1. C 信息，便条，口信　 a spoken or written piece of information passed from one person to another
2. S 要旨，主题思想　 an important or main idea

　address a ～ to Congress　向国会提出咨文
　announce a ～ of greeting　宣读贺电
　broadcast a ～　播送一条消息
　cable a ～　打电报发消息
　convey the ～　转告消息
　deliver a ～　传送消息
　get a ～　得到消息
　give a ～ to　告诉…消息
　go on a ～　外出替人办事，被派出办事
　leave a ～ for　为…留言
　receive ～　得到消息
　run ～s for sb　为某人跑腿送信
　send ～　发报
　telegraph a ～　用电报传送消息
　unscramble a ～　滤去杂音使电讯清晰，解读（密码）电文
　wire a ～　打电报发消息
　clear ～　清晰的电文
　coded ～　密码电报
　congratulatory ～　贺电
　farewell ～　告别词/cn>
　important ～　重要消息
　international ～　国际电报
　pre-recorded ～　紧急通知
　verbal ～　口信
　written ～　书面通知

名词+～

　cable ～　海底电报
　New Year ～　新年贺词/cn>
　radio ～　无线电电文
　telephone ～　电话传递的消息

介词+～

　in a ～　在电文中
　movie with a ～　有寓意的电影

～+介词

　～ between two persons　两人之间的通信
　～ by wireless　无线电通信
　～ from　来自…的消息
　～ to　发往…的消息

　Has anyone left a message for me?　有人给我留言吗?
　Local government is conceived as a single means of sending messages between the elected councilors and the citizens.　地方政府被设想为在当选的议员和公民们之间沟通信息的唯一媒介。
　The natives send news over long distances by beating out a message on a hollow log.　土著人用敲击空心木杆的办法向远方传送消息。
　I am charged with a message for you.　我受托将一消息告诉你。
　The message got across all right.　这条消息很清楚地说明了问题。
　It's no use asking Tim to deliver any messages for you. Everything I say to him goes in one ear and out of the other.　让蒂姆捎信没有用，我对他讲的任何事他都当作耳边风。
　Please post this important message on your notice board so that all the students can read it.　请把这张重要的通知贴在告示牌上，以便全体学生都能看到。
　The congratulatory message was designed for political effect.　发出这份贺电是出于政治方面的原因。
　I hope this message demonstrates my feelings to the students.　我希望这个祝词能表达出我对学生们的感情。
　We intercepted and decoded a secret message from their embassy.　我们截获并破译出从他们大使馆发出的密电。
　As space is limited, it is impossible to publish all the messages we have received.　限于篇幅，来函不能一一刊登。
　The radio announcer read off the message as if he'd known it by heart.　电台播音员朗读那篇文告时，好像已经背得滚瓜烂熟了。
　The ship radioed a message to the shore.　那条船向岸上发出电报。
　There was nothing ambiguous in the message thumped out in his newspaper editorial.　他在报纸社论中竭力表达的中心思想毫无含糊之处。
　It's not just mindless entertainment, it's a film with a message.　它并不是一部没有意思的娱乐片，而是一部有寓意的影片。
　Keep silent, and the Spirits will rap out a message for you.　请安静，神灵将用敲击声给你们以启示。
　Christ's message was that God loved the world.　耶稣基督的启示就是上帝热爱世人。
　Let's leave her a message to meet us at the railway station.　让我们留个口信，通知她到火车站去接我们。
　I received a message that the President was ill.　我得到了总统患病的消息。

 ♣ get the message
　领会含义，明白　understand what is wanted or meant
　She said it was getting late: I got the message and left.　她说时间不早了，我懂得了她的意思便离开了。
　Did you get the message that your boss has cancelled the meeting?　你有没有得到通知，你的老板已经把会议给取消了。
　The police commissioner said that they would deal sternly with drunk driving offenders and hoped that people would get the message and not drink and drive.　警察总监说，警方将严厉处罚酒后开车者，他希望人们会引起注意，不要酒后开车。

　你可以给他捎个口信吗　?
　［误］ Would you give him any message?
　［正］ Would you give him a message?
　［析］ message表示“消息”“口信”时，是可数名词。

　［同义词］ communication, information, news, moral
　［词源］　古法语 <中古拉丁语missaticum <拉丁语missus