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- a person who writes letters to a person or a newspaper, especially on a regular basis（尤指有规律的）通信者; （报纸）通讯员：
she wasn't much of a correspondent.
她是个懒于写信的人。
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- often with adj. or noun modifier a person employed to report for a newspaper or broadcasting organization, typically on a particular subject from a particular country（尤指从某一国家发回专题报道的）记者：
a cricket correspondent
板球运动记者。
- corresponding相符的; 一致的; 对应的。
词源
late Middle English (as an adjective)： from Old French correspondant or medieval Latin correspondent- 'corresponding', from the verb correspondere （see CORRESPOND）.