phr. nothing (something) to write home about 〈口〉不值得(值得)大书特书的；引不起(引得起)兴趣的；不令人(令人)兴奋的；不十分(十分)好的
The party was nothing to write home about. 宴会平淡无趣。
That's all she wrote. 〈美口〉事情到此为止。
What I have written I have written. 既已写了就坚决不改。
write away 1. 连续地写
He's been writing away all morning and likes to have a long period free of other considerations. 整个上午他一直在写作，并希望有一段较长的不必考虑其他事情的时间。
2. 发信函购；发信索要产品情况
She wrote away for the book, because the shop didn't have it. 因为该店无货，她写信函购这本书。
write back 回信
He wrote back accepting our offer. 他回信接受了我们的提议。
write down 1. 写下，记下
The magistrate had to write all the evidence down in longhand. 执法官不得不亲笔记下所有证言。
2. 降低(地位或身份)
write down the legal position of 降低…的法律地位
3. 写文章贬低(或诋毁)
He tried in vain to write down the movement. 他枉费心机地写文章诋毁这一运动。
4. 为低水平读者写作
write down to the juvenile readers 为青少年读者写浅显的作品
5. 降低…的账面价值
write down an asset 减低一项资产的账面价值
write down as 把…描写成
They wrote him down as a lazy worker. 他们把他描述为一个懒惰工人。
write for 函索；函购
Write for our new brochure. 我们备有新的介绍小册子，函索即寄。
write in 1. 将…插写进去；把…写入
The teacher wrote in corrections between the sentences on the paper. 教师在卷子的字里行间作批改。
2. 发信(索取赠品或提供意见等)
Hundreds of people have written in asking for details. 已有数百人来信询问详细情况。
We wrote in for a free book, but the firm never replied. 我们曾写信去索赠书，但公司从未答复。
3. 〈主美〉在选票上加写(非原定候选人的名字)；投(非原定候选人的票)
write in the candidate of one's choice 在选票上加写自己选中的候选人名字
write in a vote in a primary 在初选中投自己选中的候选人的票
4. 【计】把(数据)写入存储媒体；把数据写入(存储媒体)
write into 1. 发信给
How many people have written into the television station to complain about the moral level of the show? 有多少人写信给电视台抱怨这档节目的道德水准?
2. 把…写入
write one's record into the history books 把自己的功业载入史册
write sb. into fiction 将某人写进小说
3. 通过写作使(某人或自己)达到特定状态
Tom never guessed that with his latest book he would write himself into sudden fame. 汤姆从未料到他的新作竟会使自己突然成名。
4. 【计】把(数据)写入存储媒体
write of 把…当作写作题材
write of one's adventures in the war在书中写下自己在战争中的惊险遭遇
write off1. 取消；注销；勾销
write off a bad debt 勾销一笔坏账
2. 轻而易举地写成；迅速写出；一口气写成
write off a poem in half an hour 半小时内一气呵成一首诗
3. 发信(索取赠品或订货)
write off for a fresh supply of penicillin 写信要求再供应一批青霉素
4. 把…看作不存在；放弃
Few political experts are writing him off. 政治问题人士中鲜有人认定他成不了气候的。
All the newspaper reporters wrote the play off as useless. 所有的报纸记者都认为这出戏毫无意义。
5. 降低…的(账面)价值；贬低
6. 马上就写
Thank you for giving me the address, I'll write off at once. 谢谢你给了我地址，我这就写信。
7. 毁掉；杀死；结束掉
The plane was completely written off and the pilot dead. 飞机彻底毁了，飞行员身亡。
8. 〈英〉彻底毁坏(交通工具)
write on 1. 继续写
She wrote on all day, filling page after page. 她一页又一页地成天连续写着。
2. 把…当作写作题材；以…为题材写作
What is Tom writing on? 汤姆现在在写什么题材?
Write 1500 words on your view of the advance of civilization in this century. 就你对本世纪文明进步的看法写一篇1500字的文章。
3. 【计】把(数据)写入存储媒体；把数据写入(存储媒体)
write out 1. (正式)写；写出；全部写出
write out a cheque 开支票
write out a report of the decisions taken at the last committee meeting 就上次委员会会议所作的决议写一份报告
2. 写得(自己)智穷才尽
The author seems to have written himself out. 这作家似乎已江郎才尽，再也写不出东西来了。
write to 【计】把(数据)写入存储媒体
write up 1. 把…记下，报道；详细记叙
Reporters from many newspapers are here to write up the game. 多家报纸的记者已来这里报道比赛实况。
They wrote him up on the front page. 他们在报纸的头版详细介绍了他。
2. 把…写在公众场所
I saw your name written up on the wall. 我看见你的大名被写在墙上。
3. 发信
Lots of people have written up to the radio station, asking for gardening advice. 许多人已写信给广播电台，要求给予园艺方面的指导。
4. 把…写完全；把…一直写到目前为止；在…中追记最新情况
She writes up her diary every evening. 她每晚都写当天的日记。
5. 把…写成文
write up one's notes 把笔记整理成文
6. 写文章赞扬
write up a candidate 写文章称颂候选人
write the play up in the local newspaper 在当地报纸上写文章赞扬这出戏
7. 写传票传唤
8. 提高…的(账面)价值
write up an asset 提高一宗资产的账面价值