MESSAGE1 a message2 someone who takes a message to someoneRELATED WORDSsend a message 发出信息SENDsee alsoCONTACTLETTERTELEPHONECOMPUTERS/INTERNET/EMAIL1 a message 信息，消息message /ˈmesɪdʒ/ [countable noun]a spoken or written piece of information, request etc that you send to someone, especially by giving it to another person or leaving it somewhere 〔口头或书面的〕消息，信息 When I got home, there were two messages on my answering machine. 我回到家里，电话答录机上有两条口信。message from ‘What is it?’ ‘A message from the hospital. Harry's worse.’ “什么事？”“是医院传来的消息，说哈里病情恶化了。”message for Where's Dick? I've got a message for him. 迪克在哪儿？我有消息要告诉他。message of He says he has received many messages of support from the public. 他说他收到公众寄来的大量支持信。message that I hope Frank got my message that I was going to be late. 我希望弗兰克收到了我要晚到的信息。leave a message I'm sorry, Mr Banks isn't here right now. Would you like to leave a message? 很抱歉，班克斯先生现在不在这里。你想留个口信吗？note /nəʊt/ [countable noun]a short written message 便条，留言，短笺leave a note He left a note on his desk saying he would be back in 5 minutes. 他在书桌上留了张便条，说他五分钟后就回来。note from He was devastated when he arrived home to find a note from his wife, telling him their marriage was over. 他回到家中看到妻子留下的便条说他俩的婚姻已走到了尽头时，感到大为震惊。note to She wrote a polite little note to Miss Henry, thanking her for her kindness. 她写了张礼貌的便条给亨利小姐，感谢她的好心。memo /ˈmeməʊ/ [countable noun]a short official message to other people in a company or organization 〔公司或机构内部的〕便笺，便条；备忘录 The meeting's been cancelled. Didn't you get my memo? 会议取消了。你没收到我给你的便条吗?memo to I have sent out a memo to all staff, reminding them of the procedure for taking sick leave. 我给全体员工发了备忘录，提醒他们请病假的手续。memo from He noticed a memo from the chairman on Wilson's desk. 他注意到威尔逊的书桌上有张董事长留的便条。dispatch/despatch /dɪˈspætʃ/ [countable noun]a message sent between government or military officials, especially one containing important information 〔官员或军官间的〕公文 This office has seen every State Department dispatch issued over the past 35 years. 国务院在过去35年间发的所有公文都由这个办公室经手。 As a courier for the Canadian Government, bearing important dispatches, Hayes was anxious to travel immediately. 作为加拿大政府的信使，负责传递重要的公文，海斯急切地想立刻出发。email/email message /ˈiː meɪl, ˈiː meɪl ˌmesɪdʒ/ [countable noun]a message or document sent from one computer to another 电子邮件 I sent him an email yesterday, but I haven't got a reply yet. 昨天我给他发了个电子邮件，但尚未收到回复。 Some companies automatically delete all email messages more than three months old. 一些公司会把三个月以上的电子邮件都自动删除掉。email/email message from I got an email from her a couple of weeks ago - she sounded OK. 几星期前我收到她发来的电子邮件，看起来她情况还不错。2 someone who takes a message to someone 送消息给某人的人messenger /ˈmesɪndʒəʳ, -sən-/ [countable noun]someone who takes a message or whose job it is to take messages 送信人；通讯员；信使 In the late afternoon a messenger arrived to inform me that the chief was on his way. 傍晚时通讯员来了，告诉我长官已经上路来这里了。 Captain Anderson did not come himself, but sent a messenger instead. 安德森船长没有亲自来，而是派了个送信的。 The king's messenger stayed in Rome for further talks. 国王的信使留在罗马以参加进一步会谈。messenger boy When he was sixteen Alan got a job as a messenger boy in an advertising agency. 16岁时，艾伦找到了一份工作，给一家广告社当信差。courier /ˈkʊriəʳ/ [countable noun]someone whose job it is to carry urgent messages, letters, parcels etc, especially for a company 信使；递送邮件的人〔尤指为公司送信者〕 A courier arrived with the documents just before the meeting. 就在会议开始前，一位信使带着文件抵达了。send something by courier He said he'd be sending the report over by courier. 他说他会派信使把报告送来。go-between /ˈgəʊ bɪˌtwiːn/ [countable noun]someone who takes messages between two people or groups because they are not able to meet or do not want to meet 〔两人或两个团体之间的〕中间人 Barnes isn't involved in the deal - he's just the go-between. 巴恩斯并未卷入这桩交易中，他只是个中间人。act as (a) go-between Simon was not a member of either group so he seemed a good candidate to act as a go-between. 西蒙不属于两派中的任何一派，所以他看来是充当中间人的合适人选。