| 单词 | cover |
| 释义 | cover cover // verb, noun
■ verb
1 [+ obj] to include sth; to deal with sth: Do the rules cover (= apply to) a case like this? We are covered by (= included in) a confidentiality agreement. The survey covered Spain and Germany.
2 [+ obj] to provide a service to people or businesses in a particular area or market: a distribution network that covers 70 countries The group covers 95% of the German digital photo-processing market. We do not cover rural areas.
3 [+ obj] to be or provide enough money for sth: The cost covers two weeks of training. The show barely covered its costs. A charge of $100 million will cover the costs of the restructuring. The company had enough cash reserves to cover potential losses.
4 (Insurance ) [+ obj] to protect sb/sth against loss, injury, damage, etc. by insurance: The policy covers you and your family against personal injury. You are fully covered for emergency treatment abroad.
5 [no obj] to do sb's work or duties while they are away: Who's covering for Joan while she's on leave?
6 (Finance ; Stock Exchange ) [+ obj] to buy the shares, currency, etc. that you have already agreed to sell to sb, especially so that you will not lose money if the price rises: The Korean market saw significant gains as investors scrambled to cover their short positions. ⇨ CLOSE verb (9)
7 cover yourself (against sth) [+ obj] to take action in order to protect yourself against being blamed for sth: Companies can use performance reviews to cover themselves against lawsuits.
■ noun
DIVIDEND COVER, FORWARD COVER, INSURANCE COVER, INTEREST COVER
1 [C] the outside of a book or a magazine: the front/back cover the cover story
2 (Insurance ) (AmE coverage) [U] protection that an insurance company provides by promising to pay you money if a particular event happens: They took out additional cover for accidental damage. The policy includes cover of up to €50 000 against legal expenses. SYN INSURANCE COVER
❖ to get/obtain/take out cover ◆ to arrange/provide/withdraw cover ◆ additional/extended/standard cover ◆ accident/fire/health/life/medical cover ◆ full/restricted cover
3 (Finance ) [U] (BrE) an amount of money that is large enough to meet a debt, loss, expense, etc.
4 (HR ) [U] when sb does another person's job when they are away or when there are not enough staff: It's the manager's job to organize cover for staff who are absent.
IDIOMS
under separate cover if a document, book or other item is sent under separate cover, it is sent in another envelope or package |
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