單詞
mail-order
[,meil'?:d?]
基本信息
- vi. 郵購；函購
- adj. 郵購的
英文詞源
- mail-order (adj.)
- 1875, from mail (n.1) + order. Before television and the Internet, the bane of retailers and shop-owners.
The origin, foundation and principle of mail order trading is universally recognized as wrong. It was conceived in iniquity and brought forth in despair as the world's greatest destructive medium. Mail Order Trading was born in the brain of knaves and thieves who fired their building for insurance profits, then sold the salvaged and damaged stock to the unsuspecting sons of man in distant territory. [Thomas J. Sullivan, "Merchants and Manufacturers on Trial," Chicago, 1914]
雙語例句
- 1. The Daily Mail has the headline "The Voice of Conscience"
- 《每日郵報(bào)》的頭版標(biāo)題為“良知的聲音”。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Goods may be sent by surface mail or airmail.
- 貨物可通過平寄或空運(yùn)發(fā)送。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. An e-mail is already circulating amongst news staff calling for voluntary redundancies.
- 在新聞部員工中已經(jīng)在轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)一封電子郵件,呼吁大家自愿裁汰.
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Peter starts looking through the mail as soon as the door shuts.
- 彼得一關(guān)上門就開始逐一查看起郵件來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. People had to renew their motor vehicle registrations through the mail.
- 人們必須以書信方式重新登記機(jī)動(dòng)車輛。
來自柯林斯例句
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