单词	messenger
释义	messenger1 nounmessenger2 verb messengermes‧sen‧ger1 /ˈmesɪndʒə, -sən- $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINmessenger Origin: 1300-1400 messager ‘messenger’ (12-16 centuries), from Old French messagier, from message; ➔ MESSAGE Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Captain Anderson did not come himself, but sent a messenger instead. In the late afternoon a messenger arrived to inform me that the chief was on his way. The king's messenger stayed in Rome for further talks. When he was sixteen Alan got a job as a messenger boy in an advertising agency. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Conrad of Speyer was charged with executing one messenger and detaining others. Deaver also appeared to act as a messenger between the First lady and her husband, and sometimes even as a surrogate. Fedora Barbieri with Hina Spani in the role of the messenger. He placed the bet by messenger. He will let my messenger go, I am sure. The role chosen by the teacher here is as neutral as possible, to avoid confrontation, effectively a messenger. The weaver shook his head but the messenger dared not leave his door till his master's errand had been fulfilled. Those signals are carried from nerve cell to nerve cell by chemical messengers called neurotransmitters. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto blame someone for something► blame to say or think that someone is responsible for something bad that has happened: · It's your idea - don't blame me if it doesn't work.· Everyone wants to blame the referees when their team loses.blame somebody for something: · Democrats have blamed Republicans for the failure to reach an agreement.blame something on somebody/something: · Some of the women blamed their husbands' violence on drinking.blame yourself: · For many years I blamed myself for her death. ► say it's somebody's fault especially spoken to say that someone is responsible for something bad that has happened: · Everyone is saying it's my fault, but I didn't have anything to do with it.say it's sb's fault (that): · How can you say it's my fault that you lost your job? ► put/lay/place the blame on to say who you think is responsible for something bad that has happened, often unfairly or wrongly: · Don't try to put the blame on me!· Subsequent investigations placed the blame squarely on city officials.put/lay the blame for something on somebody/something: · Farmers have laid the blame for their problems entirely on EU policies. ► accuse to say that someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad: · They're accusing me without any proof.accuse somebody of doing something: · Are you accusing her of lying?· The woman was accused of having beaten her four-year-old daughter.be accused of murder/armed robbery etc: · West has been accused of first-degree murder. ► apportion blame formal to officially say which people are responsible for something bad that has happened: · It is not easy for the Committee of Inquiry to apportion blame in such a complicated case. ► hold somebody responsible to say that it is someone's fault that something bad has happened because you think it was their duty to prevent this from happening: · It's your decision - you can't hold me responsible if it goes wrong.hold sb responsible for: · Alex still holds his mother responsible for the divorce.hold somebody partly/largely/entirely responsible: · The shipment never arrived, and we are holding the freight company entirely responsible.hold somebody personally responsible (=blame one person only): · If anything happens to Donny, I'll hold you personally responsible. ► reproach yourself to feel that something is your fault and wish that you had done more to prevent it from happening: · There's no point in reproaching yourself - there's nothing you could have done.reproach yourself for: · He reproached himself for not having called the police sooner. ► shoot the messenger to become angry at someone who tells you bad news even though they are not responsible for what has happened: · If you don't listen and instead shoot the messenger, you're not going to learn about the problems you need to deal with. someone who takes a message to someone► messenger someone who takes a message or whose job it is to take messages: · In the late afternoon a messenger arrived to inform me that the chief was on his way.· Captain Anderson did not come himself, but sent a messenger instead.· The king's messenger stayed in Rome for further talks.messenger boy: · When he was sixteen Alan got a job as a messenger boy in an advertising agency. ► courier someone whose job it is to carry urgent messages, letters, parcels etc, especially for a company: · A courier arrived with the documents just before the meeting.send something by courier: · He said he'd be sending the report over by courier. ► go-between someone who takes messages between two people or groups because they are not able to meet or do not want to meet: · Barnes isn't involved in the deal - he's just the go-between.act as (a) go-between: · Simon was not a member of either group so he seemed a good candidate to act as a go-between. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► boy · The first Prime Ministers were messenger boys, but with potentially great influence.· A messenger boy had joined them, was trying to help.· Being a messenger boy just isn't where it's at.· After questioning the messenger boy for some three hours, Berret and Harris released him.· Lord Tebbit calls him Mr Kohl's messenger boy to Copenhagen.· What was so bloody active about being an overblown messenger boy?· Production and progress A number of entrants to production and progress departments are promoted from humbler positions like messenger boys. VERB► send · Diplomacy represented, in other words, an alternative to force and involved sending messengers from one tribe to the enemy camp.· The boys whose idea death had been were now talking about sending a messenger to the College.· He sent a messenger, a monk, Otto of Salem, to Rome to sound out Innocent.· For the moment I send this messenger.· But perhaps Narouz sent a messenger. ► shoot · Criticising Alan for saying how well scum are playing is a bit like shooting the messenger who brings bad news. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► blame/shoot the messenger Criticising Alan for saying how well scum are playing is a bit like shooting the messenger who brings bad news. 1someone whose job is to deliver messages or documents, or someone who takes a message to someone else2blame/shoot the messenger to be angry with the person who tells you about something bad, instead of the person who caused it to happen messenger1 nounmessenger2 verb messengermessenger2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE messenger Simple Form Present I, you, we, they messenger he, she, it messengers Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they messengered Present perfect I, you, we, they have messengered he, she, it has messengered Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had messengered Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will messenger Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have messengered Continuous Form Present I am messengering he, she, it is messengering you, we, they are messengering Past I, he, she, it was messengering you, we, they were messengering Present perfect I, you, we, they have been messengering he, she, it has been messengering Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been messengering Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be messengering Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been messengering to send a letter, package etc somewhere using a messenger
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