【letter音标】 英[ˈletə(r)] 美[ˈletər]
【单词释义】 letter是什么意思：
n.信；证书，许可证；字母，文字；字面意义
vt.用字母标明；写字母于；加标题
vi.写印刷体字母
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] letters [第三人称单数] letters
[单词现在分词] lettering
[单词过去式] lettered
[单词过去分词] lettered
【letter形近词/近似词】
better adj. 更好的，较好的
fetter n.束缚，禁锢，羁绊；脚镣 vt.束缚；限制；给…上脚镣
enfetter vt.束缚；上脚镣；使为奴隶
【单词例句】
◇ Round the neck of the bottle was a piece of paper with the words DRINK ME in large letters.
瓶颈上有一张纸，上面写着大大的两个字“喝我”。
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ He faxed a letter to me in English yesterday. To my delight, he no longer made any tense error. And his description roughly clarified my questions about the UK--its currency, its administration, the institution which divides it into four provinces, and the historical conflicts and quarrels when Southern Ireland broke away from the UK.
他昨天传真了一封英文信给我，让我高兴的是，他再也不犯时态错误了，而且他的描述也粗略地向我阐明了关于英国的一些问题——它的货币啦，行政管理啦，把它分成四个行政区的制度啦，还有在南爱尔兰脱离联合王国时发生的一些历史上的冲突和争拗。
---- Sightseeing in the United Kingdom
◇ In new study published in the American Chemical Society’s journal Nano Letters, experts found that simply washing your fruits and vegetables in the sink "cannot wholly remove pesticides" because they can actually "penetrate the peel layer into the pulp layer."
发表在美国化学学会期刊《纳米快报》上的一项新研究中，专家们指出，仅仅在水槽里清洗水果和蔬菜“不能完全去除农药”，因为农药实际上可以“穿透果皮层进入果肉层”。
---- How to washing your fruits and veggies
◇ Try to see things from the other person's perspective . If you empathize with that person, you may realize that he or she was acting out of ignorance, fear—even love. To gain perspective, you may want to write a letter to yourself from your offender's point of view.
站在别人的角度看问题。如果你能够为别人着想，你会意识到他（或她）可能是因为无知、害怕，甚至是爱才做出某一行为。为了更清楚地了解情况，你可以从对方的角度为自己写一封信。
◇ President Roosevelt wrote back immediately, saying,"Dear friend, thank you for your letter to comfort me. I'm all right now.
罗斯福总统很快回信说：“亲爱的朋友，谢谢你来信安慰我，我一切都很好。
---- Being Grateful
◇ After a year the king had to go out into the battlefield, and he left the young queen in the care of his mother, saying, "If she has a child, support her and take good care of her, and immediately send me the news in a letter."
一年以后，国王不得不出征战场。他将年轻的王后托咐给母亲，说：“假如她生了孩子，请好好照顾她，同时尽快把消息告诉我。”