昂立外語【新概念培訓】分享post這個詞。比如When the post knocks and the letter comes.下面大家就跟著新概念老師一起來回憶一下我們新概念課文中出現的post吧!
新二 Lesson 22 A glass envelope — However, they have decided to use the post office. Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster. (郵件;郵寄;郵政)
post office是新二中常出現的一個地點,你肯定也對下面這幾個詞非常熟悉:
postcard, postman, lamp-post, postpone
新二 Lesson 95 A fantasy — He thought I was on fire. I must definitely get that fellow posted. (派遣)
post的一些常見用法:
作名詞:
1. 職位
He has no qualifications for the post.
他沒有資格擔任該職位。
2. 郵件
Your duties include checking and dispatching the posts.
你的職責是檢查和發(fā)送郵件。
3. 標竿
He struggled to run towards the winning post.
他拼命地向獲勝標沖去。
作動詞:
1. 郵遞
I would be quite grateful if you would post this letter.
要是你肯寄這封信,我將十分感激。
2. 張貼
Advertisements have been posted up everywhere announcing the new show.
到處貼滿了廣告宣傳這一新節(jié)目。
3. 派遣
After several years in London, he was posted to the embassy in Moscow.
他在倫敦任職幾年后被派往駐莫斯科大使館工作。
4. 急行
He was here on business, so he had to post instead of traveling around leisurely.
他來這兒是出差,所以他不得不匆匆趕路,哪有時間四處閑逛。
作副詞:
1. 快速地
She went post to the bank and cashed the cheque.
她急忙趕到銀行,把支票兌換成現金。
· 詞義辨析: mail V.S. post
· post 多用于英式英語,mail 主要用于美式英語
例如,英國人一般用post表示“寄信”; 美國人習慣用mail表示“寄信”
I shall post the letter to him tomorrow. (英國英語)
I shall mail the letter to him tomorrow. (美國英語)
· 作動詞時,post和mail都可加雙賓語
e.g. We will post/mail you the booklet early next week.
· post 常可用作定語構成合成詞,mail無此用法。
e.g. It came in the mail. 那東西是郵寄來的。
The post office is quite near. 郵局很近。
· mail可統(tǒng)稱“信件”,但post卻不可以
英國人偶爾也用mail,常包含報紙雜志等。英美人都用mail去統(tǒng)指“一包一包的郵件”。
air mail 航空郵遞
mail order 郵購
mail train 郵政列車
He has a large amount of mail to answer every day.
他每天要回很多信件。
注意:句中的mail不可改成post。
溫馨提示:大家是不是對post了解很多了?想知道更多“你不知道的新概念”么? 請點擊【新概念英語詞匯】!