letter
n. 信; 证书,许可证; 字母,文字; 字面意义
vt. 用字母标明; 写字母于; 加标题
vi. 写印刷体字母
If you write a letter to someone, you write a message on paper and send it to them, usually by post.
I had received a letter from a very close friend.
我收到一个很要好的朋友的来信。
...a letter of resignation...
辞职信
Letters are written symbols which represent one of the sounds in a language.
...the letters of the alphabet.
字母表中的字母
...the letter E.
字母E
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
If you say that someone carries out instructions to the letter, you mean that they do exactly what they are told to do, paying great attention to every detail.
She obeyed his instructions to the letter.
她分毫不差地遵照他的吩咐去做。
1. a written message addressed to a person or organization;
2. the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech;
3. a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention);
4. an award earned by participation in a school sport;
5. owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
1. win an athletic letter
2. set down or print with letters
3. mark letters on or mark with letters
alphabet, letter, character, script
这些名词均有"字母"之意。
letter, note, correspondence, message
这些名词均有"信"之意。
to the letter
严格按照文字;精确地
Take the letter to him [ her ; them ].
把信给 人家 送去.
The letter ended on a cheerful note.
这封信以乐观的口气收尾.
She guessed that the letter had something to do with her husband.
她猜想这封信与她丈夫有关.
Why haven't you got my letter? I sent it off last week.
你为什么还没有收到我的信? 我上星期就寄出去了.
I told her to send the letter by airmail.
我叫她把那封信寄航空.