interpreter

noun
🔊/ɪnˈtɜːprətə(r)/
🔊/ɪnˈtɜːrprətər/
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  1. a person whose job is to translate what somebody is saying into another language口译工作者;口译译员;传译员
    • through an interpreter Speaking through an interpreter, the President said that the talks were going well.总统通过口译员说会谈进展良好。🔊🔊
    • a sign language interpreter (= a person who translates what somebody is saying into sign language for deaf people)手语翻译员
    • Susan acted as interpreter for us.苏珊担任我们的口译员。
    compare translatorTopics Jobsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + interpreter
    • act as
    • speak through
    preposition
    • interpreter for
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  2. a person who performs a piece of music or a role in a play in a way that clearly shows their ideas about its meaning演绎(音乐、戏剧中人物等)的人
    • She is one of the finest interpreters of Debussy's music.她是将德彪西的音乐演绎得最出色的演奏者之一。🔊🔊
  3. (computing计算机) a computer program that changes the instructions of another program into a form that the computer can understand and use解释程序;解释器Topics Computersc2
  4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French interpreteur, from late Latin interpretator, from Latin interpretari ‘explain, translate’, from interpres, interpret- ‘agent, translator, interpreter’.