leads the field in a particular activity, you mean that they are better, more active, or more successful than everyone else who is involved in it.
When it comes to picking up awards they lead the field by miles.
他们在拿奖方面遥遥领先。
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PHRASE 到处拈花惹草;滥交
If someone plays the field, they have a number of different romantic or sexual relationships.
He gave up playing the field and married a year ago.
他不再处处留情，一年前结了婚。