LETTERS, PARCELS, AND INFOR-MATION 信件、包裹和信息
										- N-SING 邮政;邮递
 The post is the public service or system by which letters and packages are collected and delivered.- You'll receive your book through the post...
 书会邮递给你。
- The winner will be notified by post...
 获胜者将以邮件形式通知。
- The cheque is in the post.
 支票已寄出。
 
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 mail
										- N-UNCOUNT 邮件;邮包;包裹
 You can use post to refer to letters and packages that are delivered to you.- He flipped through the post without opening any of it...
 他飞快地翻了一下邮件,但一封也没有打开。
- There has been no post in three weeks.
 3个星期都没有邮件。
 
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 mail
										- N-UNCOUNT 投递邮件;邮班
 Post is used to refer to an occasion when letters or packages are delivered. For example, first post on a particular day is the first time that things are delivered.- Entries must arrive by first post next Wednesday...
 参赛作品必须在下周三第一批邮件之前寄达。
- They just have to wait patiently for the next post.
 他们只好耐心地等下一批邮件。
 
- VERB 邮寄;投递
 If you post a letter or package, you send it to someone by putting it in a post box or by taking it to a post office.- If I write a letter, would you post it for me?...
 如果我写封信,你能替我寄出去吗?
- I'm posting you a cheque tonight...
 我今晚会给你寄支票。
- I posted a letter to Stanley saying I was an old Army friend.
 我给斯坦利寄了封信,说我是他的一个老战友。
- Post off means the same as post .
 post off 同 post
- He'd left me to pack up the mail and post it off...
 他让我整理并投递邮件。
- All you do is complete and post off a form.
 你所要做的就是填写并寄出表格。
 
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 mail
										- VERB 张贴,贴出(通知、标牌等)
 If you post notices, signs, or other pieces of information somewhere, you fix them to a wall or board so that everyone can see them.- Officials began posting warning notices...
 官员们开始张贴警告。
- She has posted photographs on bulletin boards.
 她已把照片贴在了公告牌上。
- Post up means the same as post .
 post up 同 post
- He has posted a sign up that says 'No Fishing'...
 他已经张贴了一张“禁止钓鱼”的告示牌。
- We post up a set of rules for the house.
 我们张贴了一份房屋生活守则。
 
- VERB 发布,公布(信息)
 If you post information on the Internet, you make the information available to other people on the Internet.- A consultation paper has been posted on the Internet inviting input from Net users.
 一份征询意见书已贴在了因特网上,欢迎网络用户发表意见。
 
- PHRASE 向…提供最新信息;使及时了解
 If you keep someone posted, you keep giving them the latest information about a situation that they are interested in.- Keep me posted on your progress.
 让我随时了解你们的进展。
 
JOBS AND PLACES 工作和地点
										- N-COUNT 职位;职务
 A post in a company or organization is a job or official position in it, usually one that involves responsibility.- She had earlier resigned her post as President Menem's assistant...
 她早些时候辞去了梅内姆总统助理一职。
- Sir Peter has held several senior military posts.
 彼得爵士担任过几个高级军事职务。
 
- VERB 委派;派驻
 If you are posted somewhere, you are sent there by the organization that you work for and usually work there for several years.- After training she was posted to Brixton...
 培训结束后她被派往布里克斯顿。
- It is normal to spend two or three years working in this country before being posted overseas.
 被派往海外之前,通常会在这个国家工作两三年。
 
- N-COUNT 岗位;哨位
 You can use post to refer to the place where a soldier, guard, or other person has been told to remain and to do his or her job.- Quick men, back to your post!
 迅速返回各自岗位!
 
- VERB 使驻守;布置…站岗
 If a soldier, guard, or other person is posted somewhere, they are told to stand there, in order to supervise an activity or guard a place.- Police have now been posted outside all temples...
 现在所有神殿外都已安排警察站岗。
- British Rail had to post a signalman at the entrance to the tunnel...
 英国铁路公司不得不在隧道入口设置了一名信号员。
- We have guards posted near the windows.
 我们已在窗户附近设了岗哨。
 
- See also:  posting  staging post 
POLES 柱;桩;杆
										- N-COUNT 柱;桩;杆
 A post is a strong upright pole made of wood or metal that is fixed into the ground.- You have to get eight wooden posts, and drive them into the ground...
 你得找来8根木桩,并把它们敲入地里。
- The device is fixed to a post.
 这个装置被固定在杆子上。
 
- N-COUNT 同 goalpost
 A post is the same as a goalpost .- Wimbledon were unlucky not to win after hitting the post twice.
 温布尔登队运气不佳,两次将球踢到门柱上,最终没有获胜。
 
-  (赛马场上的)终点柱
 On a horse-racing track, the post is a pole which marks the finishing point.
 
- See also:  first-past-the-post