英语词汇“to write up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. transitive. To give a written account of (a matter, an event, etc.); (now often) to publish a report or review of (something) in a newspaper, magazine, etc.

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society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)]

writeeOE

awriteeOE

markOE

titlea1325

record1340

registera1393

accordc1450

chronicle1460

to write upa1475

calendar1487

enrol1530

prickc1540

scripture1540

to set down1562

report1600

reservea1616

tabulatea1646

to take down1651

actuate1658

to commit to writing (also paper)1695

to mark down1881

slate1883

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > tell (story) [verb (transitive)] > tell story of

record1340

to write upa1475

to story out1570

to story forth1591

story1610

yarn1840

a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 551 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 317 Þat þo clerke of kechyn schulde not mys, Þer-fore þo countrollour..Wrytes vp þo somme as euery day, And helpes to count.

a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) ix. l. 1177 I wyll noucht wryt wp all, That I hawe sene in my tyme fall.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Rest of Esther xii. B Mardocheus wrote vp the same matter.

1592 T. Tymme Plaine Discouerie Ten Eng. Lepers G 3 b The Divell that playeth host in this worlde..writeth up all in his booke.

1658 J. Durham Comm. Bk. Revelation iii. 186 As if He had keeped a Diarie of every event, and had written up every word and action of men.

1767 New Mod. Story Teller I. 239 Mr. Heartwell wrote up the whole account of his conduct to the admiralty.

1887 J. Hawthorne Tragic Myst. ii After interviewing the sentry..they departed to write up the tragedy.

1904 W. B. Yeats Let. 17 Dec. (1994) III. 687 Masefield comes over to write up the Theatre & the pictures.

1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Feb. 125/1 Research workers and journalists are increasingly lying their way into hospitals with the intention of writing up their experiences.

2011 Private Eye 4 Mar. 7/3 Giddens visited Libya in the summer of 2006 at the personal invitation of Colonel Gaddafi.., and wrote up their three-hour conversation.

b. transitive. To bring (a diary, log, or other written record) up to date.

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society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > bring up to date

to write up1736

1736 J. Mair Book-keeping Methodiz'd i. 9 Nor can the Waste-book answer this Design; for being written up in the Time of Business, and commonly too by different Hands; it can neither be fair and uniform, nor very accurate.

1839 H. W. Longfellow Hyperion II. iii. v He..writes up the journal neglected for a week or two.

1848 J. Hannay Biscuits & Grog 19 Now that we..have little to do, suppose we write up our logs?

1903 Indian Law Rep. Madras Ser. 26 3 He wrote up the ledger from the day-book.

1972 E. A. Gray U-Boat War 1914–1918 (1994) ix. 153 Beitzen noted the position of the field on his charts, wrote up the log-book entry, and turned back for home before the weather worsened.

2000 N. Riall Boer War ii. 14/2 It is clear that once mobilisation had begun Malcolm began to take greater care in writing up his diary.

c. transitive. To produce a full or formal written version of (notes, minutes, etc.); (more generally) to complete a final or finished version of (a written piece).

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1834 H. D. Inglis Ireland in 1834 I. v. 139 I remained for about ten days, writing up my notes, digesting my information, and occasionally enlarging my observations.

1900–1 Proc. Univ. Durham Philos. Soc. 1900–6 2 3 Even the minutes of the Curators cease to be written up.

1998 Textile Horizons July 23/1 Emily..is currently writing up her thesis for her Masters degree.

2004 D. E. Gray Doing Res. in Real World 244 In general, field notes should be written up immediately following the observation.

†2. transitive. To enter (a person's name) in a roll or list; to enrol. See also sense 4b. Obsolete.

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society > communication > record > list > [verb (transitive)] > enter in list > enter name or person in list

billa1464

to write upa1500

inscribe1607

to string up1854

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) iv. l. 2543 Til wryte vp ilkan in til rol.

a1525 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Asloan) (1920) 18 Thai wryt wp leile and falss..And Dytis þaim vnder a perdoun.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. x. D There shall xxx. M. also of the Iewes be written vp in the kynges hoost.

1539 Bible (Great) Psalms lxxxvii. 6 The Lorde shall rehearse it, whan he wryteth vp the people.

1666 P. Gordon Diary (1859) 72 Haveing told where wee were to lodge, they..sent a writer to write up our names.

3. transitive. To place (written text) in a prominent and elevated position, typically as a notice or inscription.

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society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > write or place writing in elevated position

to write up1535

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Dan. v. E This is the scripture, that is written vp.

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 i. i. 170 I will..ouer the chaire of state..Wright vp his title.

1688 tr. L. Buglio Aridgm. Life G. Magaillans in tr. G. de Magalhães New Hist. China 350 Elogies and Encomiums upon the Father, written up on white Satin.

1739 J. Bancks Short Crit. Rev. Polit. Life O. Cromwell vi. 140 They..appeared every one with a paper in his hat, with these words written up on it.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxiv. 374 Not content vith writin' up Pickwick [on the coach-door].

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers li. 559 I call it a dispensary, and it's alvays writ up so.

1950 Sunday Times 17 Dec. 3/7 The message written up on the wall near to the Boulevard Edgar Quinet.

2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 Oct. The writers of Seinfeld used to take as their motto the phrase ‘no good deed goes unpunished’, and I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Rendell had that written up above her desk.

4. intransitive. Of an author, esp. of literary works: to adapt one's style in order to attract readers of supposedly more sophisticated taste or literary appreciation, or address a more knowledgeable readership. Often with to indicating the readership. Cf. sense 15d, to write down 4 at Phrasal verbs.

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1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. Pref. sig. A3 His Subjects are often Great and Noble, and then he never fails to write up to them.

1713 H. Felton Diss. Reading Classics 124 It must be our Care to think and write up to the Dignity..of the Things we presume to treat of.

1830 Southern Rev. May 495 It put him above his less-gifted peers—the noble vulgar—and it enabled him to write up or write down, just as the mood prompted.

1921 Sci. Amer. Nov. 20/1 The Editor both ‘writes down’ and ‘writes up’... He may translate the Einstein theories into the nontechnical phrases of everyday life.

1997 D. Conley Daily Miracle x. 181 The aim should be to write ‘up’ rather than ‘down’ to readers.

5. transitive. To praise or promote (someone or something) in writing. Cf. to write down 3b at Phrasal verbs.In later use often difficult to distinguish from sense 1a.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > in writing

to write up1726

1726 J. Swift Let. 27 Nov. in Corr. (1963) III. 187 However, one thing I was pleased with, that after you had writ me down, you repented, and writ me up.

1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 165 She was never written up, to use the modern technical expression, in the Reviews.

1851 T. De Quincey Ld. Carlisle on Pope in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 235/2 Byron..wished to write up Pope by way of writing down others.

1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 7 I'll go in presently and write up this place.

?1930 in W. B. Weare Black Business in New South (1973) vi. 164 [The black press] wrote him up [to such an extent that a] young lady from Vicksburg [sent him a letter of proposal].

1980 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa) 23 Apr. c1/1 He thought it would be automatic. The press wrote him up like he was the next superstar.

6. transitive. To bring (a person, esp. oneself) to a heightened or exalted state or condition by what one writes; spec. to raise or elevate (oneself) in status, reputation, etc., through one's writings. Now rare.

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society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > raise or elevate by writing

to write up1733

1733 E. Budgell Bee 2 683 He grew upon his Adversary, and at last wrote himself up to so high an Opinion of his own Importance, that he told the Gentleman, with a modest Disdain, that if he had been bred an Attorney, like himself, he would have been an Attorney still.

1751 W. Warburton in Wks. of Alexander Pope III. 108 Writers..writing themselves up into the same delusion with their Readers.

1832 Bristol Job Nott 3 May 84/2 He out did O'C, with the silken gown, And wrote himself up to a pitch of renown.

1945 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) 28 Aug. 2/3 He may write himself up into a rival of the Babes in the Wood whose perilous adventures have drenched in tears the nurseries of many generations.

7. transitive. Finance. To increase the nominal value of (stock or goods).

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1893 Financial Times 25 Jan. 2/5 It was unanimously resolved by the shareholders to adopt the report and accounts. That step involved the extraordinary procedure of writing up the value of the premises in order to meet losses which have been incurred or which are contingent.

1904 Trans. Faculty of Actuaries 2 17 Draw up a schedule showing the amounts that must be added to capital each half-year so as to gradually write up the sum invested to the redemption value.

1992 Economist 2 May (Survey World Banking Suppl.) 30/2 Banks that merge or reorganise can boost their capital by writing up the value of their investments and property virtually tax-free.

2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 29 June b2/1 Bank of America and Citigroup..may be able to write up mortgage bonds and other dodgy paper they still hold.

8. transitive. U.S. To report (a person) for some misconduct, misdemeanour, etc.

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society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (transitive)] > inform of (a fault or crime)

delatec1600

to write up1930

1930 Amer. Speech 6 134 Written up, noted in the prison records for some violation of rules.

1932 Saline (Mich.) Observer 30 June 1/5 The traffic officer..wrote him up for a traffic violation.

1990 D. Peterson Dress Gray v. 142 If the CQ chooses to be a hard case, he can write up the cadets in the company for having untidy rooms during the day.

单词	to write up
释义	> as lemmas to write up to write up 1. a. transitive. To give a written account of (a matter, an event, etc.); (now often) to publish a report or review of (something) in a newspaper, magazine, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] writeeOE awriteeOE markOE titlea1325 record1340 registera1393 accordc1450 chronicle1460 to write upa1475 calendar1487 enrol1530 prickc1540 scripture1540 to set down1562 report1600 reservea1616 tabulatea1646 to take down1651 actuate1658 to commit to writing (also paper)1695 to mark down1881 slate1883 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > tell (story) [verb (transitive)] > tell story of record1340 to write upa1475 to story out1570 to story forth1591 story1610 yarn1840 a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 551 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 317 Þat þo clerke of kechyn schulde not mys, Þer-fore þo countrollour..Wrytes vp þo somme as euery day, And helpes to count. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) ix. l. 1177 I wyll noucht wryt wp all, That I hawe sene in my tyme fall. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Rest of Esther xii. B Mardocheus wrote vp the same matter. 1592 T. Tymme Plaine Discouerie Ten Eng. Lepers G 3 b The Divell that playeth host in this worlde..writeth up all in his booke. 1658 J. Durham Comm. Bk. Revelation iii. 186 As if He had keeped a Diarie of every event, and had written up every word and action of men. 1767 New Mod. Story Teller I. 239 Mr. Heartwell wrote up the whole account of his conduct to the admiralty. 1887 J. Hawthorne Tragic Myst. ii After interviewing the sentry..they departed to write up the tragedy. 1904 W. B. Yeats Let. 17 Dec. (1994) III. 687 Masefield comes over to write up the Theatre & the pictures. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Feb. 125/1 Research workers and journalists are increasingly lying their way into hospitals with the intention of writing up their experiences. 2011 Private Eye 4 Mar. 7/3 Giddens visited Libya in the summer of 2006 at the personal invitation of Colonel Gaddafi.., and wrote up their three-hour conversation. b. transitive. To bring (a diary, log, or other written record) up to date. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > bring up to date to write up1736 1736 J. Mair Book-keeping Methodiz'd i. 9 Nor can the Waste-book answer this Design; for being written up in the Time of Business, and commonly too by different Hands; it can neither be fair and uniform, nor very accurate. 1839 H. W. Longfellow Hyperion II. iii. v He..writes up the journal neglected for a week or two. 1848 J. Hannay Biscuits & Grog 19 Now that we..have little to do, suppose we write up our logs? 1903 Indian Law Rep. Madras Ser. 26 3 He wrote up the ledger from the day-book. 1972 E. A. Gray U-Boat War 1914–1918 (1994) ix. 153 Beitzen noted the position of the field on his charts, wrote up the log-book entry, and turned back for home before the weather worsened. 2000 N. Riall Boer War ii. 14/2 It is clear that once mobilisation had begun Malcolm began to take greater care in writing up his diary. c. transitive. To produce a full or formal written version of (notes, minutes, etc.); (more generally) to complete a final or finished version of (a written piece). ΚΠ 1834 H. D. Inglis Ireland in 1834 I. v. 139 I remained for about ten days, writing up my notes, digesting my information, and occasionally enlarging my observations. 1900–1 Proc. Univ. Durham Philos. Soc. 1900–6 2 3 Even the minutes of the Curators cease to be written up. 1998 Textile Horizons July 23/1 Emily..is currently writing up her thesis for her Masters degree. 2004 D. E. Gray Doing Res. in Real World 244 In general, field notes should be written up immediately following the observation. †2. transitive. To enter (a person's name) in a roll or list; to enrol. See also sense 4b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > list > [verb (transitive)] > enter in list > enter name or person in list billa1464 to write upa1500 inscribe1607 to string up1854 a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) iv. l. 2543 Til wryte vp ilkan in til rol. a1525 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Asloan) (1920) 18 Thai wryt wp leile and falss..And Dytis þaim vnder a perdoun. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. x. D There shall xxx. M. also of the Iewes be written vp in the kynges hoost. 1539 Bible (Great) Psalms lxxxvii. 6 The Lorde shall rehearse it, whan he wryteth vp the people. 1666 P. Gordon Diary (1859) 72 Haveing told where wee were to lodge, they..sent a writer to write up our names. 3. transitive. To place (written text) in a prominent and elevated position, typically as a notice or inscription. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > write or place writing in elevated position to write up1535 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Dan. v. E This is the scripture, that is written vp. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 i. i. 170 I will..ouer the chaire of state..Wright vp his title. 1688 tr. L. Buglio Aridgm. Life G. Magaillans in tr. G. de Magalhães New Hist. China 350 Elogies and Encomiums upon the Father, written up on white Satin. 1739 J. Bancks Short Crit. Rev. Polit. Life O. Cromwell vi. 140 They..appeared every one with a paper in his hat, with these words written up on it. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxiv. 374 Not content vith writin' up Pickwick [on the coach-door]. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers li. 559 I call it a dispensary, and it's alvays writ up so. 1950 Sunday Times 17 Dec. 3/7 The message written up on the wall near to the Boulevard Edgar Quinet. 2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 Oct. The writers of Seinfeld used to take as their motto the phrase ‘no good deed goes unpunished’, and I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Rendell had that written up above her desk. 4. intransitive. Of an author, esp. of literary works: to adapt one's style in order to attract readers of supposedly more sophisticated taste or literary appreciation, or address a more knowledgeable readership. Often with to indicating the readership. Cf. sense 15d, to write down 4 at Phrasal verbs. ΚΠ 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. Pref. sig. A3 His Subjects are often Great and Noble, and then he never fails to write up to them. 1713 H. Felton Diss. Reading Classics 124 It must be our Care to think and write up to the Dignity..of the Things we presume to treat of. 1830 Southern Rev. May 495 It put him above his less-gifted peers—the noble vulgar—and it enabled him to write up or write down, just as the mood prompted. 1921 Sci. Amer. Nov. 20/1 The Editor both ‘writes down’ and ‘writes up’... He may translate the Einstein theories into the nontechnical phrases of everyday life. 1997 D. Conley Daily Miracle x. 181 The aim should be to write ‘up’ rather than ‘down’ to readers. 5. transitive. To praise or promote (someone or something) in writing. Cf. to write down 3b at Phrasal verbs.In later use often difficult to distinguish from sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > in writing to write up1726 1726 J. Swift Let. 27 Nov. in Corr. (1963) III. 187 However, one thing I was pleased with, that after you had writ me down, you repented, and writ me up. 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 165 She was never written up, to use the modern technical expression, in the Reviews. 1851 T. De Quincey Ld. Carlisle on Pope in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 235/2 Byron..wished to write up Pope by way of writing down others. 1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 7 I'll go in presently and write up this place. ?1930 in W. B. Weare Black Business in New South (1973) vi. 164 [The black press] wrote him up [to such an extent that a] young lady from Vicksburg [sent him a letter of proposal]. 1980 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa) 23 Apr. c1/1 He thought it would be automatic. The press wrote him up like he was the next superstar. 6. transitive. To bring (a person, esp. oneself) to a heightened or exalted state or condition by what one writes; spec. to raise or elevate (oneself) in status, reputation, etc., through one's writings. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > raise or elevate by writing to write up1733 1733 E. Budgell Bee 2 683 He grew upon his Adversary, and at last wrote himself up to so high an Opinion of his own Importance, that he told the Gentleman, with a modest Disdain, that if he had been bred an Attorney, like himself, he would have been an Attorney still. 1751 W. Warburton in Wks. of Alexander Pope III. 108 Writers..writing themselves up into the same delusion with their Readers. 1832 Bristol Job Nott 3 May 84/2 He out did O'C, with the silken gown, And wrote himself up to a pitch of renown. 1945 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) 28 Aug. 2/3 He may write himself up into a rival of the Babes in the Wood whose perilous adventures have drenched in tears the nurseries of many generations. 7. transitive. Finance. To increase the nominal value of (stock or goods). ΚΠ 1893 Financial Times 25 Jan. 2/5 It was unanimously resolved by the shareholders to adopt the report and accounts. That step involved the extraordinary procedure of writing up the value of the premises in order to meet losses which have been incurred or which are contingent. 1904 Trans. Faculty of Actuaries 2 17 Draw up a schedule showing the amounts that must be added to capital each half-year so as to gradually write up the sum invested to the redemption value. 1992 Economist 2 May (Survey World Banking Suppl.) 30/2 Banks that merge or reorganise can boost their capital by writing up the value of their investments and property virtually tax-free. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 29 June b2/1 Bank of America and Citigroup..may be able to write up mortgage bonds and other dodgy paper they still hold. 8. transitive. U.S. To report (a person) for some misconduct, misdemeanour, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (transitive)] > inform of (a fault or crime) delatec1600 to write up1930 1930 Amer. Speech 6 134 Written up, noted in the prison records for some violation of rules. 1932 Saline (Mich.) Observer 30 June 1/5 The traffic officer..wrote him up for a traffic violation. 1990 D. Peterson Dress Gray v. 142 If the CQ chooses to be a hard case, he can write up the cadets in the company for having untidy rooms during the day. extracted from writev. < as lemmas
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