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| 1 | U BRITISH the letters and parcels that are delivered to someone 信件；包裹；邮件 |
| There was no post for you today. 今天没有你的信。 |
| | 1a | the process of collecting letters from a postbox or post office （从信箱或邮政局）收信 | | What time does the next post go? 下次收信是什么时候？ | | catch/miss the post (=to get/fail to get something collected) I just caught the last post. 赶上/错过收信的时间 | |
| | 1b | the process of delivering letters to someone’ s house 投递（信件） | | first/second post The letter I was waiting for wasn’ t in the first post. 我正在等的那封信不在第一次投递的信件中。 | |
| | 1c | the system in the UK for collecting, carrying , and delivering letters and parcels 邮政（系统）；邮递 | | I never send anything valuable through the post. 我从来不会把贵重的东西以邮递的方式寄送。 | | Never believe anyone who tells you ‘The cheque is in the post’ ! 要是有人告诉你“支票已寄出”，千万别信以为真！ | |
| | 1d | using the post 邮寄 | | Did you send the parcel by post or by courier? 你是用邮寄还是通过信使的方式把包裹寄出去的呢？ | |
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| 2 | C a strong thick pole made of wood or metal that is put upright in the ground , used as part of a fence , gate etc （木头或金属的）柱，杆，桩 |
| | 2a | one of the two tall upright pieces of wood that a player runs between or tries to get a ball between in games such as football 球门柱 | | His first shot hit the post. 他的第一次射门打在了球门柱上。 | |
| | 2b | one of two upright poles that show where a horse race begins or ends （赛马的）起点柱，终点柱 | | the winning post 终点柱 | |
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| 3 | C a job , especially one with a lot of responsibility （尤指重要的）工作，职位，职务，岗位 |
| My father has held full-time teaching posts at several universities. 我父亲曾在好几所大学担任全职的教学工作。 |
| The Prime Minister appointed her to the post of ambassador. 首相委派她担任大使。 |
| take up a post (=start to work in a job) She took up her post as the new director last April. 就任 |
| fill a post (=to employ someone) The company has now decided to fill this post on a permanent basis. 聘用；雇用 |
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| 4 | C AMERICAN a local organization of people who have been in the armed forces 地方军事组织 |
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| 5 | C computing a posting |
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| - | first past the post BRITISH
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| a system in which someone wins an election if they receive the most votes, even if they do not receive a majority of the total votes |
| （选举制度）票数最多者当选 |
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