post
n
1 [C] (esp in compounds 尤用以構成復合詞) piece of metal or wood set upright in the ground to support sth, mark a position, etc (金屬或木頭的)柱子, 支柱, 樁, 標柱, 標桿: `gate posts 門柱
a `goal post 球門柱 * a `lamp-post, ie supporting a street light 路燈柱
a `signpost 路標 * `boundary posts, ie marking a boundary 界樁
a `bedpost, ie any of the upright supports of a bedstead, esp a four-poster 床柱(床架的垂直支柱, 尤指四根的).
2 [sing] place where a race starts or finishes (速度競賽的)起點或終點標志
the `starting/`finishing/`winning post 起點[終點/獲勝]標.
3 (idm 習語) be left at the post => leave1. deaf as a post => deaf. (be) first past the post winning in an election because one has received the most votes though not necessarily an absolute majority 以得票最多(但不一定超過半數)在選舉中獲勝. from pillar to post => pillar. pip sb at the post => pip5. post, v
1
(a) [Tn, Tn.p]
~ sth (up) display (a notice, placard, etc) in a public place 公布(告示、 招貼等)
Post no bills, eg warning that advertisements, etcmust not be posted on a wall. 禁止招貼.
Advertisementshave been posted up everywhere announcing the new show. 到處貼滿了廣告宣傳這一新節目.
(b) [esp passive 尤用於被動語態 Tn, Cn.a, Cn.n/a]
~ sb/sth (as sth) announce sth about sb/sth by means of a poster, list, etc displayed publicly (以張貼招貼、 名單等形式)公開宣布某事
Details of the election will be posted outside the town hall. 選舉的詳情將貼在市政廳外.
The ship was posted (as) missing, ie was announced as missing. 布告稱該船失蹤.
2 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (over) cover sth with bills, placards, etc 將告示、 招貼等貼在某物上
post a wall (over) with advertisements 在墻上張貼廣告.
post n
1 position of paid employment; job (有報酬的)職位; 工作
He was appointed to the post of general manager. 他獲任命為總經理.
She was offered a post in the new government. 她受聘在新政府中任職.
She had been in the same post for 20 years. 她擔任同一職務已20年.
He asked to be relieved of his post, ie offered his resignation. 他提出辭職.
2 place where a person is on duty, esp a soldier on watch 崗位; (尤指士兵的)哨位
The sentries are all at their posts. 哨兵們都已各就各位.
The guards were ordered not to leave their posts. 衛兵們奉令不得離開崗位.
3
(a) place occupied and defended by soldiers, esp a frontier fort (部隊的)駐地, 防區; (尤指)邊防要塞.
(b) soldiers occupying this駐軍.
4 (also `trading post) (esp formerly) settlementdeveloped for trading, esp in a region that is undevelopedor sparsely populated (尤指舊時的)貿易站(尤指設於不發達或人口稀少之地區的). post, v [Tn, Tn.pr]
1 ~ sb (to sth) appoint sb to a job or a responsibility 派某人做某工作或擔負某任務
post an officer to a unit, the front, overseas 把一名軍官派往某單位、 前線、 海外
After several years in London, he was posted to the embassy in Moscow. 他在倫敦任職幾年後被派往駐莫斯科大使館工作.
2 ~sb (at/on sth) place ( a soldier, etc) at his post2(2) 布置(士兵等)站崗
We posted sentries (at the gates). 我們(在大門口)設了崗哨.
post n
1 (also esp US mail)
(a) [C, U] letters, parcels, etc; correspondence 信件、 包裹等; 郵件
There was a big post/a lot of post this morning. 今早郵件很多.
He's dealing with his post at the moment. 他此刻正在處理信件.
(b) [U] official transport and delivery of these 郵政; 郵遞
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