missive
missive 英 [ˈmɪsɪv] 美 [ˈmɪsɪv]
n. 公文， 公函；信件，信函 adj. 送出的
名词复数:missives
- A missive usually refers to the old-school style of hand-written communication on paper (remember that?), but these days you also might hear an email called a missive, too. No matter how you deliver it, a missive is a message.
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- n. 公文， 公函；信件，信函
- adj. 送出的
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1. Ladies, beware; the next time you receive a missive of love, demand a complete bibliography that lists all sources.
女士们，请注意了；下次你们收到情书的时候，要求他们列出在信件中出现材料的完整书目吧。
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2. Wearing a red skullcap embedded with electrodes wired to a computer, he spelled out his missive by focusing on letters flashing before him on a screen.
戴着一顶红色的无边便帽，而帽子上嵌入了与电脑通过电线相连的电极。 亚当威尔逊只需要把注意力集中在他面前的屏幕上那些闪烁的字母就可以拼写出他的信件。
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3. Typical was a missive last week from the head of USAA, the military-based insurance company, imploring its customers to contact their senators with their concerns about the legislation.
美国USAA保险公司主席于上周发出的一封公函就是一个典型例子，这家由退伍军人经营的保险公司在恳求其客户向他们的议员传达他们的顾虑。
- missive (n.) mid-15c., "commandment," noun use of adjective (mid-15c.) meaning "sent by superior authority," from Medieval Latin missivus "for sending, sent," especially in littera missiva "letters sent," from Latin missus, past participle of mittere "to send" (see mission).
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