| 词组 | letter |
| 释义 | letter /ˈletə $ -ər/ noun 1. a message that you write to someone on paperadjectives/nouns + lettera long/short letter She wrote me a long letter, telling me all her news.a one-/three-/ten- etc. page letter Send us a one-page letter about why you want the job.a business letter In business letters, you often use phrases such as “I would be grateful if...”.an official letter I received an official letter thanking me for my enquiry.a formal/informal letter The letter sounded very formal.a personal letter I don’t want him reading my personal letters.a love letter A boy in my class wrote me a love letter.a thank-you letter Mum made me write thank-you letters for all my birthday presents.a covering letter BrE a cover letter AmE (=that you send with a job application) Always enclose a cover letter with your resume.a strongly-worded letter (=expressing your disapproval in a very direct way) I sent a strongly-worded letter to the manager, complaining about the service in his shop.verbswrite a letter He wrote a letter inviting her to visit.read a letter May I read her letter?sign a letter I forgot to sign the letter!send a letter The school sent a letter to all the children’s parents.post a letter BrE mail a letter AmE Could you post this letter for me?get/receive a letter I got a letter from my mother.open a letter Bill opened the letter and read it.reply to/answer a letter I never answered his letter.a letter is addressed to sb (=has their name and address on the envelope) The letter was addressed to Mr John Appleby.a letter is dated sth (=has a particular date on it) Thank you for your letter dated March 4th.a letter comes/arrives The letter arrived the following day.prepositionsa letter from sb I’ve had a letter from Sam.a letter to sb Someone had been reading her letters to her boyfriend.a letter about/concerning sth I get a lot of letters about this subject.in a letter He said in his letter that he was moving house.by letter We only communicate by letter.a letter of complaint I wasn’t satisfied with the service I had received and I wrote the company a letter of complaint. Don’t say a complaint letter.2. a sign used in writing to represent speech soundsadjectivescapital letters also upper case letters formal (=A, B, C etc) Fill out the form in capital letters.small letters also lower case letters formal (=a, b, c etc) In McCartney, the first ‘c’ is written in small letters.double letters (=two of the same letter written together) Words with double letters are often spelt wrong.a silent letter (=one which is written but not pronounced) There is a silent letter in the word ‘know’.the first letter What’s the first letter of his name?Instead of saying the first letter of a word is p, you can say that it begins with p: I can’t remember her name, but it begins with R.phrasesthe letter a/the letter y etc The letter e is used more often than any other in English.the letters of the alphabet Songs can help children learn the letters of the alphabet.in capital/small/big etc letters The title was printed in capital letters. |
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