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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. —Plato 体育运动如果是出于强迫，不会有害于身体；但在强迫之下获得的知识，不能保留在头脑中。——柏拉图
一、下面我们来看看exercise有几种含义
n.
1.运动，锻炼 [U,C]
Temperance and exercise conduce to good health.
节制与运动有益于健康。
2.练习，习题 [C]
Do the vocabulary exercise at the end of the chapter.
做这一章末尾的词汇练习。
3.【军】演习，操练 [C]
Praised as a heroine by many, others denounced her rescue as a staged event used by Pentagon officials as a propaganda exercise.
许多人称她为英雄，也有人公开指责说林奇的获救就像一出舞台戏，被五角大楼官员们用作宣传演习。
4.（特定的）活动，行动
It has become a threat to democracy and may render the presidential election an exercise in futility.
这是对民主本质的一大威胁，可能使总统选举成为有名无实的民主活动。
5.（权力，权利等的）行使，运用
The government must be careful in its exercise of power.
政府在行使其权力时必须小心谨慎。
v.
1.锻炼，操练，练习 [T]
Doctor’s careful work has won schoolmate's affirmation, simultaneously activity itself has also exercised everybody.
医生细致、认真的工作赢得了同学的肯定，同时活动本身也锻炼了大家。
2.运用，行使 [T]
The King cannot exercise much political power.
这国王没有很大的政治权利。
3.练习；运动 [I]
I think you should exercise more.
我认为你应该多运动运动。
二、词义辨析：还有哪些词表示“联习”的意思呢？
drill, exercise, practice, training, discipline
这些名词都有“练习、训练、锻炼”之意。drill侧重进行有系统的，严格和重复的练习。exercise主要指为强壮体魄而进行的锻炼，也可指进行练习以保持已经获得的技巧。practice指把所学的理论或知识用于实践以获得技艺与技巧。training普通用词，泛指为从事某种职业而进行的身体或智力方面的训练。discipline既可指训练又可指为达到某种熟练程度而进行的约束。
三、下面我们来学习一下含有exercise的常见短语
physical exercise
体育锻炼
neck exercise
颈项功，颈项功
四，你学会exercise的用法了吗？一起来检测一下自己吧！
The value of this ____ is that it challenges the students to express themselves freely.这项练习的价值在于它能促使学生自由地表达自己的思想。
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