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missive

/mis-iv/US // ˈmɪs ɪv //UK // (ˈmɪsɪv) //

短信,误报,信笺,误传

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a written message; letter.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : sent or about to be sent, especially of a letter from an official source.

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Examples

  • The surprising missive touched off days of frantic phone calls and parsing of legalese.

  • The missive drew nearly 2,000 responses, most in defense of the sacred cookware, including a small number of nasty responses.

  • It’s an oddly-timed missive given that Thanksgiving is only one week away.

  • Armstrong’s missive is, of course, a political statement all its own.

  • Contrast that information with a missive sent out by County Supervisor Jim Desmond on Monday.

  • In his signature style, it was the most un-PC and perhaps the most on point missive to come out of Canadian media.

  • This missive could just be read as your standard step-around; an attempt to dismantle a potential PR bomb before it detonates.

  • The missive was received back in London by David Barrie, a senior diplomat, who appended his own note.

  • The missive was passed to Washington through a Swiss diplomat and rejected without even a response by the Bush team.

  • A cringeworthy missive Max sends Andy a few days after their wedding officially ends any honeymoon phase for the reader.

  • You may imagine the effect this missive produced upon the proud, high-minded doctor of divinity.

  • No such missive had, to his knowledge, ever before found its way into the aristocratic precincts of Crompton Place.

  • In this very clumsy way he had at last reached the desk, and presented his missive.

  • She arose from the table and handed me a daintily scented missive addressed to Mrs. Shadd, and I faithfully executed her errand.

  • It will be supposed that the letter and I passed each other on the way, and that I reached here after the missive was sent.