名詞信；字母；函；（縫制在運(yùn)動(dòng)服上的）校運(yùn)動(dòng)隊(duì)字母標(biāo)志動(dòng)詞用字母標(biāo)明（于清單等上）；把字母印刷（或縫制等）于網(wǎng)絡(luò)文字；信件；書信
1. to the letter : 嚴(yán)格按照字句, 不擇不扣地；
2. by letter : 以書信形式；
及物動(dòng)詞
名詞
1. He wrote me a letter last month.
他上月給我寫來一封信。
2. He kept the letter of the law but not the spirit.
他遵守法律的字面條文，而不是其精神實(shí)質(zhì)。
3. letter的翻譯
3. He was trained as a doctor but devoted his life to letters.
他學(xué)的是醫(yī)但畢生從事文學(xué)。
4.
4. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.
英語字母有二十六個(gè)。
介紹信
A：I have a letter of introduction here.
我這兒有一封介紹信。
B：Your name, please？
請問貴姓大名？
A：It‘s David Chou.
周大衛(wèi)。
B：Oh, yes, Mr. Chou. We‘ve been looking forward to this.
啊，周先生，我們一直在等著您來。
在郵局
u0039u0031u0031u67E5u8BE2u00B7u82F1u8BEDu5355u8BCD
A：Three twenty-five cent stamps, please.
請給我三張25 分的郵票。
B：Here you are. Seventy-five cents, please.
好的。請給我75 分。
A：And please send this letter by registered mail.
還要寄這封掛號信。
B：Is there anything valuable in it?
里面有什么重要的東西嗎？
A：There’s a check for two hundred dollars and a photograph.
里面有一張200 元的支票及一張照片。
B：Shall I make out a receipt?
您需要開一張收據(jù)嗎？
A：No, don’t bother.
不用了，不用麻煩。
B：That will be ninety-five cents in all.
那總共需要95 分。
申請簽證
A：Why do you want to go to U.K.?
你為什么要去英國？
B：I want to study for a doctorate.
我要去攻讀博士學(xué)位。
A：How long do you intend to stay in U.K.?
你打算在英國呆多久？
B：About two years.
大約兩年。
A：Does your scholarship cover the whole two years?
整個(gè)兩年你都有獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金嗎？
B：Yes, it does.
是的，都有。
A：Where will you live?
你將住在哪兒？
B：I hope to live on the university campus. I have a letter here from my professor about accommodation.
我希望住在學(xué)校內(nèi)。我的老師就住宿問題給我寫了一封信。
A：May I have a look? Thanks. Is your family going with you?
可以讓我看看嗎？謝謝。你的家屬是不是跟你一起去？
B：Oh, no, I am going alone.
哦，不，只有我一個(gè)人去。
3. 文字：在每組標(biāo)簽內(nèi)可以包含資料或其它是空(empty)標(biāo)簽,只有起始的標(biāo)簽而沒有結(jié)束的標(biāo)簽,所以稱為(datatype),群組(group)與實(shí)體(Entity),在XML規(guī)范中對於這些物件的命名有在XML 1.0規(guī)范中規(guī)定文字(Letter)除了包含英文字母外,
1. 信;信函
If you write a letter to someone, you write a message on paper and send it to them, usually by post.
e.g. I had received a letter from a very close friend.
我收到一個(gè)很要好的朋友的來信。
e.g. ...a letter of resignation...
辭職信
2. 字母
Letters are written symbols which represent one of the sounds in a language.
e.g. ...the letters of the alphabet.
字母表中的字母
e.g. ...the letter E.
字母E
3. （校隊(duì)隊(duì)衣的）校名首字母標(biāo)志（以嘉許優(yōu)秀運(yùn)動(dòng)員）
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.
e.g. 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(gè)項(xiàng)目上獲得了佩戴校名首字母標(biāo)志的榮譽(yù)。
4. 贏得佩戴校名首字母標(biāo)志的榮譽(yù)
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.
e.g. Burkoth lettered in soccer.
伯考思在足球上獲得了佩戴校名首字母標(biāo)志的榮譽(yù)。
5. see also: capital letter;covering letter;dead letter;love letter;newsletter;poison-pen letter
6. （鉆）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.
letter
e.g. 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(yīng)該感到慚愧。
7. （執(zhí)行指示）毫厘不爽地，不折不扣地
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.
letter的解釋
e.g. She obeyed his instructions to the letter.
她分毫不差地遵照他的吩咐去做。