/ˈiːmeɪl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈiːmeɪl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈē-ˌmāl/ (ame, mw) · /ˈiː.meɪl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈiː.meɪl/ (ame, ipa)
email — 名詞
- emailsingular
- emailsplural
1. the system that allows people to send written messages and files from one comput
電子郵件
透過網路傳送訊息的系統
the system that allows people to send written messages and files from one computer or phone to another over the internet
Priya checked her email first thing every morning before going to work.
Priya每天早上第一件事就是檢查電子郵件。
collocation: check email
The company switched to a new email system that offered better security features.
公司換了一套安全性更強的電子郵件系統。
collocation: email system
Many older people learned how to use email to keep in touch with family.
許多長輩為了和家人保持聯繫，學會了如何使用電子郵件。
Sending an email is usually faster than mailing a letter across the country.
寄電子郵件通常比跨國寄信還要快。
Aiko's grandmother prefers handwritten letters over email because of the personal touch.
Aiko的奶奶比較喜歡手寫信，因為比較有人情味。
- electronic mail
the original full term, rarely used in everyday speech but still found in formal or historical references
- e-mail
the older hyphenated spelling; still understood but increasingly outdated
- snail mail
informal term for traditional postal mail, emphasising its slower speed compared to email
- postal mail
the formal term for physical letters sent through the post office
用法筆記
In everyday conversation, email is uncountable when referring to the system: 'Do you use email?' or 'Check your email.' The countable use (an email, two emails) belongs to sense 2.
常見錯誤
2. a single written message or file delivered by electronic mail
郵件；信件
透過電子郵件傳送的單一訊息
a single written message or file delivered by electronic mail
Diego received an email from his boss about the upcoming team meeting.
Diego收到一封主管寄來的郵件，內容是關於即將召開的團隊會議。
verb pattern: receive an email from [someone]
Leila forwarded the email with the meeting notes to all her colleagues.
Leila把附有會議記錄的那封信件轉寄給所有同事。
verb pattern: forward an email to [someone]
Aiko sent Kofi an email with the restaurant's address and phone number.
Aiko發了一封郵件給Kofi，裡面有餐廳的地址和電話。
Tomás deleted the old spam email without even opening it first.
Tomás連看都沒看就把那封垃圾郵件刪掉了。
Hana wrote a polite email to the professor asking for an extension.
Hana寫了一封有禮貌的信件給教授，請求延長繳交期限。
- letter
a physical piece of correspondence sent via postal mail
用法筆記
Countable — 'I got three emails today.' The subject is typically a person who sends, receives, forwards, replies to, or deletes the message. The object often specifies the topic with 'about' or the recipient with 'to'.
常見錯誤
email — 動詞
- emailpresent simple I / you / we / they
- emails3rd person singular
- emailing-ing form
- emailedpast simple
1. to send a message or file to someone using an email system
寄信；發郵件
透過電子郵件傳送訊息
to send a message or file to someone using an email system
Could you please email me the sales report before Friday afternoon?
可以請你在星期五下午之前把銷售報告email給我嗎？
pattern: email + [someone] + [something]
Nadia emailed the hotel to confirm her reservation for next week.
Nadia寄email給旅館，確認下週的訂房。
pattern: email + [someone] + to-infinitive
Rohan emailed his résumé to more than twenty companies last month.
Rohan上個月把他的履歷用email寄給了二十多家公司。
The nurse's office emailed Yara a reminder about her checkup appointment.
護理站寄email通知Yara她的健檢預約時間。
Tomás emailed the holiday photographs to his entire family after the trip.
Tomás旅行結束後，把假期的照片用email寄給了全家人。
- mail
to send via postal service; a slower, physical alternative to emailing
文法句型
email + someone
email + someone + something
email + something + to someone
用法筆記
Three common patterns: (1) email + person — 'Email me.' (2) email + person + thing — 'I emailed her the file.' (3) email + thing + to + person — 'I emailed the file to her.' Do not add 'to' directly before the recipient in pattern 2.