名词信；字母；函；（缝制在运动服上的）校运动队字母标志动词用字母标明（于清单等上）；把字母印刷（或缝制等）于网络文字；信件；书信
1. to the letter : 严格按照字句, 不择不扣地；
2. by letter : 以书信形式；
及物动词
名词
1. He wrote me a letter last month.
他上月给我写来一封信。
2. He kept the letter of the law but not the spirit.
他遵守法律的字面条文，而不是其精神实质。
3. letter的翻译
3. He was trained as a doctor but devoted his life to letters.
他学的是医但毕生从事文学。
4.
4. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.
英语字母有二十六个。
介绍信
A：I have a letter of introduction here.
我这儿有一封介绍信。
B：Your name, please？
请问贵姓大名？
A：It‘s David Chou.
周大卫。
B：Oh, yes, Mr. Chou. We‘ve been looking forward to this.
啊，周先生，我们一直在等着您来。
在邮局
u0039u0031u0031u67E5u8BE2u00B7u82F1u8BEDu5355u8BCD
A：Three twenty-five cent stamps, please.
请给我三张25 分的邮票。
B：Here you are. Seventy-five cents, please.
好的。请给我75 分。
A：And please send this letter by registered mail.
还要寄这封挂号信。
B：Is there anything valuable in it?
里面有什么重要的东西吗？
A：There’s a check for two hundred dollars and a photograph.
里面有一张200 元的支票及一张照片。
B：Shall I make out a receipt?
您需要开一张收据吗？
A：No, don’t bother.
不用了，不用麻烦。
B：That will be ninety-five cents in all.
那总共需要95 分。
申请签证
A：Why do you want to go to U.K.?
你为什么要去英国？
B：I want to study for a doctorate.
我要去攻读博士学位。
A：How long do you intend to stay in U.K.?
你打算在英国呆多久？
B：About two years.
大约两年。
A：Does your scholarship cover the whole two years?
整个两年你都有奖学金吗？
B：Yes, it does.
是的，都有。
A：Where will you live?
你将住在哪儿？
B：I hope to live on the university campus. I have a letter here from my professor about accommodation.
我希望住在学校内。我的老师就住宿问题给我写了一封信。
A：May I have a look? Thanks. Is your family going with you?
可以让我看看吗？谢谢。你的家属是不是跟你一起去？
B：Oh, no, I am going alone.
哦，不，只有我一个人去。
3. 文字：在每组标签内可以包含资料或其它是空(empty)标签,只有起始的标签而没有结束的标签,所以称为(datatype),群组(group)与实体(Entity),在XML规范中对於这些物件的命名有在XML 1.0规范中规定文字(Letter)除了包含英文字母外,
1. 信;信函
If you write a letter to someone, you write a message on paper and send it to them, usually by post.
e.g. I had received a letter from a very close friend.
我收到一个很要好的朋友的来信。
e.g. ...a letter of resignation...
辞职信
2. 字母
Letters are written symbols which represent one of the sounds in a language.
e.g. ...the letters of the alphabet.
字母表中的字母
e.g. ...the letter E.
字母E
3. （校队队衣的）校名首字母标志（以嘉许优秀运动员）
If a student earns a letter in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or college.
e.g. Valerie earned letters in three sports: volleyball, basketball, and field hockey.
瓦莱丽在排球、篮球和曲棍球三个项目上获得了佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉。
4. 赢得佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉
If a student letters in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or college.
e.g. Burkoth lettered in soccer.
伯考思在足球上获得了佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉。
5. see also: capital letter;covering letter;dead letter;love letter;newsletter;poison-pen letter
6. （钻）法律字眼
If you say that someone keeps to the letter of the law, you mean that they act according to what is actually written in the law, rather than according to the general principles of it, especially when you disapprove of this.
letter
e.g. They had stuck to the letter of the law and in my view they should be ashamed.
他们死抠法律字眼。依我看他们应该感到惭愧。
7. （执行指示）毫厘不爽地，不折不扣地
If you say that someone carries out instructions to the letter, you mean that they do exactly what they are told to do, paying great attention to every detail.
letter的解释
e.g. She obeyed his instructions to the letter.
她分毫不差地遵照他的吩咐去做。