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a written or spoken piece of information, etc. that you send to somebody or leave for somebody when you cannot speak to them yourself (书面或口头的)信息,消息,音信 There were no messages for me at the hotel. 旅馆里没有给我的留言。 I never got your message. 我从未收到你的口信儿。 We've had an urgent message saying that your father's ill. 我们得到个紧急消息说你父亲病了。 Jenny's not here at the moment. Can I take a message? 珍妮这会儿不在。要我给你传个话吗? I left a message on her voicemail. 我给她的语音信箱留言了。 I've been trying to get you all day—don't you ever listen to your messages? 我整天都在设法跟你联系,难道你就没有听一下电话留言? - message (from somebody) (to somebody)
Messages of support have been arriving from all over the country. 表示声援的言论从全国各地纷至沓来。 a televised message from the president to the American people 电视播出的总统告美国人民书 A radio message was sent out to all ships in the area. 向该地区所有船只发送了无线电信息。
Express Yourself Leaving a phone messagesee also error messageLeaving a phone message 电话留言 If you phone someone who is not able to take your call, you may need to leave a message: 给人打电话对方不能接时,需要留言可以这么说: Could I speak to Jay Black, please? 请让杰伊 · 布莱克接电话好吗?
Could you give him a message? 你帮我给他留个言好吗?
Is there a time that might be good for me to try him again? 我什么时间再给他打电话比较方便?
Can you let him know I’ll call back? 请告诉他我会再打电话来好吗?
Could you ask him to call me back? My number is… 请让他给我回电话好吗?我的号码是…
Extra ExamplesI called him and received a message on my voice mail the next day. 我给他打了电话,第二天收到了我语音信箱的信息。 Are there any messages for me? 有捎给我的信儿吗? He's not here—I'll pass on the message. 他不在,我会把消息转告他。 The family sent a heartfelt message of thanks to everyone who helped. 这家人给每一个帮助过他们的人都发了一封真挚的感谢信。 They sent messages of hope to the prisoners of war. 他们向战俘发出了希望的信息。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- important
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- convey
- give somebody
- pass somebody
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- come
- say something
- state something
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a piece of information sent in electronic form, for example by email or mobile phone 电邮信息;(手机)短信息 an email/a text/an SMS message 一封电子邮件/一条短信/一条短信 There were four messages in my inbox. 我的收件箱里有四封邮件。 He sent me a message. 他给我发了一条信息。 I turned on my cell phone to check my messages. 我打开手机查看我的信息。 Fans post messages on her website. 粉丝在她网站发消息。 I keep getting an error message when I try to connect to the internet. 尝试接通因特网的时候我老是得到出错提示信息。
Extra ExamplesTopics Phones, email and the interneta1I got an anonymous text message. 我收到了一条匿名短信。 The email message contains an attachment. 这封电子邮件有一个附件。 Who wants spam messages appearing on their website? 谁会想让垃圾信息出现在自己的网站上呢? A message pops up on the screen. 屏幕上跳出了一条信息。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- important
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- convey
- give somebody
- pass somebody
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- come
- say something
- state something
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- message about
- message for
- message from
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an important moral, social or political idea that a book, speech, etc. is trying to communicate (书、演讲等的)要旨,要点,教训 a film with a strong religious message 有强烈的宗教启示的电影 The campaign is trying to get the message across to young people that drugs are dangerous. 这次运动旨在让年轻人认识毒品的危害。 The clear message coming from the government is that they are getting tough on crime. 来自政府的明确信息是,他们对犯罪越来越严厉。 I think this movie sends the wrong message to her young fans. 我觉得这部电影给她的年轻粉丝传达了一种错误的思想。 He uses his art to convey a political message. 他用自己的艺术传达政治信息。
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingb1Does this send the right message to our target audience? 这个会向我们的受众传达正确的思想吗? He presents a truly chilling message in this article. 他在这篇文章里呈现了一种真正令人胆寒的思想。 He tries to spread the message of safe sex. 他努力传播安全性行为的理念。 The president toured the country spreading the message of national unity. 总统在全国巡回演讲,宣传国家团结的思想。 The take-home message is: be willing to negotiate. 应该吸取的教训是:要乐于谈判。 They found a way to transform their ideas into a marketing message that everyone relates to. 他们找到了一种方法,把他们的想法转换成每个人都能产生共鸣的营销理念。 This allowed us to bring our message to a different, younger audience. 这使得我们能把我们的理念带给不同的、更加年轻的受众。 This is sending a strong message about the importance of climate change. 这是在发出强有力的信息:气候变化十分重要。 This song has a universal message that everybody can relate to. 这首歌有着每个人都能产生共鸣的普遍主题。 a novel with a serious message 有严肃寓意的小说 a party with an anti-immigrant message 以反移民为要旨的政党 spreading the message of the Bible 传播《圣经》的启示 stories with hidden moral messages 隐含道德寓意的故事 the negative messages we send out 我们发出的负面信息 the subversive messages their films carry 他们的电影所传达的颠覆性寓意
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- central
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- broadcast
- disseminate
- spread
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- emerge
- reach somebody
- resonate with somebody
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- message about
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a piece of information that is sent from the brain to a part of the body, or from a part of the body to the brain (从大脑发给身体某部位或身体某部位向大脑发送的)信息 - messages[plural] (Scottish English, Irish English)
shopping 购物;买东西
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, based on Latin missus, past participle of mittere ‘send’.
Idioms
get the message
on/off message
stating/not stating the official view of the political party or organization you represent 说明(或不说明)所属政党的官方观点