一、详细释义：


n.

电报 [C]


例句：

The telegram was sent reply prepaid.

电报已发出并已预付覆电费用。


例句：

A telegram will be the quickest way to transmit the message.

打电报将是传递这个信息的最快途径。


v.

用电报发送，发电报 [I,T]


例句：

My daughter telegrammed me yesterday.

我女儿昨天给我发了电报。


二、词义辨析：


cable,telegram,telegraph

这些名词都有“电报”之意。 cable通常指通过海底电缆打的电报，也可指广义的电报。 telegram常用词，指通过电报系统发出的信息，尤指具体的一份份电报。 telegraph侧重指通信方式和电报业各，不可数名词，表想象概念。


三、相关短语：


letter telegram

书信电报


四、参考例句：


She has clapped a telegram for me.

她给我拍了封电报。


The telegram was sent reply prepaid.

电报已发出并已预付覆电费用。


The telegram was delivered early this morning.

这份电报是今天清晨送到的。


A telegram from Uncle Fred arrived.

弗雷德舅舅发的一封电报来了。


The telegram asked for an instant reply.

这封电报要求立即回复。


He was not alarmed at receiving the telegram.

他接到这封电报时并不心慌。


He ciphered the telegram in a few minutes.

他只用了几分钟就把电报译成密码。


We telephoned Jean a greetings telegram on her wedding day.

在琼结婚那天我们用电话给她发了个贺电。


The telegram turned out to have been bogus.

电报原来是假的。


I sent him a telegram, congratulating him on his success.

我给他发去一个电报，祝贺他的成功。