meal

US [mil]
UK [miːl]
  • v.吃饭；碾碎
  • n.早（或午、晚）餐；一顿饭；一餐所吃的食物
  • Web膳食；食品；餐点
Plural Form：meals  

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Meal
n.
1.
[c]
早（或午、晚）餐；一顿饭an occasion when people sit down to eat food, especially breakfast, lunch or dinner
Try not to eat between meals.
两餐之间尽量别吃东西。
Lunch is his main meal of the day.
午饭是他的正餐。
to go out for a meal(= to go to a restaurant to have a meal)
去餐馆用餐
What time would you like your evening meal?
你打算几点钟吃晚饭？
2.
[c]
一餐所吃的食物the food that is eaten at a meal
Enjoy your meal.
请用餐。
a three-course meal
有三道菜的一顿饭
3.
[u]
谷物粗粉（用作饲料或加工面粉）grain that has been crushed to produce a powder, used as food for animals and for making flour

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1.
When animal campaigners eventually traced her, she was hardly able to stand, terrified of humans and had not had a proper meal for days.
当动物权利人士找到它时，它几乎无法站立，害怕人类，且数日吃不好饭。
dāng dòng wù quán lì rén shì zhǎo dào tā shí , tā jī hū wú fǎ zhàn lì , hài pà rén lèi , qiě shù rì chī bù hǎo fàn 。
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2.
A small study suggests that skipping that morning meal may be a bad move for the heart, and possibly the waistline.
一项小型研究显示，不吃早餐对心脏不好，还可能影响你的腰围。
yī xiàng xiǎo xíng yán jiū xiǎn shì , bù chī zǎo cān duì xīn zàng bù hǎo , hái kě néng yǐng xiǎng nǐ de yāo wéi 。
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3.
Maybe you need to deal with this. It seems like the only way to get over your fear of cooking is to make a fantastic meal for me tonight.
可能你需要重新面对。看起来这是克服恐惧的唯一方法，那你今晚为我做顿饭吧。
kě néng nǐ xū yào chóng xīn miàn duì 。 kàn qǐ lái zhè shì kè fú kǒng jù de wéi yī fāng fǎ , nà nǐ jīn wǎn wèi wǒ zuò dùn fàn ba 。
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4.
His wife is specially virtuous, discovered that each time delivers the food, arrived at there meal to be then cool.
他的妻子特别贤惠，发现每次送饭，走到那里饭菜便凉了。
tā de qī zi tè bié xián huì , fā xiàn měi cì sòng fàn , zǒu dào nà li fàn cài biàn liáng le 。
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5.
We will tell you the recommended price for your meal, but it is up to you if you want to pay that, a bit more, or less.
我们会为您的用餐给出一个推荐价格，但最终付多少由你决定，可多付点，也可少付点。
wǒ men huì wèi nín de yòng cān gěi chū yī gè tuī jiàn jià gé , dàn zuì zhōng fù duō shao yóu nǐ jué dìng , kě duō fù diǎn , yě kě shǎo fù diǎn 。
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6.
The hunters Sat. stuffing themselves with this easy meal, trying to convince themselves that they got sufficient kick out of bananas.
猎手们坐在地上大嚼这种来得容易的饭食，自欺欺人地以为只要用香蕉填满肚子，他们就会精力充沛起来。
liè shǒu men zuò zài dì shàng dà jiáo zhè zhǒng lái de róng yì de fàn shí , zì qī qī rén de yǐ wéi zhǐ yào yòng xiāng jiāo tián mǎn dù zi , tā men jiù huì jīng lì chōng pèi qǐ lái 。
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Depending on your rapport with the big guy, you may be able to have a more casual discussion during a meal or other social setting.
你或许能够在进餐或其他社交场合跟老板进行更随便的谈话，这取决于你和老板的关系是否亲密。
nǐ huò xǔ néng gòu zài jìn cān huò qí tā shè jiāo chǎng hé gēn lǎo bǎn jìn xíng gèng suí biàn de tán huà , zhè qǔ jué yú nǐ hé lǎo bǎn de guān xì shì fǒu qīn mì 。
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8.
You need more calories during the day than sedentary people, so it's better to spread them out with a small meal every three to four hours.
你比坐着不动的普通人需要更多的卡路里。所以，最好是把一日三餐打散，每3到4小时就小餐一顿。
nǐ bǐ zuò zhe bù dòng de pǔ tōng rén xū yào gèng duō de kǎ lù lǐ 。 suǒ yǐ , zuì hǎo shì bǎ yī rì sān cān dǎ sàn , měi sān dào sì xiǎo shí jiù xiǎo cān yī dùn 。
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9.
What happens when the president of the United States fancies going out for a meal?
如果美国总统突发奇想要出去下馆子，那将是一幅怎样的景象呢？
rú guǒ měi guó zǒng tǒng tū fā qí xiǎng yào chū qù xià guǎn zi , nà jiāng shì yī fú zěn yàng de jǐng xiàng ne ?
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When you eat a large meal, and if it's an unprocessed, plant-based meal, it's likely to be lower in calories, even if it has greater volume.
当你吃一顿未经处理的、以植物为基础的大餐，虽然重量很大，所含卡路里比较少。
dāng nǐ chī yī dùn wèi jīng chǔ lǐ de 、 yǐ zhí wù wéi jī chǔ de dà cān , suī rán zhòng liàng hěn dà , suǒ hán kǎ lù lǐ bǐ jiào shǎo 。
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