| 单词 | missive |
| 释义 | missive (once / 2866 pages) n A missive usually refers to the old-school style of hand-written communication on paper (remember that?), but these days you also might hear an email called a missive, too. No matter how you deliver it, a missive is a message. The noun missive comes from the Latin word missus, meaning "to send." You may have heard the phrase, "fire off a missive," meaning a note, memo or dispatch that was written and sent with urgency and conveyed an important message. It might have been a missive sent from a commander to the troops, telling them of a change in the battle plan. Or, maybe it was an urgent love letter to the commander's wife back home, telling her to tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree... WORD FAMILYmissive: missives USAGE EXAMPLESSister Donna Gould closes that missive with a plea: Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) He would begin documenting his experiences in missives sent back to his parish in Norwich. BBC(Dec 25, 2016) In a missive in April, he warned Mr. Salmond that the Scottish economy “will become a third world wasteland that global investors will avoid.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 21, 2016) n a written message addressed to a person or organization Syn|Hypo|Hyper letter business letter a letter dealing with business cover letter, covering lettera letter sent along with other documents to provide additional information crank lettera hostile (usually anonymous) letter encyclical, encyclical lettera letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world fan lettera letter that is a piece of fan mail personal lettera letter dealing with personal affairs form lettera letter that is printed in multiple copies and mailed to a list of recipients open lettera letter of protest; addressed to one person but intended for the general public chain lettera letter that is sent successively to several people pastorala letter from a pastor to the congregation round robina letter signed by a number of people aerogram, aerogramme, air letter, airmail lettera letter sent by air mail epistlea specially long, formal letter dead letter, dead mailmail that can neither be delivered nor returned letter of intentany letter expressing an intention to take (or forgo) some action invitationa request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something billet, line, note, short lettera short personal letter billet doux, love lettera personal letter to a loved one expressing affection bidding, summonsa request to be present invitea colloquial expression for invitation investment lettera letter of intent saying that a letter security is being bought for investment and not for resale; avoids need for SEC registration document anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks text, textual matterthe words of something written |
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