letters
n. <正>文學(作品); 信( letter的名詞複數 ); 函件; 字母; (縫製在運動服上的)校運動隊字母標誌(美式英語)
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.
我收到一個很要好的朋友的來信。
...a letter of resignation...
辭職信
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.
瓦萊麗在排球、籃球和曲棍球三個專案上獲得了佩戴校名首字母標誌的榮譽。
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.
伯考思在足球上獲得了佩戴校名首字母標誌的榮譽。
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.
他們死摳法律字眼。依我看他們應該感到慚愧。
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. the literary culture;
2. scholarly attainment;
He passed the letters to the Department of Trade and Industry.
他把信交給了貿工部。
I am expecting several important letters but nothing has arrived.
我正在等幾封重要的信件,可是一封都沒到。
We delved through a sackful of letters to draw the winning name.
我們把手探進一袋信件中抽取獲獎者。
She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.
她是個自尊心很強的人,絕不會自貶身份去寫匿名信。
They advocated a scattergun approach of posting dozens of letters.
他們主張採取向四處隨意郵寄大量信件的方式。