address用作名词与动词
address用作名词与动词
1. 用作名词,意为“地址”,注意以下有用表达:
Please leave a contact address. 请留下联系地址。
To which address did you send it? 你把东西寄到哪个地址去了?
He gave neither name nor address. 他既没有留下姓名,也没有留下地址。
Please send the parcel to the above address. 请把包裹寄到上述地址。
I would write to her, but I don’t know her address. 我会给她写信的,就是不知道她的地址。
另外,还要注意以下搭配:“家庭住址”“私人住址”是home address / private address,“办公地址”是business address,“回信地址”是return address,“邮寄地址”是postal address,“详细地址”是full address,“固定地址”是fixed address。
2. 用作动词,注意以下用法:
表示“写地址”或“写信给”。如:
Please address these letters. 请把这些信写上地址。
The card was wrongly addressed to our old home. 那张明信片误写了我们的旧地址。
表示“向……讲话”(及物),属正式用法。如:
The mayor addressed the crowd. 市长向群众讲话。
Address your remarks to me, please. 请把你的意见向我说吧。
用于 address oneself to, 意为“着手”“致力于”。如:
She addressed herself to the main difficulty. 他致力地解决主要困难。