correspondence

英 [ˌkɒrə'spɒndəns] 美 [ˌkɔːrə'spɑːndəns]

• n. 通信；信件；相符，相似；一致，相当

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]信件,函件

   the letters exchanged between people

2. [U]通信,通信联系

   the act of exchanging letters

3. [U][C]一致; 相似

   agreement; similarity

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 一致，符合
2. 通信，通信联系
3. 信件，信函，函件，来往信件，往来书信
4. 【数】对应
5. 相当，相应
6. 类似，相似，相似处
7. 【文艺】通感
8. 对应性，对应关系

英英释义

Noun:

1. communication by the exchange of letters

2. compatibility of observations;

   "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"
   "the results of two tests were in correspondence"
   

3. the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount

4. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

5. similarity by virtue of corresponding

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. We have carried on a correspondence for years.
   多年来,我们一直互相通信。
2. I've fallen behind with my correspondence.
   我积压了许多信没回。
3. I've got through a lot of correspondence today.
   今天我处理了一大批信件。
4. As her private secretary he has access to all her correspondence.
   他是她的私人秘书，能接触到她所有的信件。
5. There are many correspondences between the two novels.
   这两部小说之间有许多相似之处。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The library bought all the correspondences between the president and his wife.
   图书馆购买了总统和他妻子之间的所有通信。
2. 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。
3. There are many correspondences between the two plays.
   这两个剧本有很多相似之处。

经典引文

• The correspondence of actions to the nature of the agent renders them natural.

  出自： J. Butler

• The correspondence of the punishment with the sin.

  出自： E. B. Pusey

• The gunsmith..pointed out the points of correspondence between the bullets.

  出自： F. Smyth

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• address〔answer〕 correspondence 写〔回〕信
• begin a correspondence 开始通信
• carry on〔exchange〕 correspondence 互相通信
• hold correspondence with 和…保持通信
• welcome correspondence from 欢迎…的来信

形容词+～

• commercial correspondence 商业信函
• long correspondence 长期通信联系
• one-to-one correspondence 一一对应
• personal correspondence 私人信件
• urgent correspondence 紧急信件

介词+～

• by〔through〕 correspondence 通过通信
• in correspondence with 与…一致,与…有通信联系

～+介词

• correspondence between theory and practice 理论与实践的一致
• correspondence of form 形状相似
• correspondence with the writer 和作者通信

词义辨析

letter，note，correspondence，message

• 这些名词均有“信”之意。
• letter最普通用词，泛指一切形式的书信，尤指邮寄的信。
• note指内容直截了当的短信或便条，正式或非正式均可。
• correspondence集合名词，指全部来往信件。
• message指书信、口信、电报等。

近反义词

【近义词】

• letters
• mail
• similarity