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信;信函 If you write a letter to someone, you write a message on paper and send it to them, usually by post.
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I had received a letter from a very close friend.
我收到一个很要好的朋友的来信。
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...a letter of resignation...
辞职信
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Our long courtship had been conducted mostly by letter.
我俩长期的恋爱过程基本上靠的是书信。
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字母 Letters are written symbols which represent one of the sounds in a language.
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...the letters of the alphabet.
字母表中的字母
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...the letter E.
字母E
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（校队队衣的）校名首字母标志（以嘉许优秀运动员） If a student earns a letter in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or college.
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Valerie earned letters in three sports: volleyball, basketball, and field hockey.
瓦莱丽在排球、篮球和曲棍球三个项目上获得了佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉。
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赢得佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉 If a student letters in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or college.
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Burkoth lettered in soccer.
伯考思在足球上获得了佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉。
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See also:
capital letter;
covering letter;
dead letter;
love letter;
newsletter;
poison-pen letter;
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PHRASE
（钻）法律字眼 If you say that someone keeps to the letter of the law, you mean that they act according to what is actually written in the law, rather than according to the general principles of it, especially when you disapprove of this.
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They had stuck to the letter of the law and in my view they should be ashamed.
他们死抠法律字眼。依我看他们应该感到惭愧。
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1. the literary culture;
- "this book shows American letters at its best"
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2. scholarly attainment;
- "he is a man of letters"
- 1. "The Si Ku Quan Shu", or "Complete Library in the Four Branches of Literature," completed in 1782, has the world's longest series of books. The work, comprising four traditional divisions of Chinese learning -- classics, history, philosophy, and belles-letters -- contains 3,503 titles bound into more than 36,000 books with a total of 853,456 pages.
- 中国的 《四库全书》 是世界上页数最多的书。 它完成于1782年， 分经、史、子、集四部，收书 3，503 种， 分装成 36，000 余册， 共有 853，456 页。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. A total of twenty letters were received last month.
- 上个月共收到20封信。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. All letters must be stamped with the correct postage.
- 任何信件都应该按所需邮资贴邮票。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. All my letters went unanswered.
- 我写的信都没有得到回信。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Ask him to hurry up with those letters so that we can send them off today.
- 让他快把信写好，我们好今天发出去。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 6. By marks in numbers or letters, the teacher evaluates a student's work.
- 老师用数字或字母的符号来评价学生的作业。
来自《用法词典》
- 7. By request from the readers, we will give more pages to Letters From Readers.
- 应读者请求，我们将为“读者来信”一栏增加更多的篇幅。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 8. Children have to learn to close up their letters when writing.
- 孩子们必须学会把字母写得紧凑。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 9. Don't forget to date your letters.
- 别忘了信上写明日期。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 10. Don't take notice of Hammond's letters, they are nothing but hot air.
- 不要理会哈蒙德的那些信，全都是吹牛。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 11. Even the youngest child can trace over the shapes of the letters with a pencil.
- 即使小孩子也能用铅笔描出字母。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 12. Fan letters flooded in.
- 崇拜者的信潮水般涌来。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 13. File these letters carefully.
- 请把这些信件仔细归档。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 14. Harry is one of the old school and still writes all his business letters in longhand.
- 哈里这个人非常守旧，至今还是用普通写法写所有的公函。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 15. He is qualified as a complete man of letters.
- 他有资格当真正的文学家。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 16. He knocked out five letters in two hours last night.
- 昨晚，他只花了两小时就写了五封信。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 17. He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.
- 他不让秘书处理机密文件。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 18. He was cordial in all his letters.
- 他的每封来信都很热情。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 19. He was occupied in writing letters.
- 他忙于写信。
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- 20. He's busy copying letters.
- 他正忙着抄写信件。
来自《简明英汉词典》
