例句
英語六級真題
When telegraphs and trains brought in the idea that convenience was more important than content, Henry David Thoreau reminded us that'.
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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N-UNCOUNT
電報(指通信系統)
Telegraph is a system of sending messages over long distances, either by means of electricity or by radio signals. Telegraph was used more often before the invention of telephones.
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VERB
給…發電報;用電報發送(信息)
To telegraph someone means to send them a message by telegraph.
例句
Churchill telegraphed an urgent message to Wavell...
丘吉爾給韋維爾發了封緊急電報。
'Please,' he telegraphed, 'just leave it alone.'...
“拜托，”他在電報中說，“別管它了。”
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VERB
流露，透露(計劃或意圖)
If someone telegraphs something that they are planning or intending to do, they make it obvious, either deliberately or accidentally, that they are going to do it.
例句
The commission telegraphed its decision earlier this month by telling an official to prepare the order.
本月早些時候，委員會命令一位官員準備起草指令，透露了其決定。