In a division of electronic engineers, who were designing equipments so advanced that they work in teams of up to 150, co-workers and managers were asked to nominate the standouts- the stars in productivity and effectiveness
出自-2013年6月听力原文
They came up with 10 or 15 names, and that group of stars was compared with everyone else
出自-2013年6月听力原文
The stars were people who knew how to get along, who knew how to motivate themselves, usually the kind of people you like to hang out with.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
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星;恒星
A star is a large ball of burning gas in space. Stars appear to us as small points of light in the sky on clear nights.
例句
The night was dark, the stars hidden behind cloud.
夜很黑，星星都躲在云的后面。
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星状;星形物
You can refer to a shape or an object as a star when it has four, five, or more points sticking out of it in a regular pattern.
例句
Children at school receive coloured stars for work well done.
学校里的孩子表现得好会得到彩色星星。
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(饭店、宾馆等的)星级标志
You can say how many stars something such as a hotel or restaurant has as a way of talking about its quality, which is often indicated by a number of star-shaped symbols. The more stars something has, the better it is.
例句
...five star hotels.
五星级宾馆
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明星
Famous actors, musicians, and sports players are often referred to as stars .
例句
...Gemma, 41, star of the TV series Pennies From Heaven...
杰玛，41 岁，电视连续剧《飞来横财》中的明星
By now Murphy is Hollywood's top male comedy star...
墨菲现在已经是好莱坞的一线男喜剧明星了。
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(在戏剧或电影中)担任主角，主演
If an actor or actress stars in a play or film, he or she has one of the most important parts in it.
例句
The previous year Adolphson had starred in a play in which Ingrid had been an extra...
上一年，阿道夫森在一部戏剧里担任主角，当时英格丽在剧中还只是个临时演员。
He's starred in dozens of films.
他主演过很多部影片。
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(戏剧或电影)由…主演
If a play or film stars a famous actor or actress, he or she has one of the most important parts in it.
例句
...the BBC's new satirical show, That Was The Week That Was, which starred David Frost.
由戴维·弗罗斯特主持的英国广播公司新讽刺节目《那一周》
...a Hollywood film, The Secret of Santa Vittoria, directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Anthony Quinn.
由斯坦利·克雷默导演、安东尼·奎因主演的好莱坞影片《圣维多利亚的秘密》
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(报纸、杂志上登载的)星象
Predictions about people's lives which are based on astrology and appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine are sometimes referred to as the stars .
例句
There was nothing in my stars to say I'd have travel problems!
我的星象预测中没有说我会在旅行中遇到麻烦！
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多亏运气好
If you say that someone should thank their lucky stars that something is the case, you mean that they should be very grateful that it is the case, because otherwise their situation would be a lot worse.
例句
Thank your lucky stars you're out of London.
你不在伦敦真是走运了。