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单词 correspondent
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Definition of correspondent in English:

correspondent

noun kɒrɪˈspɒnd(ə)nt
  • 1A person who writes letters on a regular basis.

    she wasn't much of a correspondent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I love letters, too; I think I would write more letters, if I had a regular correspondent.
    • His correspondence contains letters to and from correspondents in New England.
    • Berlin was an inveterate correspondent, living during the last great flourishing of letter writing.
    • The correspondents take pride in their wordsmanship and don't mind twirling it.
    • We've also had concerned correspondents in France baffled over the identity of our mystery poet.
    • Most correspondents conclude their letters with a forename or initials.
    • I suggested that my correspondent should think about writing to me with something a little more sensible.
    • Many of my correspondents wrote to tell me they could retire now if they made that much per house.
    • In your submission, does disclosing the letter identify the correspondent?
    • Besides, he has always had a million correspondents, some rather famous!
    • She was a regular correspondent who was devoted to her favourite entertainers.
    • If the correspondent is a teenager, the letter gets moved to the top of the pile.
    • The following week, a separate correspondent wrote to say that he also had hair sticking up at the crown of his head.
    • The collection contains, in addition to Cicero's own, letters from a variety of correspondents to him.
    • For Duncan, as for his correspondents, the letter was a vital medium of communication.
    • She was also apparently a regular correspondent - though whether he wrote as often to her is unknown.
    • In the letters pages correspondents discuss some unresolved questions in prehospital emergency care.
    • The archive has very few of Oakeshott's own letters in reply to his correspondents.
    • After leaving Rome Galileo remained in contact with Clavius by correspondence and Guidobaldo del Monte was also a regular correspondent.
    • Mail came from all over the world, and correspondents included several noted writers.
    Synonyms
    letter writer, penfriend, pen pal
    communicator
  • 2often with adjective or noun modifier A person employed to report for a newspaper or broadcasting organization.

    a cricket correspondent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As you know, he was one of the great foreign correspondents, print or broadcast, at any time.
    • She's covered the day-to-day workings of the White House longer than any other correspondent.
    • I remember having lunch with a foreign correspondent for a major newspaper in the early 1990s.
    • It reminded you of the days when newspapers had specialist industrial correspondents to handle disputes like this.
    • Maybe they're reluctant to divulge to us what they divulge to correspondents from other networks.
    • He has also written as a correspondent for numerous magazines both abroad and in the United States.
    • And our correspondents are telling us that the situation has become fairly routine.
    • During the 1890s he became Australian correspondent for several London newspapers.
    • In the past four months there's been more pressure on foreign correspondents than almost ever before.
    • He was one of the BBC's longest-serving newscasters and a veteran foreign correspondent.
    • Most recently he was the Beijing correspondent of the Far Eastern Economic Review.
    • He has been a foreign correspondent for 20 years with a ringside seat at many major international events.
    • She has been a TV news correspondent, a foreign documentaries presenter and writer, and a newspaper columnist.
    • CBS also uses its web site as a place where its on-air correspondents can write longer pieces.
    • Perhaps this is due to the death of the old-fashioned foreign correspondent.
    • Now that kind of phenomenon I think is a basic corruption of the idea of the independence of the foreign correspondents.
    • In Germany in 1932, Reuters had one chief correspondent, and one full-time assistant.
    • He then went on to become the athletics correspondent for The Observer and ended up as its sports editor.
    • There were no foreign correspondents on staff, so the paper relied on wire copy.
    • Our correspondents have filed from all around the world on the stories that made headlines in their regions.
    Synonyms
    reporter, journalist, columnist, writer, contributor, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newsman, newswoman, commentator, chronicler
    special correspondent, foreign correspondent
    British pressman
    North American legman, wireman
    Australian roundsman
    informal stringer, newshound, hack, hackette, journo
    North American informal newsy
adjective kɒrɪˈspɒnd(ə)nt
  • Corresponding.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, correspondent payment can involve payment between two banks in the same jurisdiction, if payment is to be in foreign currency.
    Synonyms
    corresponding, equivalent, comparable, parallel, matching, related, similar, analogous, commensurate

Origin

Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French correspondant or medieval Latin correspondent- 'corresponding', from the verb correspondere (see correspond).

Rhymes

co-respondent, despondent, fondant, respondent
 
 

Definition of correspondent in US English:

correspondent

noun
  • 1A person who writes letters to a person or a newspaper, especially on a regular basis.

    she wasn't much of a correspondent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Besides, he has always had a million correspondents, some rather famous!
    • She was also apparently a regular correspondent - though whether he wrote as often to her is unknown.
    • The collection contains, in addition to Cicero's own, letters from a variety of correspondents to him.
    • The correspondents take pride in their wordsmanship and don't mind twirling it.
    • I suggested that my correspondent should think about writing to me with something a little more sensible.
    • Berlin was an inveterate correspondent, living during the last great flourishing of letter writing.
    • Many of my correspondents wrote to tell me they could retire now if they made that much per house.
    • In the letters pages correspondents discuss some unresolved questions in prehospital emergency care.
    • If the correspondent is a teenager, the letter gets moved to the top of the pile.
    • Mail came from all over the world, and correspondents included several noted writers.
    • We've also had concerned correspondents in France baffled over the identity of our mystery poet.
    • After leaving Rome Galileo remained in contact with Clavius by correspondence and Guidobaldo del Monte was also a regular correspondent.
    • For Duncan, as for his correspondents, the letter was a vital medium of communication.
    • His correspondence contains letters to and from correspondents in New England.
    • In your submission, does disclosing the letter identify the correspondent?
    • The archive has very few of Oakeshott's own letters in reply to his correspondents.
    • Most correspondents conclude their letters with a forename or initials.
    • She was a regular correspondent who was devoted to her favourite entertainers.
    • The following week, a separate correspondent wrote to say that he also had hair sticking up at the crown of his head.
    • I love letters, too; I think I would write more letters, if I had a regular correspondent.
    Synonyms
    letter writer, penfriend, pen pal
    1. 1.1 A person employed to report for a newspaper or broadcasting organization, typically on a particular subject or from a particular country.
      a White House correspondent
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He has also written as a correspondent for numerous magazines both abroad and in the United States.
      • Now that kind of phenomenon I think is a basic corruption of the idea of the independence of the foreign correspondents.
      • Perhaps this is due to the death of the old-fashioned foreign correspondent.
      • During the 1890s he became Australian correspondent for several London newspapers.
      • CBS also uses its web site as a place where its on-air correspondents can write longer pieces.
      • He was one of the BBC's longest-serving newscasters and a veteran foreign correspondent.
      • And our correspondents are telling us that the situation has become fairly routine.
      • Most recently he was the Beijing correspondent of the Far Eastern Economic Review.
      • He has been a foreign correspondent for 20 years with a ringside seat at many major international events.
      • She's covered the day-to-day workings of the White House longer than any other correspondent.
      • As you know, he was one of the great foreign correspondents, print or broadcast, at any time.
      • In the past four months there's been more pressure on foreign correspondents than almost ever before.
      • He then went on to become the athletics correspondent for The Observer and ended up as its sports editor.
      • There were no foreign correspondents on staff, so the paper relied on wire copy.
      • Our correspondents have filed from all around the world on the stories that made headlines in their regions.
      • It reminded you of the days when newspapers had specialist industrial correspondents to handle disputes like this.
      • Maybe they're reluctant to divulge to us what they divulge to correspondents from other networks.
      • I remember having lunch with a foreign correspondent for a major newspaper in the early 1990s.
      • She has been a TV news correspondent, a foreign documentaries presenter and writer, and a newspaper columnist.
      • In Germany in 1932, Reuters had one chief correspondent, and one full-time assistant.
      Synonyms
      reporter, journalist, columnist, writer, contributor, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newsman, newswoman, commentator, chronicler
adjective
  • Corresponding.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, correspondent payment can involve payment between two banks in the same jurisdiction, if payment is to be in foreign currency.
    Synonyms
    corresponding, equivalent, comparable, parallel, matching, related, similar, analogous, commensurate

Origin

Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French correspondant or medieval Latin correspondent- ‘corresponding’, from the verb correspondere (see correspond).

 
 
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