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信;信函
If you write a letter to someone, you write a message on paper and send it to them, usually by post.
例句
I had received a letter from a very close friend.
我收到一個很要好的朋友的來信。
...a letter of resignation...
辭職信
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字母
Letters are written symbols which represent one of the sounds in a language.
例句
...the letters of the alphabet.
字母表中的字母
...the letter E.
字母E
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（校隊隊衣的）校名首字母標志（以嘉許優秀運動員）
If a student earns a letter in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or college.
例句
Valerie earned letters in three sports: volleyball, basketball, and field hockey.
瓦萊麗在排球、籃球和曲棍球三個項目上獲得了佩戴校名首字母標志的榮譽。
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贏得佩戴校名首字母標志的榮譽
If a student letters in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or college.
例句
Burkoth lettered in soccer.
伯考思在足球上獲得了佩戴校名首字母標志的榮譽。
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（鉆）法律字眼
If you say that someone keeps to the letter of the law, you mean that they act according to what is actually written in the law, rather than according to the general principles of it, especially when you disapprove of this.
例句
They had stuck to the letter of the law and in my view they should be ashamed.
他們死摳法律字眼。依我看他們應該感到慚愧。
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（執行指示）毫厘不爽地，不折不扣地
If you say that someone carries out instructions to the letter, you mean that they do exactly what they are told to do, paying great attention to every detail.
例句
She obeyed his instructions to the letter.
她分毫不差地遵照他的吩咐去做。