单词 | write |
释义 | write /rait; rait/ vi, vt (pt wrote) /raut; rot/, pp written /'ntn; 'ntn/ 1 [VP2A, B, C] make letters or other symbols (eg ideographs) on a surface, esp with a pen or pencil on paper: 书写; 写字: / learn to read and ~; 学习谈书和写字; ~ on both sides of the paper. 在纸的两面上书写。 I've been writing (for) three hours. 我已经写了三个小时了。 Are we to ~ in ink or in pencil? 我启该用氟笔写,还是该用铅笔写? 2 [VP6A] put down (on paper) by means of words, etc: (在纸上)写字; 书写; 鸢下: ~ words/Chinese characters/shorthand; 写字(写中国字; 速记); ~ one's name; 写下自己的名字; ~ a cheque/a certificate/an application (by filling in the spaces with words, figures, etc); / 写支票(证书,申请书); ~ (= fill) three sheets. 填写三张纸。 3 [VP2C, 15B] ~ sth down, a put down (on paper) in words: (在纸上)写下; 记载: You'd better ~ down the address/ ~ it down before you forget it. 你' 最好把这地址(它)写下来,免得忘了。 b (more usu 较常用 mark down) reduce the nominal value of (stock, goods, etc); reduce in value or price. 减低 (资产,货物)的帐面价值; 减低价值或价格。 ~ sb down as, describe as: 描写为; 看成: I'd ~ him down as a foal. 我要把他描写为一个笨伯。 ~ in for sth, apply by letter for. 写信要求; 写报吿要求。 ~ off (for sth), order by post: 邮购; 写信订购: ~ off for another dozen bottles of rum. 邮购另一打瓶装兰酒。 ~ sth off, a compose quickly and easily: 迅速而容易地撰述; 容易地金成: ~ off an account of a sports meeting. 迅速而容易地写成一篇运动会的报导。 b cancel; recognize that sth is a loss or failure: 取消; 注销; 勾销; 削减: ~ off a debt; 注销一笔债款; ~ off £500 for depreciation of machinery. 因机器折旧而削减五百镑。 He has just written off a new car, damaged it beyond repair, so that the insurers regard it as a loss. 他刚刚报销了一辆新车 (损坏到无法修理,保险公司视为损失)。 Hence, 由此产生, '~-off n sth that no longer has any value: 报废物品; 不再有任何偿值的东西: The burnt-out airliner was a complete had no value whatever. 被烧毁的班机完全报废了。 ~ sth out, ~ the whole of; ~ in full: 全部写出; 誊清: ~ out a copy of an agreement; 誊写一份合约; ~ out a cheque. 开出一张支票。 ~ sth up, a bring up to date; complete: 补写到最近日期; 整理: ~ up one's diary. 逐日补写日记。 I must ~ up my notes of the lecture. 我必须整理演讲的笔记。 b overstate the value of (assets). 提高(资产)的帐面价值。 c describe, ~ about, (an event) elaborately: 详细描写; 花心血记述: The journalist wrote up the wedding for his paper. 记者为他的报纸详细报导那项婚礼。 d ~ a description giving praise: 为文赞扬: A friendly critic wrote up -the acting of the leading players. 一位友善的批评家为文赞扬主角们的演技。 Hence, 由此产生, '~-up n written account or record of an event. 事件的记述、说明或记录。 4 [VP6A, 2A] do the work of an author;, compose for publication: 写作; 著述: ~ a novel; 写一部小说; ~ for the newspapers; 为报纸撰写文章; make a living by writing. 以写作为生。 5 [VP2A, B, C, 12A, 13A, 4A] ~ and send a letter (to, or colloq without to): 写信给(与 to 连用,在口语中可省去 to): He promised to ~ (to) me every week. 他答应每周写信给我。 He ~s home/ ~s to his parents regularly. 他经常写信回家(给他的双亲)。 He wrote me that he was staying with his brother in York. 他写信吿诉我说,他正和他哥哥(弟弟) 在约克郡小住。 He wrote me an account of his visit. 他写信向我报导他参观的情形。 I wrote to let them know that I was coming. 我写信通知他们我就要来了。 6 (usu passive) show clear signs of: (通常用被动语态)显露: He had trouble/ honesty written on his face. 他的脸上显露他的困难 (诚实)。 written (also writ, archaic form of the pp) large, easily or clearly recognizable. (亦作 writ large, writ 为古体的过去分词)显而易见; 容易识别。 |
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