锻炼

锻炼 [duàn liàn]

1. ■ （体育锻炼） take exercise; have physical training:

锻炼好身体 build up a strong constitution;

经常锻炼以保持健康 train regularly to keep fit;

热心地从事体育锻炼 pursue one's athletic exercises with zest;

他长期缺乏锻炼。 He had been short of exercise for a long time.

智能的锻炼同身体的运动同样重要。 Exercise of the mental faculties is as important as bodily excercise.

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常用词组

1. ■ （磨炼） temper; steel; toughen:

在劳动中锻炼自己 steel oneself in labour;

劳动锻炼 temper oneself through manual labour;

在大风大浪中经受锻炼 be tempered in [through] the great storms