telegram/cable/telegraph/wire.导航词义：电报

1. telegram:n. 电报，电文.普通用词，指通过电报系统发出的信息，强调具体的一份份电报。

This telegram must be sent at once.

这封电报必须立即发出。

He received an urgent telegram from his father.

他收到父亲的一封加急电报。

What do you mean by a government telegram?

请问什么是政务电报?

2. cable:n. 电报.通常指通过海底电缆传输的电报；也可指普通的电报，此时常可与telegram换用。

When will this cable arrive in Paris?

这封海底电报何时会到巴黎？

He received a transoceanic cable from Boston.

他收到了一封从波士顿来的越洋电报。

To be more exact, it is a commercial cable/telegram.

更确切地说，这是一封商业电报。

May I have a form for sending a cable/telegram?

请给我一张发电报的电报纸好吗?

3. telegraph:n. 电报.不可数名词，强调电报的通信方式或电报业务。

These islands are connected by telegraph.

这些岛屿用电报联系。

The telegraph between the two regions has been cut.

这两个地区之间的电报业务已经中断。

Telegraph was invented by Samuel Morse in 1844.

1844年塞缪尔·莫尔斯发明了电报。

4. wire:n. 电报.与 telegram 同义，但多用于非正式场合。

Don't worry, I'll send him a wire.

别担心，我会给他发电报的。

I sent a wire to my wife this morning.

今天上午我给妻子发了电报。

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1·I want to send a telegram.—Fine, to whom?

“我想发个电报。” — “好的，给谁？”《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·The president received a briefing by telegram.

总裁收到了一份电报简报。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·I've just received a telegram.

我刚收到一份电报。《新英汉大辞典》

4·The telegram will intercep him at Paris.

这封电报将把他截在巴黎。《新英汉大辞典》

5·The telegram was to be mailed that night.

电报要在那天晚上发出去。

6·He was not alarmed at receiving the telegram.

他接到这封电报时并不心慌。《新英汉大辞典》

7·The victory inspired him to dispatch a gleeful telegram to Roosevelt.

胜利鼓舞了他发喜电给罗斯福。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

8·Just before dinner, a telegram arrived.

就在晚饭前，来了一封电报。

9·We must send a telegram to check whether Barrymore is in London or at Baskerville Hall, said Holmes.

“我们必须发封电报去核实一下巴里摩尔此时是在伦敦还是在巴斯克维尔庄园里。”福尔摩斯说道。

10·How much did the telegram cost?

拍那份电报花了多少钱？《新英汉大辞典》

电报

1·I want to send a telegram.—Fine, to whom?

“我想发个电报。” — “好的，给谁？”《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·The telegram was to be mailed that night.

电报要在那天晚上发出去。

3·We must send a telegram to check whether Barrymore is in London or at Baskerville Hall, said Holmes.

“我们必须发封电报去核实一下巴里摩尔此时是在伦敦还是在巴斯克维尔庄园里。”福尔摩斯说道。

4·How much did the telegram cost?

拍那份电报花了多少钱？《新英汉大辞典》

5·I sent him a telegram, congratulating him on his success.

我给他发去一个电报，祝贺他的成功。

发电报

1·I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying flee at once — all is discovered. They all left town immediately.

我曾经给我的十二个朋友发电报说“事情暴露，马上离开。”他们所有人立刻离开了这个城市。

2·Previously, we can only send letters or telegram, which is too slow and expensive.

以前，我们只能写信或者发电报，不仅慢而且还贵。

(1)to send a telegram发电报

(1)urgent telegram急电