| 单词 | square |
| 释义 | square square /; AmE / adjective, noun, verb
■ adjective
1 used before a unit of measurement to express an area equal to a square with sides of the length mentioned: Office rental is €290 per square metre. The chain has doubled its retail square footage.
2 (abbr sq.) used after a number to give a measurement of area: We have about 15 000 square metres of factory space.
3 ( if two people are square, neither of them owes money to the other: Here's the $50 I owed you-now we're square. ■ noun [C] MARKET SQUARE the number obtained when you multiply a number by itself: The square of 7 is 49. IDIOMS back to square one used to describe a situation when you are forced to return to the beginning of a project, task, etc., and have therefore made no real progress: The prototype failed safety tests, and we were back to square one. ■ verb [+ obj] 1 square sth (off) to make sth have straight edges and corners: The rods are sharpened at one end and squared off at the other. 2 (Stock Exchange ) to make the total number of shares bought and sold equal: Investors are squaring their short positions and taking profits. PHRASAL VERBS square up 1 square up (to sb/sth) to face a difficult situation and deal with it in a determined way: We must square up to the challenges posed by the new regulations. 2 square up (to sb/sth) to face sb as if you are going to fight them: Small stores do not have the power to square up to supermarkets. 3 ( to pay sb the money you owe them: I'll pay for the meal and we'll square up tomorrow. square sth with sth; square with sth to make two amounts, facts, etc. agree with each other; to agree with another amount, fact, etc: squaring invoices with purchase orders The CEO's policy of no redundancies needs to be squared with the need to maintain profits. His description of our performance does not square with reality. square sth with sb to ask permission or check with sb that they approve of what you want to do: I should be able to come, but I'll have to square it with my boss. |
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