Word · Frequency #1057
career
猛冲；疾驰
to move quickly in a particular direction, especially in an uncontrolled way
- 1.
To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.
快速直线前进,尤指失控地
- 2.
move headlong at high speed
高速猛冲
快速直线前进,尤指失控地；高速猛冲
In use
The car careered down the hill and crashed into a fence.
The bus was careering along the icy road when the driver lost control.
When frightened, a horse careers across the field.
The cars careered down the road
The mob careered through the streets
career down/along/through sth
该结构表示猛烈地沿某个方向移动，常指失控或高速。
The bus careered down the hill.
公共汽车沿山坡猛冲而下。
career around
这里表示活动激烈且方向不定，常用于比喻。
Children careered around the playground.
Connections
Collocations
- career down the hill
- 猛冲下山
- The car careered down the hill and crashed into a fence.汽车猛冲下山，撞上了栅栏。
- career out of control
- 失控猛冲
- The truck careered out of control on the icy road.卡车在结冰的路面上失控猛冲。
- career through traffic
- 在车流中疾驰
- A motorcycle careered through traffic and nearly hit a pedestrian.一辆摩托车在车流中疾驰，差点撞到行人。
- career into a wall
- 猛撞上墙
- The bus careered into a wall after its brakes failed.公交车刹车失灵后猛撞上墙。
- career off the road
- 冲向路外
- The driver lost control and the jeep careered off the road.司机失去控制，吉普车冲出了路面。
- career headlong
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：career 里有 car，想象一辆车（car）失控疾驰，正好是动词‘猛冲’。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reporting、narrative writing、describing accidents or uncontrolled movement 该词作动词表示“高速猛冲、失控地疾驰”时，通常用于书面叙述或新闻报道中，比如描写车辆或人失控地快速向前冲；日常口语中较少单独使用，更常说 rush 或 speed。整体上是中性偏书面的用法。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 career 的重读读音 /ˈɪr/ 押韵：beer, deer, engineer, hear, peer, year。其中 beer, deer, engineer, peer 与 career 都有相同的拼写结尾 -eer；hear 和 year 用 -ear 拼出同样的 /ɪr/ 音。注意：career 读 /kɝˈɪr/，不是 care (/kɛr/) 加 er 的读音；carrier (/ˈkæriər/) 拼写相近但读音不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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