英语单词

epistolary是什么意思

epistolary

英 [ɪ'pɪst(ə),lərɪ] 美 [ɪ'pɪstəlɛri]
  • adj. 书信的;书信体的;用书信的

英文词源


epistolary (adj.)
1650s, from French épistolaire, from Late Latin epistolarius "of or belonging to letters," from Latin epistola "a letter, a message" (see epistle). In Middle English as a noun (early 15c.), "book containing epistles read in the Mass," from Medieval Latin epistolarium.

双语例句


1. It's written in epistolary form.
它是用书信体写成的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The Color Purple ( 1982 ) is an epistolary novel featuring on women characterization.
《紫色》是一部以刻划女性形象为特色的书信体小说.

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3. The novel adopts an epistolary form and depicts vivid and larger - than - life characters.
小说采用书信体刻画了栩栩如生、个性鲜明的人物形象.

来自互联网

4. All postal operators recognise, however, that the epistolary habit has taken a hit from the internet.
然而所有邮政运营商均意识到, 书信传统已经受到互联网的冲击.

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