1. 控制(情感);利用(自然力) If you harness something such as an emotion or natural source of energy, you bring it under your control and use it.
harness
e.g. ...the movement's ability to harness the anger of all Ukrainians... 該運動(dòng)之疏解所有烏克蘭人怒氣的能力 e.g. Turkey plans to harness the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for big hydro-electric power projects. 土耳其計劃利用底格里斯河和幼發(fā)拉底河的河水開(kāi)發(fā)大型水電項目。
2. (系在身上用以攜帶裝備或限制其移動(dòng)的)系帶,背帶 A harness is a set of straps which fit under a person's arms and fasten round their body in order to keep a piece of equipment in place or to prevent the person moving from a place.
3. 馬具;挽具 A harness is a set of leather straps and metal links fastened round a horse's head or body so that the horse can have a carriage, cart, or plough fastened to it.
4. 給(馬等)套上挽具 If a horse or other animal is harnessed, a harness is put on it, especially so that it can pull a carriage, cart, or plough.
e.g. On Sunday the horses were harnessed to a heavy wagon for a daylong ride over the Border. 星期天,馬匹被套在一輛沉重的馬車(chē)上,準備踏上長(cháng)達一天的穿越邊境之旅。
5. 互相配合;通力合作 People or things who are working in harness are working together in order to achieve a particular aim.
e.g. At Opera North he will be in harness with Paul Daniel, the conductor appointed music director last year. 在北方歌劇公司,他將和去年指揮指定的音樂(lè )總監保羅·丹尼爾通力合作。
6. (常指停止工作一段時(shí)間后)正常工作的 If you say that someone is in harness, you mean that they are working, often after a period of not working.
e.g. You can rest for three or four months and then the longing for work will return and you will be right back in harness. 你可以休息三四個(gè)月,然后又會(huì )開(kāi)始渴望工作,并能很快回到正常的工作狀態(tài)。
harness英英釋義
noun
1. stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
2. a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)