platform
noun uk/ˈplæt.fɔːm/ us/ˈplæt.fɔːrm/
(STRUCTURE)
B2 [ C ]平台
a flat raised area or structure
A2 [ C ]站台，月台
a long, flat raised structure at a railway station, where people get on and off trains
The next train for Aberdeen will depart from platform 9. 下一趟去阿伯丁的火车将从9号站台开出。
[ C ]讲台;舞台
the raised part of the floor in a large room, from which you make a speech or give a musical performance
Speaker after speaker mounted/took the platform to denounce the policy. 演讲者一个接一个走上讲台谴责这项政策。
This brilliant young violinist has appeared on concert platforms all round the world. 这名才华横溢的年轻小提琴手曾在世界各地的音乐会舞台上演出。
the platformUK 讲台上的人
the people who are up on a platform in order to speak to an audience
An elderly lady stood up and said she had a question for the platform. 一个年老的女士站起来说，有一个问题要问讲台上的人。
The platform party (= the group on the platform) applauded loudly. 讲台上的人热烈鼓掌。
- More examples
- All southbound trains leave from platform one.
- Three men were feared dead last night after a helicopter veered off course into an oil platform.
- I slipped as I stepped onto the platform.
- He mounted the platform and began to speak to the assembled crowd.
- Passengers wishing to take the Kings Cross train should go to platform 9.
(IDEAS)
C2 [ C usually singular ]（公开表达看法或信仰的）机会，讲坛
an opportunity to make your ideas or beliefs known publicly
By refusing to give us a grant to make this programme, they are denying us a platform. 他们通过拒绝给我们提供组织这项活动的资金，剥夺了我们的发言权。
[ S ]纲领，政纲，宣言
all the things that a political party promises to do if they are elected
We campaigned on a platform of low taxation. 我们竞选的纲领是降低税率。
- More examples
- The television has provided the evangelists with yet another platform for their proselytizing.
- This generous grant will provide a platform for new research and development.
- These kind of TV-shows provide the platform for opinionated people to express their views.
- the Labour party platform
- a strong gay rights platform
(COMPUTING)
[ C ]平台（指使用的计算机系统和软件）
the type of computer system or smartphone you are using, in relation to the type of software (= computer programs) you can use on it
This new personal banking software can be used with any Windows platform. 这款新的个人银行软件可与任何版本的视窗操作平台兼容。
Both Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile platforms now have emoji keyboards built into their software. 苹果的iOS和谷歌的Android手机系统现在都在软件中安装了内置表情键盘。
Idiom
share a platformidiom 同台演讲（或表演）
to give speeches or to perform at the same public event
It was the first time the opposing candidates had shared a platform. 这是对立的两位候选人第一次同台演讲。