| 单词 | post |
| 释义 | 1. letters, parcels, and information2. jobs and places3. poles post (poʊst ) 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. 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. 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] 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 (poʊst ) 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. 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] 5. See also posting, staging post post (poʊst ) 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- (poʊst- ) 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. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 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. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 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. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 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. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 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. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 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 The wall logs would be toe nailed into the corner post. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The northwest corner post bears a bridge plate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One scenario was that a defending player might manipulate the corner post to put an attacker out of play. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bracing keeps the corner post vertical and prevents slack from developing in the fence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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) 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. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (1998) He held the post for two years as a senior circuit judge. Times, Sunday Times (2007) 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The key post of finance minister will also be changed hands. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He had been expected to assume a number of other key posts. Times, Sunday Times 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 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 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 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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 The slow pace of the work prompted him to post a sign on the door saying it would be open when it was open. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Two months later, however, the band posted a statement where they revealed that the video had been cancelled. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Much of the website's features are accessed from the dashboard interface, where the option to post content and posts of followed blogs appear. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many school districts post information about the curriculum and supplemental materials on websites for public access. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It enables citizens to get and post information about politicians and it allows those politicians to get advice from the people in larger numbers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A number of people, including some top contributors, run personal blogs where they offer advice and post information about common problems. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the newspapers main source of income was legal notices for land claims, which homesteaders were required to post publicly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A year later in 1919, he quit the post of school president. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The country suffers when everybody appoints his relatives in the most sensitive posts, he noted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Another remaining, standing telephone post sits between the range and the southern-most sentry post. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For this purpose, it extends further out from the wall than the north-western sentry post. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each day, the site posts new content consisting of conservative, libertarian, neoconservative, and neoliberal opinion articles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The site posts newly translated articles up on a daily basis, along with a link to the original article. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each week, the site posts new questions and answers and/or updated answers to previously answered questions from the archive. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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 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) In response to an undesired post, users may add another wall post as an innocence defense. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Outside evaluations of their physical appearance, competence, and approval from others determines how social media users respond to pictures and wall posts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were constructed of wattle and daub, and sometimes with wall posts sunk into foot-deep wall trenches. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The website post did not include any specific details on the album. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He speeds down a dirt road where several flashbacks appear and distracted he crashes into a wooden post, breaking his leg. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These consisted of a wooden post, at the upper end of which were direction indicators in the shape of human arms and hands. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When a wooden post was used to support a chimney opening, this was often an easier material for amateur carving. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 柱子, 职位, 邮件, 邮寄, 贴在互联网上, 张贴 Japanese: 柱 stake, 地位 position, 郵便 mail, 郵送する, 掲示する, 掲示する |
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