writ
n
formal legal written order to do or not to do sth, issued by a court of law or a person in authority 書面命令; 令狀
serve sb with a writ (ie deliver a writ to sb officially) for libel 向被控犯誹謗罪的某人送交令狀. writ, 1 (arch 古) pp of write.
2 (idm 習語) ,writ `large (fml or rhet 文或修辭)
(a) easily or clearly recognizable; very obvious 可容易或清楚辨認的; 極明顯的
Disappointment was writ large on the face of the loser. 輸了的那個人臉上顯出十分失望的神情.
(b) in an emphasized form 以突出的或夸大的形式
This policy is liberalism writ large. 這項政策是擴大了的自由主義政策.