letters

1. N-COUNT 信;信函
   If you write a letter to someone, you write a message on paper and send it to them, usually by post.
   1. I had received a letter from a very close friend.
      我收到一个很要好的朋友的来信。
   2. ...a letter of resignation...
      辞职信
   3. Our long courtship had been conducted mostly by letter.
      我俩长期的恋爱过程基本上靠的是书信。
2. N-COUNT 字母
   Letters are written symbols which represent one of the sounds in a language.
   1. ...the letters of the alphabet.
      字母表中的字母
   2. ...the letter E.
      字母E
3. N-COUNT （校队队衣的）校名首字母标志（以嘉许优秀运动员）
   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.
   1. Valerie earned letters in three sports: volleyball, basketball, and field hockey.
      瓦莱丽在排球、篮球和曲棍球三个项目上获得了佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉。
4. VERB 赢得佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉
   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.
   1. Burkoth lettered in soccer.
      伯考思在足球上获得了佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉。
5. See also: capital letter covering letter dead letter love letter newsletter poison-pen letter
6. PHRASE （钻）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.
   1. They had stuck to the letter of the law and in my view they should be ashamed.
      他们死抠法律字眼。依我看他们应该感到惭愧。
7. PHRASE （执行指示）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.
   1. She obeyed his instructions to the letter.
      她分毫不差地遵照他的吩咐去做。

1. The modern Russian alphabet has 31 letters
   现代俄语字母表有31个字母。
2. I wrote hundreds of begging letters to charities and businesses.
   我给慈善团体和商业机构写了几百封求助信。
3. I addressed their letters in care of the bars and clubs where I'd known them.
   我把写给他们的信寄往我们结识时的酒吧和俱乐部，请它们代为转交。
4. They used elaborate secret codes, as when the names of trees stood for letters
   他们使用了复杂的暗号，比如用树的名称代表字母。
5. Two Manchester City fans, Geoff Watts and Howard Davies, coincidentally wrote similar letters to the club.
   说来也巧，两个曼城队球迷杰夫·沃茨和霍华德·戴维斯给俱乐部写了类似的信。
6. Her letters conflate past and present
   在她的信中过去和现在融为一体。
7. In African languages there is a close correspondence between sounds and letters.
   非洲语言中的发音与字母关系密切。
8. The union countered with letters rebutting the company's claims
   工会写信驳回了公司的要求。
9. I am expecting several important letters but nothing has arrived
   我正在等几封重要的信件，可是一封都没到。
10. We will forward your letters to him.
    我们会把您的信转交给他。
11. Here's some letters I want you to sign
    这里有几封信要你签字。
12. They have inundated me with fan letters.
    他们转给我的粉丝来信让我应接不暇。
13. Valerie earned letters in three sports: volleyball, basketball, and field hockey.
    瓦莱丽在排球、篮球和曲棍球三个项目上获得了佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉。
14. We did the logo in lower-case letters instead of capitals.
    我们的徽标用了小写字母，没用大写。
15. I can see why you believed my letters were threatening but I never meant them to be.
    我能理解你为什么认为我的信是在吓唬人，但是我绝无此意。
16. He had written letters on official notepaper to promote a relative's company.
    他用官方信纸写信推荐一个亲戚的公司。
17. I have had an enormous number of letters from single parents
    我已经收到了大量单亲家长的来信。
18. They saw some large letters in white paint.
    他们看见了用白漆写的几个大大的字母。
19. We can only print letters which are accompanied by the writer's name and address.
    我们只能刊登附有作者姓名和地址的信件。
20. Somewhere in Ian's room were some of the letters that she had sent him
    在伊恩房间里的某个地方，有她写给他的一部分信件。
21. I am sustained by letters of support and what people say to me in ordinary daily life
    这些支持的信件和人们每天对我的鼓励一直支撑着我。
22. Scores of congratulatory telegrams and letters greeted Franklin on his return
    富兰克林一回来，就收到了好几十封贺电和贺信。
23. He covered his tracks, burnt letters and diaries
    他掩盖形迹，烧毁了信件与日记。
24. Readers should send a copy of unanswered letters to their MP
    读者应该把那些未得到回复的信件复印一份寄给代表他们的议员。
25. He wrote the word 'pride' in huge letters on the blackboard.
    他在黑板上写了一个大大的单词pride。
26. File these letters carefully.
    请把这些信件仔细归档。
27. I have a batch of letters to answer.
    我有一批信要回复。
28. What time's the next collection of letters?
    下一次收信时间是几点钟？
29. I've just come out to post some letters.
    我刚出来去邮几封信。

noun

1. the literary culture
   1. this book shows American letters at its best

2. scholarly attainment
   1. he is a man of letters