write
/raɪt/- mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement写, 书写：
he wrote his name on the paper
他在纸上写了他的名字
Alice wrote down the address
艾丽丝记下了地址
no obj. he wrote very neatly in blue ink.他用蓝墨水写得整整齐齐。
- no obj. have the ability to mark coherent letters or words in this way写字：
he couldn't read or write.
他既不识字也不会写字。
- fill out or complete (a sheet, cheque, or similar) in this way填写（表格、支票等）：
he had to write a cheque for £800.
他不得不开张800英镑的支票。
- Canadian & S. African take (an exam or test)〈加, 南非〉参加（笔试）：
I wrote Prof. Weldon's Middle English exam last week.
上周我参加了韦尔顿教授的中古英语考试。
- no obj. write in a cursive hand, as opposed to printing individual letters书写, 手写（与铅印相对）。
- compose, write, and send (a letter) to someone写（信）给：
I wrote a letter to Alison
我写了封信给艾丽森
with two objs I wrote him a short letter我给他写了封短信
no obj. he wrote almost every day.他几乎每天写信。
- chiefly N. Amer. write and send a letter to (someone)〈主北美〉写信给, 函告：
Mother wrote me and told me about poor Simon's death.
母亲写信给我, 告诉我关于可怜的西蒙过世的消息。
- no obj.
write in
write to an organization, especially a broadcasting station, with a question, suggestion, or opinion发信（给电台等机构询问、提建议或意见等）： write in with your query.
来信询问。
- compose (a text or work) for written or printed reproduction or publication; put into literary form and set down in writing写作; 编著（书等）; 用文字形式表达：
I didn't know you wrote poetry
我还不知道你写诗
no obj. he wrote under a pseudonym他用笔名写作
he had written about the beauty of Andalucia.
他曾写过关于安达卢西亚的美的文章。
- compose (a musical work)谱写（音乐作品）：
he has written a song specifically for her.
他特意为她写了首歌。
write someone into/out of
add or remove a character to or from (a long-running story or series)把…写入; 删掉。
- archaic describe in writing〈古〉描写：
if I could write the beauty of your eyes.
如果我能描写出你眼睛的美多好呀。
- with obj. and adverbial Computing enter (data) into a specified storage medium or location in store【计算机】写入（指将数据输入存储载体或存储位置）。
- underwrite (an insurance policy)承保（保险单）。
be nothing to write home about
- informal be very mediocre or unexceptional〈非正式〉不值得大书特书的; 不十分好的, 平庸的。
be （或have something）written all over one（或one's face）
- informal used to convey that the presence of a particular quality or feeling is clearly revealed by a person's expression〈非正式〉全写在某人的脸上：
guilt was written all over his face.
愧疚全写在他的脸上。
be written in stone
- 见STONE.
(and) that's all she wrote
- N. Amer. informal used to convey that there is or was nothing more to be said about a matter〈北美, 非正式〉事情到此为止, 没有其他要说的：
we were arguing about who should pay the bill, but he pulled out a couple of hundreds and that's all she wrote.
我们正在争论谁该付账, 他掏出了几张百元大钞, 事情也就到此为止。
writable
adjectivewrite something down
- reduce the nominal value of stock or goods降低…的账面价值。
write someone in
- chiefly US (when voting) add the name of someone not on the original list of candidates and vote for them〈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 something off
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write someone/thing off
dismiss someone or something as insignificant把…看得无关紧要： they were written off as a bunch of no-hopers.
他们作为一群没有希望的人而不被重视。
- cancel the record of a bad debt; acknowledge the loss of or failure to recover an asset勾销（不良债务等）; 承认损失（资产）：
he urged the banks to write off debt owed by poorer countries.
他催促银行勾销穷国所欠的债务。
- Brit. damage a vehicle so badly that it cannot be repaired or is not worth repairing〈英〉完全毁坏, 毁掉（车辆）。
write something up
- write a full or formal account of something详细记叙; 正式报道：
I was too tired to write up my notes.
我太累了, 无法详细地记笔记。
- make entries to bring a diary or similar record up to date将（日记等）写到目前为止：
he wrote up a work journal which has never been published.
他一直都写当日工作日志, 但从未发表。