performance

1. N-COUNT A performance involves entertaining an audience by doing something such as singing, dancing, or acting. 表演

Inside the theatre, they were giving a performance of Bizet's Carmen. 他們正在劇院里演出比才的《卡門》。

...her performance as the betrayed Medea. …她出演被出賣的美狄亞。

2. N-VAR Someone's or something's performance is how successful they are or how well they do something. 業(yè)績; 性能

That study looked at the performance of 18 surgeons. 那項研究著眼于18位外科醫(yī)生的業(yè)績。

The poor performance has been blamed on the recession and cheaper sports car imports. 業(yè)績慘淡歸咎于經(jīng)濟衰退和更便宜跑車的進口。

3. N-SING Theperformanceof a task is the fact or action of doing it. 執(zhí)行; 實施

He devoted in excess of seventy hours a week to the performance of his duties. 他每周在自己職責(zé)的執(zhí)行上投入超過70個小時。