词组 | perform |
释义 | conduct, do, execute, fulfil These verbs all mean to carry out in action, as an assignment or a task. Perform is precisely directed to this concept, though do is the most general term. When the two words are synonymous, perform conveys a greater formality than do , or implies a greater degree of difficulty and intricacy: to do a trick; to perform a feat; to do odd jobs; to perform an operation; to do one’s best; to perform a miracle. Perform also differs from do in stressing the idea of a ritual or a formal public presentation: to perform a christening ceremony; to perform a symphony. It implies the rendering of a work or the carrying out of a rite that already exists, while do may suggest spontaneity and improvisation: to perform a play or a piece of music; to do impressions. In another comparison, to do a play is to undertake it and prepare it for presentation: The repertory company is do ing Ibsen this season. To perform a play is to give it before an audience: They are perform ing Shakespeare in the park tonight. Perform can also mean to discharge an obligation, duty or command: He wouldn’t promise what he could not perform . In this sense, it is close to fulfil , which stresses the accomplishment of something pledged, hoped for or anticipated: to fulfil an obligation; to fulfil a parent’s expectations; to fulfil a campaign promise. Fulfil puts the greatest stress of all these words on completion or consummation, the realization of potential or capabilities. Hence it implies an ultimate perform ance: The prophecy was fulfil led; a novelist who never went on to fulfil his early promise. Conduct is close to perform but stresses direction, leadership or supervision: to conduct an experiment; to conduct a survey. In a specific sense, with reference to music, it is used of a single person and means to direct the perform ance of a work: to conduct an opera. Execute is like perform in several senses. It can suggest intricacy, meaning to perform something demanding expert skill or faultless technique: to execute a tricky manoeuver; a ballerina executing a tour jeté; a skater executing a perfect figure eight. Or it can point to accomplishment, meaning to follow, carry out or put into effect: to execute an order. It differs from perform in another sense, in implying the creation of a work according to a plan or design rather than the artistic conception and rendering of a completed work: an artist skilfully executing a portrait; a builder executing an architect’s design. SEE: artisan, commit, performer, satisfy. |
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