a)[intransitiveI, transitiveT]WRITE to produce a new book, article, poem etc 写〔书、文章、诗歌等〕;写作
He wrote some very famous books.
他写过一些很有名的书。
Who wrote ‘Harry Potter’?
《哈利·波特》是谁写的?
I can’t come with you – I have an essay to write.
我不能跟你一起去——我有一篇文章要写。
write about
O'Brien often writes about her native Ireland.
奥布赖恩经常写她的故乡爱尔兰。
well/badly/poorly etc written
The article is very well written.
这篇文章写得非常好。
b)[intransitiveI] someone who writes earns money by writing books, plays, articles etc 以写作为生
Sean decided he wanted to write, and quit his job.
肖恩决定从事写作,于是辞掉了工作。
write for
Maureen Dowd writes for ‘The New York Times’.
莫琳•多德为《纽约时报》撰稿。
2letter 信 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]WRITE to put words in a letter to someone 写(信)
write to
I’ve written to my MP, and to the city council.
我已给我们议员以及市政委员会写了信。
write somebodyAmerican EnglishAmE
Chris hasn’t written me for a long time.
克里斯很长时间没给我写信了。
I wrote her several letters, but she didn’t reply.
我给她写了几封信,可是她没有回复。
nGRAMMAR: Patterns with write
You write to someone:
She writes to me every month.
In American English, you can also write someone:
She writes me every month.
You write someone a letter, note, story etc:
Please write me a letter soon.
✗Don’t say: Please write to me a letter soon.
You write to someone about a subject or an experience:
He wrote to me about his trip to France.
✗Don’t say: He wrote to me his trip to France.
Write is often used in the progressive:
I am writing to tell you something important.
3form words 构成单词 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]WRITE to form letters or numbers with a pen or pencil 书写;写字
Kerry could read and write when she was five.
克丽五岁时就能读书写字了。
4state STH 陈述某事 [transitiveT] to state something in a book, letter, advertisement etc, or on a label 记述;写明
write (that)
Isabella wrote that she was dying, and asked him to visit her for the last time.
伊莎贝拉写信说她快死了,要他去见她最后一面。
be written on something
The price is written on the label.
价格写在标签上。
5music/song 音乐/歌曲 [transitiveT] to write a piece of music or a song 写〔曲子或歌曲〕
Mozart wrote the music.
莫扎特创作了这首曲子。
The song was originally written by Leonard Cohen.
这首歌由伦纳德•科恩原创。
6computer program 计算机程序 [transitiveT] to make a program for a computer to use 编写〔程序〕
He writes software programs for financial institutions.
他为金融机构编写软件程序。
7a computer records STH 计算机记录某事 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] if a computer writes something, it records it on a disk or in its memory 〔计算机〕将…写入〔磁盘或存储器〕
write to/onto
data that had been written to disk
写入磁盘的数据
8cheque/document etc 支票/文件等 (also write out) [transitiveT]WRITE to write information on a cheque, form etc 填写〔支票、表格等〕
Wouldn’t it be easier if I just wrote a cheque for the lot?
如果全部数额我就开一张支票,不是更方便吗?
The doctor wrote me a prescription for sleeping pills.
医生给我开了一张安眠药处方。
9pen 笔WORKING/NOT BROKEN [intransitiveI] if a pen writes, it works properly 〔笔〕能写字
Do any of these pens write?
这些笔当中有能写的吗?
10have something/be written all over your faceOBVIOUSto show very clearly what you are feeling or thinking 脸上明显表露出〔感受或想法〕
He had guilt written all over his face.
他满脸内疚。
I know you’re lying, Tyrell – it’s written all over your face.
我知道你在撒谎,蒂雷尔——你脸上明明白白写着呢。
11have something written all over itto show a particularquality or fact very clearly 明显表现出某种性质[事实]
This awful film has ‘career-killer’ written all over it for the actors involved.
这部烂片对参与拍摄的演员来说显然就是“演艺生涯杀手”。
12nothing to write home aboutinformalBAD not particularly good or special 平平常常的;没什么了不起的
The hotel was good, but the food was nothing to write home about.
酒店不错,但食物就不怎么样了。
Examples from the Corpus
nothing to write home about• Jim and Marcia's new house is nothing to write home about.• A few long-rangeefforts, but nothing to write home about.• Three, it is nothing to write home about ... Home ... What's the first thing you remember?
13somebody wrote the book on somethingspokenKNOW something used to say that someone knows a lot about a subject or is very good at an activity 某人精通某事物
Motorola wrote the book on quality control.
摩托罗拉精通质量监控。
Examples from the Corpus
somebody wrote the book on something• Cheryl wrote the book on being irresponsible.• It wrote the book onquality control.• Hartley wrote the book onself-serving.
14.that’s all she wroteAmerican EnglishAmE spoken used to mean that you cannot stop what happens next in a situation, especially when it is bad 事已至此,无计可施
THESAURUS
write to use a pen or pencil to make words, letters etc 写,书写
Have you written a shopping list?
你写购物清单了吗?
The children are learning to read and write.
孩子们在学习识字和写字。
write something down to write something on paper, in order to remember it or make a record 写下某事
He wrote down everything she said.
他把她说的一切都记了下来。
put to write something in a particular place, or to write particular words 〔在某处〕写下,写上〔某些词〕
I’ve put the dates of the meetings in my diary.
我在记事簿中写下了会议的日期。
At the end of the email she put ‘PS I love you’.
在电子邮件的末尾她写上了“还有,我爱你”。
put something in writing to write something that you have agreed or promised, so that there is an official record 以书面形式记下某事
They said they would pay me 50%, but they haven’t actually put it in writing.
他们说会付给我50%,但实际上没有通过书面形式明确下来。
make a note of something to write information that you might need later 记下某事
I’ll just make a note of your address.
我来把你的地址记下来。
nMake a note in your diary.
take notes to write things while someone is speaking or while something is happening, so that you can use them later 记笔记
His lawyer was with him taking notes.
他的律师在他旁边做笔录。
scrawl /skrɔːl $ skrɒːl/ to write something carelessly and untidily, especially in big letters – often used to show disapproval 潦草地写,涂写〔常含贬义〕
Someone had scrawled graffiti on the school wall.
有人在学校墙上涂鸦。
He’d scrawled a few unhelpful comments at the bottom of my work.
他在我的作业下面潦草地写了些没有用的意见。
fill something in/out to write information on a form or other official document 填写某物
Please fill in the application form in black ink.
请用黑色墨水填写申请表。
Would you mind filling out a questionnaire?
能请你填一张问卷吗?
sign to write your name at the end of a letter, document etc 签〔名〕,签字于
Read the contract carefully, and then sign it.
仔细阅读合同,然后签字。
Don’t forget to sign your name.
别忘了签名。
to write something quickly 快速写某物
jot something down to write something very quickly 草草记下某事
Start your essay by jotting down a few ideas.
开始写论文时,先把一些想法记下来。
nHe checked the meter and jotted something down.
scribble to write something quickly and in an untidy way 潦草地书写
Andy scribbled a quick note and handed it to the chairman.
安迪草草写了张纸条交给主席。
nI’ve scribbled something here but I can’t read it now.
nThe patients medical records are entered into a database.
key something in/type something in to write or record information on a computer, especially something you are copying 键入某物/敲入某物
I’ve keyed in my credit card details.
我键入了我的信用卡信息。
nTo visit our website, just type in our address.
PHRASAL VERBS
15write away for somethingphrasal verbphr vASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingto write a letter to a company or organizationasking them to send you goods or information 给〔公司或机构〕写信索取〔货品或信息〕,函索
16write backphrasal verbphr vANSWER/REPLYto reply to a letter that someone sent you, by writing a letter to them 回信
I sent them a card once, but they never wrote back.
我曾给他们寄过一张卡片,但他们根本没有回信。
to
I wrote back to them immediately, thanking them for their kind invitation.
我立即给他们回信,感谢他们的盛情邀请。
Examples from the Corpus
write back• She didn't really expect him to write her back.• When men write to me and try to help me, then yes, sometimes I write back!• Sara wrote asking if she could help, so I wrote back and said yes.• Professor Sano writes back by returnmail.• I was never able to write back, I tried writing to Home Truths and a Birmingham paper to no avail.• Those that did write backstated that they were very happy with their presentdesigns.• Josh, have you written back to Grandma yet?• Wilson did not write back until 1st February, 1858.• He wrote back with a briefautobiography.
17write something ↔ downphrasal verbphr v
a)WRITEto write something on a piece of paper 〔在纸上〕记下,写下
This is the address. Do you want to write it down?
这是地址,你要不要记下来?
b)to officially say that a debt no longer has to be paid, or officially accept that you cannot get back money you have spent or lost 勾销,注销〔债款〕SYN write off
Examples from the Corpus
write down• Children must be given the opportunity to talk through their ideas before they are expected to write them down.• Of course it's much easier to demonstratetechniques than write them down.• She asks me if I have written it down.• That man seemed to know every chorus that had ever been written.• What do you do if you have a child who already knows the pattern and they just write it down?• He watches Manny stare angrily at Allen, who is writing things down in a notebook.• No, don't you go writing things down, or you're out on your ear.
If you would like a copy of our fact sheet, please write in, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.
如需说明资料,请来函索取,并附邮资已付的回邮信封。
to
And so I wrote in to Radio Brighton.
因此我给布赖顿广播电台写了信。
b)write something ↔ in to write a piece of information in the spaceprovided for it on a form or document 在〔表格或文件预留的空白处〕填写〔资料〕
Provide some space for students to write in their hobbies.
留些空白给同学们填写他们的兴趣爱好。
c)write somebody ↔ inAmerican EnglishAmEPPV to add someone’s name to the officiallist on your voting form, to show that you want to vote for them 在选票上加进某人的名字
The campaign to write in Johnson for governor failed.
c)write something ↔ offBFOWE to officially say that a debt no longer has to be paid, or officially accept that you cannot get back money you have spent or lost 勾销,注销〔债款〕
The United States agreed to write off debts worth billions of dollars.
美国同意勾销数十亿美元的债务。
The Inland Revenue wrote off £900 million in unpaid taxes.
国内税务局勾销了九亿英镑的未付税款。
d)write something ↔ off to make an officialrecord of the amount of money that you have spent on things relating to your business, in order to reduce the amount of tax that you have to pay 〔为减少税款而〕把〔某笔公司运营成本〕做进财务记录
write something ↔ off against
The costs of setting up a business can be written off against tax.
公司的创办费用可以抵扣税款。
e)write something ↔ offBritish EnglishBrETTCDESTROY to damage a vehicle so badly that it can never be used again 使〔车辆〕报废;毁掉
write off• We'll never see that money again so we might as well write it off.• A number of the company's debts were written off even before they went bankrupt.• She wrote her mother's car off the first time she drove it.• European governments were persuaded to write off the republic's largest debts.• I wrote off to Friends of the Earth and they sent me some leaflets.• Write offtoday for your freeBatmanposter!
write for• If the answer is yes, ask your Guider to write off for more information.• I wrote off for some information about the college.• Volkov had been written off for the last five years.• Get your playgroupinvolved by writing off for the Playweek kit, which contains all kinds of money-making ideas.
write as• She would have written me off as a time-wasting nut.• He had written her off as a useless, lyingbimbo.• Manville knew then that Hayman had been right in writing him off as a washed-upveteran.• My friends have written me off asdead.• Kersey would have written him off asharmless had it not been for his extreme wariness.• At first, I wrote these off asisolatedincidents.• The ficklemusicpress was delighted, cheer fully writing Adam off as one more whose career was over.• Consider those possibilities before writing the problem off asresistance.
It was revealed last week that Alma is being written out of the series.
上周剧情透露阿尔玛将从系列剧中消失。
Examples from the Corpus
write out• Solutions Write down what you are angry about and then examine what is written.• They had to write it out a hundred times to remember it.• Suddenly, in writing the words out, I see what she is trying to get us to see.• Sometimes he wrote his sermon out in full.• Many memos are written to find out information from within the organisation.• Writing, now, in the university, writing to try out new ideas, writing to redefine himself.• Some people who manage to write their way out of the working classdescribe the classroom as an oasis of possibility.• It is best to phone the company before you write to find out the name of the person you should write to.
write of• Some people who manage to write their way out of the working class describe the classroom as an oasis of possibility.
22write something ↔ upphrasal verbphr v
a)WRITEto write a report, article etc using notes that you made earlier 〔根据先前的笔记〕写成〔报告、文章等〕
I have to write up my report before the meeting.
我必须在会议前把报告整理出来。
b)to write something on a wall, board etc where people can see it 〔在墙壁、板等上〕写下
The teacher repeated the word, and then wrote it up on the blackboard.
老师重复了一遍那个单词,然后在黑板上写了下来。
c)TCNJUDGE be written up if something is written up in a newspaper, magazine etc, someone describes what it is like and gives their opinion of it 〔在报刊上〕被介绍,被评论
We’re going to a Spanish restaurant that was written up in Time Out’s good food guide.
write up• Louis CountyPolice developed a system that allowsofficers to call in their reports, rather than write them up.• The interview went very well, and I was excited to write the story up.• He wrote the event up for the straights of the San Francisco Chronicle.• Many people carry out interviews and write them up from a social point of view.• With this rubbishtip of information she then came to me to ask how she could write it up into a dissertation.• All this made me feel very much better and I immediately wrote my name up on the wall.• C. is writing it uptonight.• They write it up without any of our input, and the law says we have every right to have input.
write• I can't come out tonight. I have an essay to write.• I sit at the piano when I write.• It's a fascinating article, and very well written.• I try to write a cheerful letter to her at least once a week.• I wasn't happy, so I wrote a nasty letter asking for my money back.• Scene: On the airplane home, you wrote a short reportdiscussing the conference you just attended.• McNulty wrote a song for Tom and Darlow wrote one for Grace.• I've got to write a story on this.• Sportswriters are not allowed to write about death.• A: Well, in the early years I was writingadvertising, medical advertising.• Anna enjoyswriting, and she's quite good at it.• For works written at a time when Beethoven was still in his middleperiod, the lyricism in the works is extraordinary.• an opera written by Verdi• I wrote down all the things we have to do today.• Helga wrote her comments neatly in pencil.• I just wrote him saying how much I missed him being around.• A lot of listenerswrote in and complained about the programme.• Today, everything is wonderful, Bjaaland wrote in his diary.• Writing, now, in the university, writing to try out new ideas, writing to redefine himself.• Hang on, let me just get something to write on.• By thirdgrade they can all read and writepretty well.• He wroteseveralscholarly articles on ancientChinesetexts.• Do you want me to write that down for you?• I wrote the next song for my wife.• He wrote to his father, asking for more money.• I learned to write when I was in first grade.• At the bottom he wrote: "with sincerelove from your oldest friend".• I don't have any cash - could I write you a check?
write about• Purcell wrote about his son's illness for a popularmagazine.• Have the children write about what they did last summer.• Your assignment is to write about your summer vacation.
write to• I'm going to write to the manager about this.
read and write• By the time this book reached his hands, John Harrison had already masteredreading and writing.• We were shown photographicslides of people enthusiastically learning how to read and write.• Past the strategies, how can the joys of reading and writing be even hinted at in the Basics Skills For ever classroom?• It is not suitable for computers which have separateread and write control lines, such as IBM-compatibles.• By using PTR you have complete control over where you read and write data in a file.• A modelprisoner, he learned to read and write, even publishing a small book of poetry.• However, he has difficulty in reading and writtenexpression.• They even helped some of their guardsimprove their reading and writing skills.
write (that)• My first novel published was the fifth one I wrote.• It was written by Prince Philip.• Or has he taken this statement from a book or article written by some one else?• Ask these young people questions straight out, not written down and they can answer most problems.• All that may be written is one short story, the final one of the genre, the cork in the bottle.• If only you could have seen the letter I wrote you about an hour ago!
write to/onto• I wrote to both of them and was offered a position by one.• You know, my dad never wrote to him, never talked about him.• From teamaker to charitysupporterDearEditor I am writing to make readersaware of the registered charity.• But before I die, I would like to write to my son James.• Mr. MacGregor I will look into the point and will write to the hon. Lady.• Paul's mood as he writes to the Romans is a very excited one.• However, I am also writing to Wyre BoroughCouncil in case they have any responsibility for maintaining these lights.
From Longman Business Dictionary
writewrite /raɪt/ verb (past tensepstwrote /rəʊtroʊt/, past participleppwritten /ˈrɪtn/)
1[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to form letters or numbers with a pen or pencil
The price is written on the label.
2 (also write out) [transitiveT] to write information on a cheque or document