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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++plat·form /ˈplætfɔːm $ -fɔːrm/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable] 1 train 火车TTT especially British English the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station 站台，月台 The Edinburgh train will depart from platform six. 开往爱丁堡的火车将从六号站台发车。2 for speeches 用于演讲TBB a stage for people to stand on when they are making a speech, performing etc 讲台；戏台，舞台 a small raised platform at one end of the room 房间一端凸起的小讲台3 politics 政治 a) [usually singular]PPIDEA the main ideas and aims of a political party, especially the ones that they state just before an election 〔尤指竞选之前发表的〕政纲，纲领 → plank a strong women’s rights platform 强硬的妇女权利政纲 the Labour party platform 工党纲领 b) CHANCE/OPPORTUNITYa chance for someone to express their opinions, especially their political opinions 〔发表观点的〕机会，讲坛〔尤指政治讲坛〕platform for The conference provides a platform for people on the left wing of the party. 这次会议给该党的左翼人士提供了发表意见的机会。4 structure 结构TB a tall structure built so that people can stand or work above the surrounding area 高台，平台 an oil exploration platform 石油勘探平台5 computers 计算机TD the type of computer system or software that someone uses 平台〔指使用中的计算机系统或软件〕 the UNIX platform UNIX平台 a multimedia platform 多媒体平台6 express ideas 表达观点 an opportunity to express your ideas to a large number of people 〔公开表达意见的〕机会platform for We mustn’t give these groups a platform for their propaganda. 我们不能给这些团体宣传机会。7. bus 公共汽车 British EnglishTTC the open part at the back of some double-decker buses, where passengers get on and off 〔双层公共汽车后部的〕出入口8. SHOES 鞋子platforms (also platform shoes) [plural]DCC shoes that have a raised thick sole (=flat bottom part) and a high heel 厚底鞋 →5 see picture at 见图 shoe1
Examples from the Corpus
platform• General Vladimir Fyodorov led an ultranationalist government to power in 2002 on a platform pledged to eliminating organized crime at any cost.• "The deal provides us with a platform for expansion into new markets, " Weldon said.• a gas drilling platform• Although different installers are required for each platform, there is considerable commonality of code between the installers, observes Praxis.• The train to Boston leaves from Platform 9.• Actors have a good platform to promote their causes.• The party's new platform emphasizes rural development.• The train's arrival was an Event and whole families gathered on the station platforms to see their travelling members off.• The train drew away and Claudia was left alone on the platform.• Professor Allen stepped up onto the platform.• Please address your comments to the platform.• Warehouses yawning out over the barren yards and loading docks; rusted cranes fused to their platforms, punching at the air.• Which platform does your department use, Windows or Macintosh?• Often she wore platform heels and flared trousers.From Longman Business Dictionaryplatformplat‧form /ˈplætfɔːm-fɔːrm/ noun [countable]1the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off the train2a system used to broadcast television or radio programmes3a tall structure built so that people can work around the surrounding area4 (also computer platform)COMPUTING a particular type of computer system or softwarePick a secure operating system and computer platform.Origin platform (1500-1600) French plateforme “diagram, map”, from plat “flat” + forme “form”plat·form nounChineseSyllable
place the railway beside raised a Corpus Business
platform
plat‧form S3 W3 /ˈplætfɔːm $ -fɔːrm/
noun [countable]
The Edinburgh train will depart from platform six.
2. FOR SPEECHES a stage for people to stand on when they are making a speech, performing etc:
a small raised platform at one end of the room
3. POLITICS
a. [usually singular] the main ideas and aims of a political party, especially the ones that they state just before an election ⇨ plank:
a strong women’s rights platform
the Labour party platform
b. a chance for someone to express their opinions, especially their political opinions
platform for
The conference provides a platform for people on the left wing of the party.
4. STRUCTURE a tall structure built so that people can stand or work above the surrounding area:
an oil exploration platform
5. COMPUTERS the type of computer system or software that someone uses:
the UNIX platform
a multimedia platform
6. EXPRESS IDEAS an opportunity to express your ideas to a large number of people
platform for
We mustn’t give these groups a platform for their propaganda.
7. BUS British English the open part at the back of some double-decker buses, where passengers get on and off
8. SHOES platforms (also platform shoes) [plural] shoes that have a thick layer of wood, leather etc under the front part and the heel
▪ station a place where trains or buses regularly stop: The town has its own railway station. | Paddington Station in west London | the bus station
▪terminus the station or stop at the end of a railway or bus line: We’ve arranged to meet her at the Victoria bus terminus. | the railway terminus in central Calcutta
▪track [usually plural] the metal lines along which trains travel. This is sometimes used in American English to say which part of a station a train will leave from: The passenger train, traveling at 120 mph, careered off the tracks.
▪platform the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station – used especially to say which part of a station a train will leave from: Trains for Oxford leave from Platform 2.
▪ticket office (also booking office British English) the place at a station where tickets are sold: You can buy rail tickets online or at the ticket office.
▪departures board British English (also departure board American English) a board saying when and from which part of a station each train will leave: The departures board said that the train was ten minutes late.
plat‧form S3 W3 /ˈplætfɔːm $ -fɔːrm/
noun [countable] Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: plateforme 'diagram, map', from plat 'flat' + forme 'form'
1. TRAIN especially British English the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station:Language: French
Origin: plateforme 'diagram, map', from plat 'flat' + forme 'form'
2. FOR SPEECHES a stage for people to stand on when they are making a speech, performing etc:
3. POLITICS
a. [usually singular] the main ideas and aims of a political party, especially the ones that they state just before an election ⇨ plank:
b. a chance for someone to express their opinions, especially their political opinions
platform for
4. STRUCTURE a tall structure built so that people can stand or work above the surrounding area:
5. COMPUTERS the type of computer system or software that someone uses:
6. EXPRESS IDEAS an opportunity to express your ideas to a large number of people
platform for
7. BUS British English the open part at the back of some double-decker buses, where passengers get on and off
8. SHOES platforms (also platform shoes) [plural] shoes that have a thick layer of wood, leather etc under the front part and the heel
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In British stations the platforms, where passengers get on and off trains, have numbers. 在英国火车站，旅客上下火车的站台 (platform) 有编号 ：◆ The Edinburgh train is waiting at platform 4. 去爱丁堡的火车在 4 号站台等候。 In stations in the USA, it is the track that the train travels along that has a number. 在美国火车站，以火车的轨道 (track) 编号作为站台号 ：◆ The train for Chicago is on track 9. 开往芝加哥的列车停靠在 9 号站台。
