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| /ˈraɪtɪŋ/ |
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| 1 | U things such as a books, poems, and newspaper articles 著作；诗歌；文章 |
| historical writing that brings the past to life 把过去描写得栩栩如生的历史作品 |
| +on/about There’ s a lot of interesting writing on the subject. 有许多关于这一主题的有趣文章。 |
| | 1a | used about words written or printed on something （书写或印刷在某物上面的）文字 | | All the writing on the machine was in German. 机器上的文字都是德文。 | |
| | 1b | used about the individual way a particular person writes 书法；笔迹 | | I’ d recognize her writing anywhere. 我无论在什么地方都能认出她的笔迹。 | |
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| 2 | U the job or activity of creating books, poems, newspaper articles etc 写作职业；写作 |
| He teaches a course in creative writing. 他教创造性写作这门课程。 |
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| 3 | writings plural all the books etc that someone has written （某人的）全部著作 |
| Wordsworth’ s writings 华滋华斯的全部作品 |
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| - | in writing
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| in the form of a document , that you can keep as proof of something such as an agreement |
| 以书面形式 |
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| put/give sth in writing Give full details of the incident in writing. 写下事件的全部细节。 |
| get sth in writing (=ask for a document that you can keep as proof) Make sure you get all estimates of the cost in writing. 得到书面形式的某物 |
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| - | the writing is on the wall informal
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| used for saying it seems likely that something will soon go wrong or stop existing |
| 厄运临头的预兆已经出现 |
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