1. vt. & vi.写　 draw on a surface, especially with a pen or pencil on paper
2. vt.写信　 compose (a letter), and usually post it

　～ a book　写书
　～ a book report　写读书报告
　～ a composition　写作文
　～ a film script　写电影剧本
　～ a good hand　写一手好字
　～ a letter　写封信
　～ a novel　写小说
　～ a paper　写论文
　～ a play　写剧本
　～ a poem　写诗
　～ a poor hand　字写得不好
　～ admirably　极为成功地写
　～ affectionately　深情地写
　～ anonymously　匿名写
　～ appealingly　有趣地写
　～ artistically　富有艺术创造力地写
　～ assiduously　持之以恒地写
　～ authoritatively　权威地写
　～ badly　写得差
　～ barbarously　无礼地写
　～ brilliantly　高明地写
　～ calmly　悄悄地写
　～ carefully　细心地写
　～ characteristically　具有特色地写
　～ charitably　慷慨地写
　～ clearly　写得清楚
　～ confidentially　秘密地写
　～ confidently　满怀信心地写
　～ conscientiously　诚心诚意地写
　～ consistently　始终如一地写
　～ contemptuously　傲慢地写
　～ convincingly　令人信服地写
　～ cordially　真心诚意地写
　～ creditably　值得称赞地写
　～ crudely　无理地写
　～ cynically　愤世嫉俗地写
　～ daintily　斯文地写
　～ deceitfully　不诚实地写
　～ deliberately　有意地写
　～ depreciatingly　不情愿地写
　～ determinedly　坚决地写
　～ earnestly　认真地写
　～ energetically　有力地写
　～ enthusiastically　全心全意地写
　～ exorbitantly　极其过分地写
　～ expertly　熟练地写
　～ expressly　快速地写
　～ extemporaneously　临时地写
　～ falteringly　犹豫地写
　～ fascinatingly　迷人地写
　～ genially　亲切地写
　～ glibly　圆滑地写
　～ gloomily　忧伤地写
　～ graphically　形象地写
　～ grotesquely　可笑地写
　～ hesitatingly　犹豫不决地写
　～ hurriedly　匆忙地写
　～ ignobly　不光彩地写
　～ impatiently　不耐烦地写
　～ impiously　不恭地写
　～ impudently　厚颜无耻地写
　～ inadvertently　非故意地写
　～ industriously　勤奋地写
　～ ineffectually　效果不佳地写
　～ ingeniously　巧妙地写
　～ inscrutably　高深莫测地写
　～ insidiously　不知不觉地写
　～ instinctively　凭直觉写
　～ intermittently　断断续续地写
　～ involuntarily　不由自主地写
　～ irresistibly　不可抗拒地写
　～ laboriously　努力地写
　～ languidly　懒散地写
　～ laudably　值得赞美地写
　～ left-handedly　用左手写字
　～ listlessly　无精打采地写
　～ ludicrously　荒唐可笑地写
　～ magnanimously　大度地写
　～ mechanically　习惯性地写
　～ methodically　有条理地写
　～ necessarily　有必要地写
　～ painfully　痛苦地写
　～ passionately　热情地写
　～ philosophically　冷静地写
　～ phlegmatically　冷淡地写
　～ physically　踏踏实实地写
　～ personally　亲自写
　～ picturesquely　生动地写
　～ prematurely　提前地写
　～ pretentiously　狂妄地写
　～ politely　彬彬有礼地写
　～ poorly　很少写
　～ professionally　专业化地写
　～ punctually　准时写
　～ realistically　用写实手法写
　～ regularly　定期地写
　～ rhythmically　有节奏地写
　～ satirically　讽刺性地写
　～ scientifically　科学地写
　～ simultaneously　同一时间地写
　～ sincerely　严肃地写
　～ solemnly　庄严地写
　～ superficially　表面上地写
　～ systematically　系统地写
　～ thoroughly　详尽地写
　～ thoughtfully　考虑周到地写
　～ tremulously　大胆地写
　～ uncomfortably　不自在地写
　～ unexpectedly　意外地写
　～ unthinkingly　不假思索地写
　～ urgently　急切地写
　～ vigorously　精力充沛地写
　～ away　一个劲写下去
　～ back　回信
　～ down　写下来
　～ in　插写进去
　～ off　注销，取消
　～ off a bad debt　划去无法收回的账
　～ out　写出来
　～ out a speech　写演说辞
　～ up　把（姓名等）写在公共场合，把（笔记等）整理成文
　～ about　写，描写
　～ about the war　描写战争
　～ for　为…写作，为…撰稿
　～ for magazines　为杂志撰稿
　～ for the press　为报刊写文章
　～ from one's own experience　根据自己的亲身经历来写作
　～ in　用…写
　～ in chalk　用粉笔写
　～ of　写，描写
　～ of the war　描写战争
　～ on　在…上写，以…为题写
　～ on mathematics　写数学著作
　～ to　写信给，为…填词/cn>
　～ to that shop　写信给那家商店
　～ under a pen name　用笔名写作
　～ with ease　笔墨流畅

　When he was very young, he began to learn to read and write.　他很小的时候就开始学习读书写字。
　I'm afraid you wrote wrong.　我担心你是写错了。
　He writes very well.　他文笔很好。
　I should have written yesterday, but I was not fit.　我本来应该昨天写信的，但我身体不舒服。
　I have been writing this week.　本周我一直在写。
　My brother can write a good hand.　我弟弟写得一手好字。
　Please write your name here.　请把你的名字写在这儿。
　Let's write a notice of next Friday's meeting.　我们来写一张关于下星期五开会的通知。
　Never before had she written so many complaints.　过去她从来没写过这么多抱怨的话。
　Sticking to this principle, he has written many more songs.　他遵循这个原则，又创作了许多歌曲。
　He wanted to write his own thoughts.　他想把自己的想法写出来。
　He realized that he must feel with the people and write the music they need.　他认识到他必须和人民同呼吸，创作人民需要的音乐。
　I have written my graduation thesis.　我已经写完了毕业论文。
　She wrote us, saying she would be back the following week.　她给我们来信说她下星期回来。
　I churned out hundreds of newspaper articles, along with a few books, to raise three children and write them through college.　我在报刊上发表了多篇文章并写了好几本书，以稿费收入扶养三个孩子，并一直供养他们上大学。
　The message was written with pencil.　这信是用铅笔写的。
　The book was written in German.　这本书是用德文写的。
　I wrote to let them know that I was coming.　我写信让他们知道我就要来了。
　Mary wrote to say that she had decided not to come.　玛丽来信说她决定不来了。
　Bernard Shaw has just written to say he will do us an Irish play.　萧伯纳给我来信说他要为我们写一出爱尔兰戏剧。
　He wrote asking me to come.　他写信请我来。
　She wrote asking him if he had ever loved her.　她曾就究竟他是否爱过她的问题写信问过他。
　He wrote thanking me for the present.　他写信表示感谢我赠送的礼物。
　Dick wrote that he was coming back to Paris to stay indefinitely.　迪克来信，说他要回巴黎长期呆下去。
　He wrote what he saw.　他写下了自己目睹的一切。
　I wrote my mother a letter hurriedly.　我匆忙地给我母亲写了封信。
　He wrote me an account of his visit.　他写信向我报道他参观的情形。
　Please do not mind my writing these opinions to you.　我把这些意见写给你，请你不要介意。
　He had written his unit that we were coming and had made preparations.　他给他部队写信说我们要去，已做好准备。
　She wrote Beijing "Peking".　她把北京写作Peking. 　He wrote her to come.　他给她写信要她来。
　The proposals were sent to them in written form.　这些建议是以书面形式向他们提出的。
　On the next day they began the written part of the examination.　第二天他们开始笔试。
　Written records show that acupuncture dates back to the Song Dynasty.　文字记载表明，宋朝就已经有了针灸。
　There is no written agreement between them about this.　关于这一点，他们之间没有书面协议。
　It was the first written constitution France had ever had.　这是法国的第一部成文宪法。
　They were reviewing a lesson written on the blackboard in the Latinized Chinese phonetic script.　他们在复习用汉语拼音写在黑板上的一篇课文。

 ♣ write about　(v.+prep.)
　写…的事；写到…；把（某事）作为写作的主题　write of; write on; have sb/sth as the subject of writing
　He hoped they would write objectively about China.　他希望他们能客观地报道中国的情况。
　And now Gogarty writes about food difficulties in his town.　现在戈格堤来信谈到他们城市粮食困难的问题。
　Harry wrote about his adventures in the war every week.　那时哈里每星期都写他在战争中的那些奇遇。
 ♣ write against　(v.+prep.)
　写（文章）反对（某事或某人）　oppose sb/sth in writing
　You can be imprisoned for writing against the government.　你写文章反对政府会入狱的。
 ♣ write away　(v.+adv.)
1. 写信（索要） write to a special address to ask for
　He wrote away for some catalogues.　他去信索要一些目录本。
　They wrote away for a fresh supply of penicillin.　他们发信要求再供应一批青霉素。
　I've written away to order the second edition of the dictionary.　我已发信订购该词典的第二版。
2. 连续写作 write continuously
　She wrote away all day, filling page after page.　她写了一页又一页，整整写了一天。
　Don't interrupt him; he's been writing away all morning and likes to have a long period free of other considerations.　别打扰他，他整个上午都在伏案写作，他喜欢能够长时间全神贯注地工作。
 ♣ write back　(v.+adv.)
　回信　reply by letter
　Please write back as soon as possible.　请尽快回信。
　As we expected, Jim wrote back straight away to turn down our request.　正如我们所预料到的，吉姆立即回信拒绝了我们的请求。
　He writes me a letter every day, but I don't write back very often.　他每天给我写信，但我不常给他回信。
　I received Mum's letter two weeks ago, but I couldn't write her back until the term exam.　我两周前收到妈妈的信，但我在期末考试前无法给她回信。
　She has just written back that she's too busy to get away.　她刚回了信，说自己忙得走不开。
 ♣ write down　(v.+adv.)
1. 写下，记下 put sth down on paper
　Another wrote down his sincere wish in the visitors' book, "May our friendship last forever!"　另一个人在留言簿上写下了他诚挚的愿望：“祝我们的友谊万古长青！”
　He has written down many of the things he has learned from them in scientific papers.　他把从他们那里学到的很多东西写进了他的科学论文。
　If I didn't write them down, I might forget all about them.　我要是不写下来，我可能会全忘掉。
　What you've said has been written down. Sign your name at the bottom of the paper.　你所说的一切都被记录下来，在这张纸的下面签上你的名字。
2. 视为 regard as
　Don't write me down as a fool!　别把我当傻子！
　You say he is clever, but I'd write him down as ignorant.　你说他聪明，我可认为他很无知。
3. 贬低（地位、重要性等） reduce (position or value)
　Though several critics have tried to write down the play, it is still very popular.　尽管有几位批评家竭力贬低这出戏，它仍然很受欢迎。
 ♣ write for　(v.+prep.)
1. 为（报纸等）写（文章等）；为（某人）写（文章等） be employed as a writer for newspaper
　Do you like writing for children?　你愿意为儿童写作吗?
　Part of the secretary's job is to write short reports for the director.　秘书的工作内容之一是为主任写简短的报告。
　The great musician wrote simple pieces for his young wife, when she was learning to play.　这位伟大的音乐家的年轻妻子学习演奏时，他为她写了几段简单的曲子。
2. 为获得（钱或其他报酬）而写（文章等） write in order to gain money or other reward
　She wrote for fun for many years before starting to write seriously for a living.　在她开始正正经经地为谋生而写作之前，有许多年她以写作自娱。
3. 为（某作品）填（词）或曲 write words or music as part of a work or intended for performance
　After writing for the theatre for many years, he turned to the art of film.　他从事戏剧写作多年之后，又开始搞电影艺术。
4. 写信要求提供（货物、信息等） order sth such as goods, information, etc. by post
　Have you written for the booklist yet?　你已经写信要书单了吗?
 ♣ write home about　(v.+adv.+prep.)
　值得大书特书　be sth especially remarkable
　He told us that the exhibition was not bad, but it was nothing to write home about.　他告诉我们说，展览会还不错，但并没有什么特别吸引人的东西。
　The entertainment at the party was something to write home about.　联欢会上的节目是很值得赞扬的。
 ♣ write in　(v.+adv.)
1. 写信反映 write a letter to state an opinion or request
　To expose the corrupt dealings, you may write in to the reporting center.　你如果想揭露这些腐败行为，可以给举报中心写信。
　Some senior students wrote in asking for information concerning postgraduate studies.　一些四年级学生写信询问有关研究生课程的信息。
2. 将…插写进去 insert in a written text
　He wrote in an additional paragraph at the editor's request.　他应编辑的要求插入了一小段加写的文字。
　Any alterations should be written in neatly to the left side.　改动部分应书写清晰，插在正文的左侧。
 ♣ write into　(v.+prep.)
　写进　include sth in a written text
　That's only someone's personal opinion, we don't have to write it into the document.　那仅是某人的个人意见，咱们不必把它写进文件里。
　We will sign the agreement on condition that not a single word of racial discrimination is written into it.　我们签字的条件是任何带有种族歧视的字眼都不能写入协议书。
 ♣ write off　(v.+adv.)
1. 流利地写下，迅速写出 write fluently, rapidly, or without hesitation
　He wrote off three letters within ten minutes.　他在十分钟内一下子写了三封信。
　She has written off an account of her trip.　她一口气把旅行见闻写了下来。
2. 损失掉，排除 cancel or lose or exclude
　It may not be a bad thing that they write off their marriage before it begins.　他们结婚前断绝了关系，这并非坏事。
　Do you think we'd better write off the party?　你觉得咱们该取消这次聚会?
　They wrote the team off just because the boys of the team were too young.　他们取消这个队，仅仅因为队里的小伙子们太年轻。
3. 看待 regard sb/sth as a failure
　She has made such a poor showing in her work lately that we have to write her off as negligible for the post.　近来她的工作表现很差，我们只得认为她没有资格担任此职。
　They wrote the meeting off as a failure.　他们认为会议开得是失败的。
4. 毁掉；结束掉 damage sth badly
　They wrote the car off.　他们将那辆汽车报废了。
　He wrote off a pretty shabby kind of life by killing himself.　他以自杀结束了他那相当不体面的一生。
　In the accident, the car was almost completely written off and the driver was seriously injured.　在那场事故中，汽车几乎彻底毁掉，司机受了重伤。
　The plane was completely written off and the pilot died.　飞机全毁，驾驶员身亡。
 ♣ write out　(v.+adv.)
1. 写出，写完 write sth in full or in its final form
　My mother always writes out a shopping list before she goes shopping, but she never uses it while shopping.　我母亲去购物前总要写一份购物清单，但买东西时她从不看。
　He wrote out the agreement after its terms had been agreed to by both parties.　协议条款经双方同意后，他把协议的全文写了出来。
　The director has asked me to write out a report of the decisions taken at last committee meeting.　主任要我写一分关于上次委员会议上作出的各项决定的报告。
　The department requested that all teaching practice reports be written out before the end of the month.　系里要求所有的教学实习报告要在月底前写完。
　When the document is written out you may send it off.　文件缮写完毕后你可以把它发出去。
2. 通过剧情安排使（某角色）退出表演 remove a character from a radio or television play in many parts, by writing a reason into the story
　They've written me out!The character I was playing dies in the third part!　他们安排我下了场！我所扮演的角色在该剧的第三集中死了！
3. 使（自己）竭尽才智无可再写 exhaust the ideas or resources of (oneself) by writing all one has to say
　The author seems to have written himself out.　这作家似乎已经江郎才尽，再也写不出东西来了。
　The poet had written himself out before he was 30, and produced no other good poems for the rest of his long life.　那诗人在30岁以前就已经智穷才尽，在他漫长的后半生没有写出其他好的诗作。
 ♣ write to　(v.+prep.)
1. 给…写信 address to
　He never failed to write to his mother every week.　他从未耽误过每周给他母亲写信。
　You're expected to write to us as soon as possible.　希望你尽快给我们写信。
　I've been battling with my conscience for several days, and now I know I have to write to you.　几天来我一直在与良心搏斗，现在我明白我必须给你写信。
　I shall write to them on hearing from you.　等收到你的信之后，我就给他们写信。
　I intend to write to the shop asking for an explanation of this bill.　我打算给那家商店去函要求他们解释这张账单。
　He decided to write to the Ministry of Health to come.　他决定给卫生部写信，要部长来。
　You haven't written one letter to me since the summer!　入夏以来，你还没有给我写过一封信！
2. 给（乐曲等）填（词） invent words to fit sth
　Words have now been written to that well-known piece of music.　那首著名的乐曲现在已填上了歌词。
3. 写（诗等）颂扬（某人或某事物）；写（诗等）献给（某人等） write sth in praise of or intended for sb/sth
　He wrote poem after poem to her beauty.　他写了一首首诗来赞颂她的美丽。
　The book was written to his children.　这本书是献给他的孩子们的。
4. 按照（计划或规定，如时间、篇幅等的安排）来写plan one's writing of sth so as to fit or obey a plan or limit, as of time or length
　Writing to a contract date is the only way some writers would ever finish a book.　按照合同上规定的日期交稿是一些作家能写完一部书的唯一途径。
　It is good practice to write to a certain length.　按照一定的长度进行写作是一种好的练习。
　The article should be written to a careful plan.　这篇文章应当按照周密的计划去写。
 ♣ write up　(v.+adv.)
　全部写出，充实报道　make a full written record
　The first thing he does after class is to write up the rough notes he makes in class.　他课后做的第一件事就是整理课上潦草的笔记。
　Mr. Black wrote up their acting in the play.　布莱克先生写文章赞扬他们在这个剧中的演技。
　They wrote up the affair in the papers.　他们在报纸上对这事进行了渲染。
　Our experiment was written up into a report.　我们的实验已写成报告。

 ♣ write, write about
　write　和write about都是“写…”的意思，但write的宾语常用book, letter, report, composition等词，即“形式”；而write about的宾语则往往指写作的内容或题材，意思是 “写关于…的事”。
 ♣ write sb, write to sb
　两者均可指“给…写信”， write sb主要用在美式英语中，而write to sb主要用在英式英语中。
 ♣ write to-v, be writing to-v
　write　接动词不定式时可用于一般现在时，也可用于现在进行时。前者较为正式，多用于公文体中；后者较随便，多用于私人信函中。例如：
　
 ♣ write, jot, pen
　参见pen条。
 ♣ 下面各组中的句子或短语意思相同：
　
　
　
　
 ♣ 下面各组中的句子意思不同：
　
　
　
　

1. 他写信把最新消息告诉了他们。
　［误］ He wrote them with the latest news.
　［正］ He wrote them the latest news.
　［正］ He wrote the latest news to them.
　［析］ write后面可以跟双宾语，其间接宾语可以转化为介词to的宾语。
2. 请你在日记本中记下我的电话号码，以免忘记。
　［误］ Please write out my phone number in your diary before you forget it.
　［正］ Please write down my phone number in your diary before you forget it.
　［析］ 表示“写下来”可以说write down，而write out意思为“写出来”“开（出）”。
3. 亨利在他的书中写到他在战争中的历险经历。
　［误］ Harry wrote for his adventures in the war in his book.
　［正］ Harry wrote about〔of〕 his adventures in the war in his book.
　［析］ 表示“写到…的事”可以说write about〔of〕 sth. write for意思为“为…（目的）写作”。
4. 他17岁时写了他的第一部小说。
　［误］ He wrote about his first novel at seventeen.
　［正］ He wrote his first novel at seventeen.
　［析］ write表示“写作”时，用作及物动词，后面直接加宾语。write about意为“写关于…的事”。
5. 不要用红墨水写信。
　［误］ Don't write a letter with red ink.
　［正］ Don't write a letter in red ink.
　［析］ write后接with表示“用…工具写”，后接in表示“用…材料写”。
6. 他进来时，我正在给朋友写信。
　［误］ When he came in, I was writting my friend a letter.
　［正］ When he came in, I was writing my friend a letter.
　［析］ write的现在分词是writing，不双写t.
7. 我要一张纸写信。
　［误］ I'd like a piece of paper to write.
　［正］ I'd like a piece of paper to write on.
　［析］ a piece of paper不是write的逻辑宾语，表示位置的介词on不可省略。
8. 我没有笔写。
　［误］ I have no pen to write.
　［正］ I have no pen to write with.
　［析］ pen是写的工具，表示使用工具的介词with不可省略。
9. 他给亨利写了张便条，要他招待好客人。
　［误］ Henry was written a note, asking him to entertain his guests.
　［正］ A note was written to Henry, asking him to entertain his guests.
　［正］ He wrote a note to Henry, asking him to entertain his guests.
　［析］ write可接双宾语，但只有直接宾语可以变为被动结构的主语。

　［同义词］ compose, copy, draft, indite, transcribe
　［词源］　古英语writan（写）