performance

1. N-COUNT A performance involves entertaining an audience by doing something such as singing, dancing, or acting. 表演

Inside the theatre, they were giving a performance of Bizet's Carmen. 他们正在剧院里演出比才的《卡门》。

...her performance as the betrayed Medea. …她出演被出卖的美狄亚。

2. N-VAR Someone's or something's performance is how successful they are or how well they do something. 业绩; 性能

That study looked at the performance of 18 surgeons. 那项研究着眼于18位外科医生的业绩。

The poor performance has been blamed on the recession and cheaper sports car imports. 业绩惨淡归咎于经济衰退和更便宜跑车的进口。

3. N-SING Theperformanceof a task is the fact or action of doing it. 执行; 实施

He devoted in excess of seventy hours a week to the performance of his duties. 他每周在自己职责的执行上投入超过70个小时。