詞彙精選:telegram的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
電報 [C]
例句:
The telegram was sent reply prepaid.
電報已發出並已預付覆電費用。
例句:
A telegram will be the quickest way to transmit the message.
打電報將是傳遞這個資訊的最快途徑。
v.
用電報傳送,發電報 [I,T]
例句:
My daughter telegrammed me yesterday.
我女兒昨天給我發了電報。
二、詞義辨析:
cable,telegram,telegraph
這些名詞都有“電報”之意。cable通常指通過海底電纜打的電報,也可指廣義的電報。telegram常用詞,指通過電報系統發出的資訊,尤指具體的一份份電報。telegraph側重指通訊方式和電報業各,不可數名詞,表想象概念。
三、相關短語:
letter telegram
書信電報
四、參考例句:
She has clapped a telegram for me.
她給我拍了封電報。
The telegram was sent reply prepaid.
電報已發出並已預付覆電費用。
The telegram was delivered early this morning.
這份電報是今天清晨送到的。
A telegram from Uncle Fred arrived.
弗雷德舅舅發的一封電報來了。
The telegram asked for an instant reply.
這封電報要求立即回覆。
He was not alarmed at receiving the telegram.
他接到這封電報時並不心慌。
He ciphered the telegram in a few minutes.
他只用了幾分鐘就把電報譯成密碼。
We telephoned Jean a greetings telegram on her wedding day.
在瓊結婚那天我們用電話給她發了個賀電。
The telegram turned out to have been bogus.
電報原來是假的。
I sent him a telegram, congratulating him on his success.
我給他發去一個電報,祝賀他的成功。