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单词 post
释义
1. letters, parcels, and information2. jobs and places3. poles
post
(pst )
letters, parcels, and information
Word forms: posts , posting , posted
1. singular noun [oft by NOUN] A2
The post is the public service or system by which letters and packages are collected and delivered. [mainly British]
You'll receive your book through the post.
The winner will be notified by post.
The cheque is in the post.
regional note:   in AM, usually use mail
Synonyms: mail, collection, delivery, postal service  
2. uncountable noun A2
You can use post to refer to letters and packages that are delivered to you. [mainly British]
He flipped through the post without opening any of it.
There has been no post in three weeks.
regional note:   in AM, usually use mail
Synonyms: correspondence, letters, cards, mail  
3. uncountable noun A2
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. [mainly British]
Entries must arrive by first post next Wednesday.
They just have to wait patiently for the next post.
4. verb A2
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. [mainly British]
If I write a letter, would you post it for me? [VERB noun]
I'm posting you a cheque tonight. [VERB noun noun]
I posted a letter to Stanley saying I was an old Army friend. [VERB noun + to]
Synonyms: send (off), forward, mail, get off  
Post off means the same as post1.
He'd left me to pack up the mail and post it off. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
All you do is complete and post off a form. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
regional note:   in AM, usually use mail
5. verb
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. [VERB noun]
She has posted photographs on bulletin boards. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: put up, announce, publish, display  
Post up means the same as post1.
He has posted a sign up that says 'No Fishing'. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
We post up a set of rules for the house. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
6. verb B1
If you post information on the internet, you make the information available to other people on the internet. [computing]
This list will be posted on Times Online. [be VERB-ed]
Post is also a noun.
His internet post about the incident got 20,000 'likes'.
7. keep sb posted phrase
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. [+ on/with]
post
(pst )
jobs and places
Word forms: posts , posting , posted
1. countable noun B2
A post in a company or organization is a job or official position in it, usually one that involves responsibility. [formal]
She had earlier resigned her post as President Menem's assistant. [+ as]
Sir Peter has held several senior military posts.
[Also + of]
Synonyms: job, place, office, position  
2. verb [usually passive]
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. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]
It is normal to spend two or three years working in this country before being posted overseas. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: station, assign, put, place  
3. countable noun [usually poss NOUN]
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!
Synonyms: position, place, base, beat  
4. verb
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. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]
They had to post a signalman at the entrance to the tunnel. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
We have guards posted near the windows. [VERB-ed]
[Also be VERB-ed]
5.  See also posting, staging post
post
(pst )
Word forms: posts
1. countable noun
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.
The device is fixed to a post.
2. countable noun
A post is the same as a goalpost.
Wimbledon were unlucky not to win after hitting the post twice.
3. singular noun
On a horse-racing track, the post is a pole which marks the finishing point.
4.  See also first-past-the-post
5. to pip someone at the post phrase
If someone is pipped at the post or pipped to the post they are just beaten in a competition or in a race to achieve something. [British, informal]
I didn't want us to be pipped to the post.
post-
(pst- )
poles
prefix
Post- is used to form words that indicate that something takes place after a particular date, period, or event.
...the post-1945 era.
...the transition from industrial to post-industrial society.
...post-election euphoria.
Idioms:
deaf as a post [old-fashioned]
very deaf
My father is deaf as a post.
from pillar to post [mainly British]
if someone is moved from pillar to post, they are moved repeatedly from one place or position to another, usually in a hurried or disorganized way so that they suffer as a result
I didn't want the children pushed from pillar to post.
pillar to post [British, journalism]
used for describing a victory in sport, especially in horse racing, in which the winner was in the lead from the start of the race
Sally Prosser held off the best of the Far East to top the Asian circuit, thanks largely to a pillar to post victory in the JAL Malaysian Open.
first past the post
finishing first or achieving something first in a race or competitive situation
First past the post was Kenyan athlete John Mutai, who pipped Irishman Jerry Healy by just 20 seconds.
pip someone at the post or pip someone to the post
to narrowly beat someone in a competition or race to achieve something
They were concerned that their rivals might pip them to the post.
Collocations:
border post
Residents complain that the more secular groups controlling the border post are becoming increasingly corrupt over smuggling.
Times, Sunday Times
A small border post was burnt to the ground.
Times, Sunday Times
It's not a dramatic difference, but you have the hassle of passing through the border post.
Times, Sunday Times
And took off across the frozen wilderness to a remote border post where there isn't even a road.
Times, Sunday Times
From afar the border post seemed abandoned.
Times, Sunday Times
corner post
The wall logs would be toe nailed into the corner post.
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The northwest corner post bears a bridge plate.
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One scenario was that a defending player might manipulate the corner post to put an attacker out of play.
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The bracing keeps the corner post vertical and prevents slack from developing in the fence.
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Curiously, parts of the wooden structure, including a corner post inside the east gable and a portion of a beam were found embedded in the walls.
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fill a post
When the council was unable to fill the post of head of human resources, he pounced.
Times, Sunday Times
It tends to be a distress purchase made because a client has to fill a post.
Times, Sunday Times
That builds teamwork and, with less pressure to fill a post with an unsuitable person, client loyalty.
Times, Sunday Times
We cannot possibly support all the worthy organisations that fill the post with appeals, and you have to decide which causes you can afford to back and bin the rest.
Times, Sunday Times
There has been discussion about reverting to the previous system or recalling a retired officer to fill the post.
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full-time post
More than a million Britons were working part-time because they were unable to obtain a full-time post.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The trainee receives an allowance during the two years, but there is no guarantee of a full-time post with the organization at the end of two years.
Business Studies Basic Facts (1990)
Some have reportedly quit full-time NHS posts to do the same job as an agency worker for more money and less pressure.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
hold the post
She was appointed chief nursing officer in 1999, the youngest person to hold the post.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
For a short time during Truman's presidency he had held the post of American ambassador to Britain.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (1998)
He held the post for two years as a senior circuit judge.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
key post
In exchange for bringing his supporters behind them, they would give him a key post in the cabinet.
The Sun
Anyone recruited to a key post while nine months pregnant must be a star in the making, destined for the top.
Times, Sunday Times
He was a commissioner for assessment, a key post in imposing taxation locally, from 1673-80.
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The key post of finance minister will also be changed hands.
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He had been expected to assume a number of other key posts.
Times, Sunday Times
permanent post
The company eventually offered him a permanent post.
Times, Sunday Times
On her return she temped and then secured a permanent post.
Times, Sunday Times
He has now been appointed to the permanent post of bid writer, helping win new contracts and develop new services.
Times, Sunday Times
The boutique private bank had been impressed and told him to come back this summer for a permanent post.
Times, Sunday Times
If he makes an impression, that could become a permanent post.
Times, Sunday Times
post a profile
The website lets users post their profiles and interests and form online networks.
The Sun
She says the heart of the directory will be the section on individual lawyers, who will be able to post their profiles for free.
Times, Sunday Times
Instead, they had posted their profiles online and invited interested members of the public to write them love letters.
Times, Sunday Times
post a profit
Analysts had expected the group to post a profit.
Times, Sunday Times
Despite the rapid customer acquisition, it has yet to post a profit.
Times,Sunday Times
The company has yet to post a profit, but backers have shown their confidence in it by investing more than 300m to fund growth.
Times, Sunday Times
Analysts expect it to post a profit of $4.8 billion for the quarter, about 75% better than the same time a year ago.
Times, Sunday Times
The mind boggles at what he had coming had it posted a profit.
The Sun
post a score
You need to play great golf to post a score like that.
The Sun
He concluded with an eagle on the 72nd hole to post a score of 28-under-par, a career best.
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The last time he posted a score in the 60s was in 2002 - and that was also the last time he won this event.
The Sun
He posted the scores when the pressure was on.
The Sun
He remains capable of posting that score.
Times, Sunday Times
post a sign
The slow pace of the work prompted him to post a sign on the door saying it would be open when it was open.
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A pastor-friend came up with a creative way to remind people of this by posting this sign on his door.
Christianity Today
A neatnik, she posted a sign pleading for cleanliness but nothing happened.
Houston Chronicle
post a statement
The comedian posted a statement this week which came right from the depths of his soul.
The Sun
On it, he posted a statement gently deriding the notion that the military was supporting the people.
Times, Sunday Times
After posting the statement, he sent out messages via his daughter.
The Sun
However, the king bases the prisoner's fate on intelligence and not luck by posting a statement on each door that can be true or false.
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Two months later, however, the band posted a statement where they revealed that the video had been cancelled.
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post a video
Small business founders were asked to post a video describing what made them unique and include details of where they saw their venture going.
Times, Sunday Times
So you might pause for thought before you post that video of yourself running around the garden in your pyjamas - it could come back to haunt you!
Times, Sunday Times
Users wishing to post a video discussing, inspired by or related to another user's video are able to make a video response.
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Vitally, he posted his videos with clockwork regularity.
Times, Sunday Times
He landed safely and posted a video of the descent online.
Times, Sunday Times
post content
When you post content online, remember what works best in each channel.
Christianity Today
Other actors say that their patience has waned because of the number of people wanting to post content on social media.
Times,Sunday Times
The bill could severely limit the ability of users to post content on the web.
Times, Sunday Times
Members each have a sub-domain, where they can post content.
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Much of the website's features are accessed from the dashboard interface, where the option to post content and posts of followed blogs appear.
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post information
Many of the big charities already post information.
Times, Sunday Times
They additionally plan to publicly post information about detainees so that family members can know what happened to their loved ones.
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Many school districts post information about the curriculum and supplemental materials on websites for public access.
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It enables citizens to get and post information about politicians and it allows those politicians to get advice from the people in larger numbers.
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A number of people, including some top contributors, run personal blogs where they offer advice and post information about common problems.
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post publicly
However, the newspapers main source of income was legal notices for land claims, which homesteaders were required to post publicly.
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Schedule changes are posted publicly, so all the missileers knew about the change.
Christianity Today
The questions are filed in a private inbox; only the ones the user chooses to answer are posted publicly.
Times, Sunday Times
Responses received were posted publicly.
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post revenue
It posted revenues of $7.6 billion for the last financial year.
Times, Sunday Times
It posted revenues of 7.5 billion and pre-tax profits of 279m last year.
Times, Sunday Times
The group posted revenue for 2008 of 2.2 billion, an increase of 7% on the previous financial year.
Times, Sunday Times
The world's largest social media company posted revenue of $18.7 billion for its second quarter, up 11 per cent from $16.8 billion a year earlier.
Times,Sunday Times
The operation posted revenues of 4.3m last year and has projected a 20% increase in sales for this year.
Times, Sunday Times
quit a post
But locals say he should quit his post.
The Sun
He made his latest confession to city councillors who demanded he quit his post and get help.
The Sun
An extraordinary general meeting held yesterday saw 79 per cent of the votes cast go against a resolution calling for him to quit his post immediately.
The Sun
In 1984, he quit his post to begin a career as freelance lawyer.
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A year later in 1919, he quit the post of school president.
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senior post
Whenever a senior post comes vacant, the same principle would apply.
Times, Sunday Times
It has only ever been a matter of time before he graduated to the senior post.
Times, Sunday Times
Throughout this period every vacancy for a senior post at the school attracted scores of applications.
Times, Sunday Times
This first tranche of new lords are earmarked for either special service, showing exceptional loyalty or simply holding a senior post.
Times, Sunday Times
On average, a civil servant spends just 2½ years in a senior post.
Times, Sunday Times
sensitive posts
However, those in sensitive posts, such as the home secretary, justice secretary and foreign secretary, still have official cars.
Times, Sunday Times
It was possible to view highly sensitive posts within one minute of entering an innocuous search term and by clicking on only a few links.
Times, Sunday Times
The sponsors, who can include employers or academic institutions, will be asked to show details of the checks they have carried out on workers in sensitive posts.
Times, Sunday Times
Diplomatic pouches can contain thousands of pounds of equipment and construction materials, as well as classified documents bound for sensitive posts.
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The country suffers when everybody appoints his relatives in the most sensitive posts, he noted.
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sentry post
Seconds later a soldier on a sentry post let rip with several short bursts of fire.
The Sun
The raider scaled two huge gates then ransacked a metal box that was meant to have been locked at a sentry post.
The Sun
Moreover, there was no sense of urgency in the routine manner in which the first sentry post permitted the car to pass.
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Another remaining, standing telephone post sits between the range and the southern-most sentry post.
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For this purpose, it extends further out from the wall than the north-western sentry post.
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site posts
This uncomplicated site posts a brilliant nature snap - the winner of the site's photo of the day competition - every 24 hours.
Times, Sunday Times
Each week the site posts a new, comprehensively researched and professionally written biography of a popular athlete.
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Each day, the site posts new content consisting of conservative, libertarian, neoconservative, and neoliberal opinion articles.
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The site posts newly translated articles up on a daily basis, along with a link to the original article.
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Each week, the site posts new questions and answers and/or updated answers to previously answered questions from the archive.
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teaching post
He has taken a teaching post at his old school; he hopes it will be temporary, but he knows it won't.
The Times Literary Supplement
He must inform employers of the transgression if he applies for a teaching post in the next two years.
Times, Sunday Times
He had failed to secure a higher teaching post at another school and put it down to being blind.
Times, Sunday Times
He won a coveted teaching post.
Times, Sunday Times
Eleven years as a manager, all but one as a part-timer combining the role with a full-time teaching post at a comprehensive school, have yielded four promotions.
Times, Sunday Times
vacant post
Up to 14,000 of the vacant posts could be filled under urgent measures, officials at the education ministry said.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Now he is expected to take up the vacant post at the bank early next month.
The Sun (2013)
He says the funding will come from savings on staffing budgets and by not filling vacant posts.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
wall post
In response to an undesired post, users may add another wall post as an innocence defense.
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It combs through your account and removes any photos, videos, wall posts and status updates where you are tagged with your ex - even when you've already defriended them.
The Sun
Angels adorn its tiebeams and hammerbeams, and figures of the apostles with others carved in the wall posts.
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Outside evaluations of their physical appearance, competence, and approval from others determines how social media users respond to pictures and wall posts.
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They were constructed of wattle and daub, and sometimes with wall posts sunk into foot-deep wall trenches.
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web post
But anyone who reads an abusive web posting will treat it with the weight it deserves: very little.
Times, Sunday Times
Reference was also made to a web posting about a 'sheikh returning to the battlefield'.
The Sun
The proposal appeared first in a web posting on his academic site.
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website post
The website post did not include any specific details on the album.
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We discuss the story of a friend who has had a devastating series of abusive websites posted up against his name.
Times, Sunday Times
But when a website posted the six-minute clip and started charging 3.90 to download it, she was compelled to take out a cease and desist order and own up.
Times, Sunday Times
Some of the comments on a website posted by people who have travelled on the ship on previous cruises are scathing.
Times, Sunday Times
A couple of websites posted full transcripts shortly after.
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wooden post
I rushed over to their house and could see the wooden post holding the power lines had been broken in half.
Times, Sunday Times
The most common type of post consists of a wooden post, roughly 6090 cm (2436 inches) tall, covered in rough fabric or sisal.
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He speeds down a dirt road where several flashbacks appear and distracted he crashes into a wooden post, breaking his leg.
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These consisted of a wooden post, at the upper end of which were direction indicators in the shape of human arms and hands.
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When a wooden post was used to support a chimney opening, this was often an easier material for amateur carving.
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Translations:
Chinese: 柱子, 职位, 邮件, 邮寄, 在互联网上, 张贴
Japanese: stake, 地位 position, 郵便 mail, 郵送する, 掲示する, 掲示する
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