correspondence

英 [ˌkɒrəˈspɒndəns]

美 [ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːndəns]

n.  来往信件; 往来书信; 通信; 通信联系; 相关; 相似

复数：correspondences　

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牛津词典

noun

• 来往信件；往来书信
  the letters a person sends and receives
  1. personal/private correspondence
     私人来往信件
  2. The editor welcomes correspondence from readers on any subject.
     编辑欢迎读者有关任何问题的来信。
  3. the correspondence column/page (= in a newspaper)
     读者来信专栏
• 通信；通信联系
  the activity of writing letters
  1. I refused to enter into any correspondence (= to exchange letters) with him about it.
     我拒绝就此问题与他通信联系。
  2. We have been in correspondence for months.
     我们通信几个月了。
  3. We kept up a correspondence for many years.
     我们保持了很多年的通信联系。
• 相关；相似
  a connection between two things; the fact of two things being similar
  1. There is a close correspondence between the two extracts.
     这两段摘录如出一辙。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 通信
  Correspondenceis the act of writing letters to someone.
  1. The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into...
     法官的裁决是最终裁决，再写信也不会予以审议。
  2. His interest in writing came from a long correspondence with a close college friend.
     与一位大学密友的长期通信培养了他写作的兴趣。
• N-UNCOUNT 往来书信
  Some-one'scorrespondenceis the letters that they receive or send.
  1. He always replied to his correspondence...
     来信他总是会回。
  2. She virtually never mentions him in her correspondence or notebooks.
     她在书信和笔记中几乎从不提及他。
• N-COUNT 相似;关联
  If there is acorrespondence betweentwo things, there is a close similarity or connection between them.
  1. 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。
  2. ...correspondences between Eastern religions and Christianity.
     东方宗教与基督教的关联

英英释义

noun

• compatibility of observations
  1. there was no agreement between theory and measurement
  2. the results of two tests were in correspondence
  Synonym:agreement
• similarity by virtue of corresponding
  Synonym:parallelism
• (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation
  Synonym:symmetrysymmetricalnessbalance
• communication by the exchange of letters
• the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount
  Synonym:commensuratenessproportionateness

双语例句

• Can you handle English papers and write English correspondence?
  你能处理英文文件和写英文信件吗？
• Procedures will be established and maintained to control documents, correspondence, and drawings.
  建立和维持程序，控制文件、通信和图纸。
• His interest in writing came from a long correspondence with a close college friend.
  与一位大学密友的长期通信培养了他写作的兴趣。
• On referring to our earlier correspondence, I find that I had mistaken the date for completion.
  参考较早的通信，我发现我搞错了完成日期。
• I have entered into correspondence with the man.
  我已和那人通信。
• 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。
• He has kept up a correspondence with his friend for over a year now.
  他跟他的一个朋友保持通信已有一年多了。
• He always replied to his correspondence
  来信他总是会回。
• He teaches at a correspondence college.
  他在函大授课。
• A selection of correspondence from P G Wodehouse realised £ 1,232.
  P.G.沃德豪斯的书信选集卖了1,232英镑。