名词〈古〉方式，方法; 本质，天性; 同类; 某类

形容词仁慈的，体贴的; 友善的，好心的; 温和; 宽宏大量的

名词用法和短语（NOUN USES AND PHRASES）

1. 种类
If you talk about a particular kind of thing, you are talking about one of the types or sorts of that thing.

e.g. The party needs a different kind of leadership...
该党需要一种不同的领导风格。
e.g. Had Jamie ever been in any kind of trouble?...
杰米遇到过什么麻烦吗？

2. 同类人
If you refer to someone's kind, you are referring to all the other people that are like them or that belong to the same class or set.

e.g. I hate Lewis and his kind just as much as you do...
我和你一样痛恨刘易斯之流。
e.g. I can take care of your kind.
我能对付像你这样的家伙。

3. 各种类型的；五花八门的
You can use all kinds of to emphasize that there are a great number and variety of particular things or people.

e.g. Adoption can fail for all kinds of reasons...
收养不成功可能有各种原因。
e.g. Donations came from all kinds of people...
捐赠来自于各界人士。

4. 稍微；有几分；有点儿
You use kind of when you want to say that something or someone can be roughly described in a particular way.

e.g. It was kind of sad, really...
有点儿让人难过，真的。
e.g. She wasn't beautiful. But she was kind of cute...
她不漂亮。但她有几分可爱。

5. 名不副实，徒有其名（指不如本应有的那么好）
You can use of a kind to indicate that something is not as good as it might be expected to be, but that it seems to be the best that is possible or available.

e.g. There is good news of a kind for the Prime Minister...
对总理来说也算是有个好消息。
e.g. She finds solace of a kind in alcohol.
她从酒精中多少得到一些安慰。

6. 独一无二的；独特的
If you refer to someone or something as one of a kind, you mean that there is nobody or nothing else like them.

e.g. She's a very unusual woman, one of a kind.
她是个非常与众不同的女人，是独一无二的。

7. 两个/三个/四个同一类的
If you refer, for example, to two, three, or four of a kind, you mean two, three, or four similar people or things that seem to go well or belong together.

e.g. They were two of a kind, from the same sort of background.
他们俩是一类人，有相同的背景。

8. 以同样的方式
If you respond in kind, you react to something that someone has done to you by doing the same thing to them.

e.g. They hurled defiant taunts at the riot police, who responded in kind.
他们向防暴警察挑衅大骂，防暴警察同样回骂他们。

9. 以实物支付；以货代款；以服务偿付
If you pay a debt in kind, you pay it in the form of goods or services and not money.

e.g. Inflation and the shortage of banknotes has forced factories to pay their workers in kind.
通货膨胀和纸币短缺使工厂不得不以实物抵付工人的工资。
e.g. ...benefits in kind.
实物形式的福利

名词游乐场; 操场，尤指提供如秋千等设备的户外场地; （某些集体聚会游乐的）园地

1. （学校的）操场，运动场；（儿童）游乐场
A playground is a piece of land, at school or in a public area, where children can play.

2. （某一群体的）游憩胜地，度假场所
If you describe a place as a playground for a certain group of people, you mean that those people like to enjoy themselves there or go on holiday there.

e.g. ...St Tropez, playground of the rich and famous.
圣特罗佩，富豪和名流的游憩胜地