【释义1】n，锚
柯林斯：An anchor is a heavy hooked object that is dropped from a boat into the water at the end of a chain in order to make the boat stay in one place.
【例句】
The ship lay at anchor two miles off the rocky coast. 船在离岸两英里处抛锚停泊。
【释义2】n，主持人
柯林斯：The anchor on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it.
【例句】
He worked in the news division of ABC – he was the anchor of its 15-minute evening newscast. 他以前在美国广播公司的新闻部工作–他是该公司15分钟晚间新闻节目的主持人。
【释义3】精神支柱，顶梁柱
牛津：a person or thing that gives sb a felling of safety.
【例句】the anchor of the family 全家的顶梁柱
【释义4】v，抛锚
When a boat anchors or when you anchor it, its anchor is dropped into the water in order to make it stay in one place. 抛锚
【释义5】v, 使固定、稳定
柯林斯：If an object is anchored somewhere, it is fixed to something to prevent it moving from that place.
【例句】
He said the government should solidly anchor inflation expectations to avoid additional volatility. 他说政府应牢牢控制通货膨胀，以避免更多的波动。
【释义6】v，主持
柯林斯：The person who anchors a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it and acts as a link between interviews and reports that come from other places or studios.
【例句】
Viewers saw him anchoring a five-minute summary of regional news. 观众们看到了他主持地区新闻的5分钟综述。
Life's roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors.
生活中最猛烈的风暴证明了我们锚的力量。
Final thoughts
虽然作名词释义有三个，但大家也能看出来，这几个释义的核心理念是差不多的，起到 主心骨、使..稳定固定的人或物。作动词时，又多能与名词意思联系起来。这些意思是相互联系，甚至是层层递进的，放在一起记就容易多了。
保持好奇心，每日，每月，每年，以求寸进。
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