◙ noun 1. a particular part or feature of something • (事物的某一）方面，特定部分；特点 »personal effectiveness in all aspects of life. 在生活各个方面表现出来的个人影响力。 »the financial aspect can be overstressed. 财务方面的问题可能会被过分强调。 a particular way in which something may be considered • 考虑事物的方式 »from every aspect theirs was a changing world. 从各个方面来看他们的世界是一个不断改变着的世界。 [in sing.,with modifier] a particular appearance or quality • 外表，特性 »the air of desertion lent the place a sinister aspect. 荒芜的景象给这个地方蒙上了一种不祥的色彩。 »[mass noun] a man of decidedly foreign aspect. 一个带有明显外国特征的男子。 2. [usu. in sing.] the positioning of a building or thing in a particular direction • (建筑物等的）方向 »a greenhouse with a southern aspect. 朝南的温室。 the side of a building facing a particular direction • (建筑物朝某一方向的）一面 »the front aspect of the hotel was unremarkable. 旅馆的正面看上去不起眼。 [Astrology] any of a number of particular angular relationships between one celestial body or point on the ecliptic and another • [占星] 黄道中一天体和另一天体之间的角度关系(或相对位置）；方位 »the sun in Aries formed an adverse aspect with Uranus in Capricorn. 白羊座中的恒星与摩羯座中的天王星构成了一个不吉利的角。 3. [mass noun] [Grammar] a grammatical category or form which expresses the way in which time is denoted by the verb • [语法] 体 »the semantics of tense and aspect. 时与体的语义学。 »[count noun] four verbal aspects. 动词的四种体。 4. There are three aspects in English, the progressive or continuous aspect (expressing duration, typically using the auxiliary verb be with a form in -ing, as in I was reading a book), the perfect or perfective (expressing completed action, typically using the auxiliary verb have with a past participle, as in I have read the book), and unmarked aspect (as in he reads books) ◙ verb 1. [with obj.] [常作 be aspected] [Astrology] (of a planet) form an aspect with (another celestial body) • [占星] (行星与另一天体）形成角度关系(或相对方位） »the sun is superbly aspected by your ruler Mars on the 19th. 19日太阳与你的命运星火星构成极好的角度。
【派生】
♦ aspectual adjective
【语源】
1. late Middle English (denoting the action or a way of looking at something): from Latin aspectus, from aspicere 'look at', from ad- 'to, at' + specere 'to look'