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firing [something]
表示动作正在进行，后接被射击的对象。
The soldier is firing a rifle.
士兵正在开枪。
解雇；开除
firings — plural of firing
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解雇；开除
The act of dismissing someone from a job, especially because of poor performance.
The soldier is firing a rifle.
士兵正在开枪。
烧制陶器等的过程
The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery.
燃料
The fuel for a fire.
添加燃料
The act of adding fuel to a fire.
开枪或发射武器
The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
The company announced the firing of 200 employees due to budget cuts.
公司因预算削减宣布解雇200名员工。
The sound of firing from the shooting range could be heard miles away.
从射击场传来的开火声数英里外都能听到。
The controlled firing of the dry grass helped prevent a larger wildfire.
对干草进行有控制的焚烧有助于防止更大的野火。
表示动作正在进行，后接被射击的对象。
The soldier is firing a rifle.
士兵正在开枪。
强调射击的方向或目标。
They are firing at the target.
他们正在向目标射击。
名词用法，表示动作本身或结果，也可用于解雇，如the firing of employees。
The firing of the cannon was heard.
听到了大炮的发射。
Not this
He was firing from the company.
Use this
He was fired from the company.
“firing”是动名词或现在分词，表示主动进行，而此处需要表示被动“被解雇”，应用过去分词“fired”。
Not this
He did a firing of the gun.
Use this
He fired a shot.
表示开一枪时，英语习惯用动词“fire”搭配“a shot”，而非将“firing”作为可数名词使用。
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行刑队
The prisoner was executed by a firing squad.
囚犯被行刑队处决。
射击场
Soldiers practice at the firing range every week.
士兵们每周在射击场练习。
射击线；第一线
The troops advanced to the firing line.
部队推进至射击线。
撞针
The gun's firing pin was damaged.
枪的撞针损坏了。
点火顺序
The mechanic checked the engine's firing order.
机械师检查了发动机的点火顺序。
发射机构
The firing mechanism of the rifle is very precise.
这支步枪的发射机构非常精密。
全力以赴；火力全开
The team is firing on all cylinders this quarter.
这个团队本季度全力以赴。
在风口浪尖；成为众矢之的
The CEO found himself in the firing line after the company's poor performance.
公司业绩不佳后，首席执行官成了众矢之的。
未能奏效；一无所获
The striker has been firing blanks all season.
这名前锋整个赛季都未能进球。
Use firings naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象火焰（fire）喷射，就是 firing（开火；烧毁）。
语域：neutral 常见场景：military、hunting、sports shooting firing 作为名词通常指开枪或发射的动作，多用于军事、狩猎或体育射击等场景，在正式和非正式语境中均常见。
Words ending in '-iring' are pronounced /aɪərɪŋ/ and rhyme with each other. 'Filing' (ending in '-iling') looks similar but is pronounced /faɪlɪŋ/, so it does not rhyme due to the /l/ instead of /r/.
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