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par

noun
🔊/pɑː(r)/
🔊/pɑːr/
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  1. (in golf高尔夫球) the number of shots a good player should need to complete a course or to hit the ball into a particular hole标准杆
    • a par five hole标准杆为五杆的球洞
    • Par for the course is 72.这个球场的标准杆是 72 杆。🔊🔊
    • over/under par She went round the course in three under (= three strokes less than) par.她在标准杆以下三杆（小于三杆）的情况下绕过球场。
    Extra Examples
    • He finished four over par.他比标准杆高出四杆。
    • a clever putt to save par一个聪明的推杆来节省标准杆
    Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
  2. (also par value)
     (business商业) the value that a share in a company had originally（股票的）面值，票面价值
    • at par to be redeemed at par 以面值兑换
    • above/below par The company's bonds are trading well above par.该公司的债券交易价格远高于面值。
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘equality of value or standing’): from Latin, ‘equal’, also ‘equality’. The golf term dates from the late 19th cent.
Idioms
below/under par
  1. less well, good, etc. than is usual or expected不太好；不佳；不及平常好；不如预期
    • I may take tomorrow off if I’m still feeling under par.如果我仍然感觉不到标准杆的话，我明天可以休假。
    • Teaching in some subjects has been well below par.一些科目的教学一直远达不到标准。🔊🔊
    • I feel slightly below par today.我今天感到略低于标准杆。
be par for the course
  1. (disapproving) to be just what you would expect to happen or expect somebody to do in a particular situation不出所料；果不其然 synonym norm
    • Starting early and working long hours is par for the course in this job.开工早、工时长是这份工作的常态。🔊🔊
on a par/level with somebody/something
  1. as good, bad, important, etc. as somebody/something else与…同样好（或坏、重要等）；不相上下；伯仲之间
    • This place is on a par with the best French restaurants.这个地方可以与最好的法国餐馆相提并论。
up to par
  1. as good as usual or as good as it should be达到通常（或应有）的水准
    • I didn’t think her performance was up to par.我认为她表现得不及平时。
    • Your work is not up to par.您的工作没有达到标准。