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poste restante

/pohst re-stahnt or, especially British, res-tahnt; French pawst res-tahnt/US // ˌpoʊst rɛˈstɑnt or, especially British, ˈrɛs tɑnt; French pɔst rɛsˈtɑ̃t //

剩余职位,剩余的职位,剩余岗位,剩余的岗位

Related Words

parcel post包邮,邮包,包裹岗位,邮政包裹post职位,岗位,职务,岗位职责snail mail蜗牛邮件,蜗牛信,蜗居,蜗牛邮递

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a direction written on mail to indicate that it should be held at the post office until called for by the addressee.
    • : Chiefly British. a department in charge of such mail.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as ingeneral delivery
Synonyms
domestic mail国内邮件,国内邮寄,国内信件,国内邮递parcel post包邮,邮包,包裹岗位,邮政包裹post职位,岗位,职务,岗位职责snail mail蜗牛邮件,蜗牛信,蜗居,蜗牛邮递

Examples

  • Do you know, Monsieur, that just as we were coming into Moulins, we remarked your odd-looking cabriolet de poste.

  • I used to have my letters addressed there, poste restante, and call in for them when I happened to be in Kimberley.

  • Atque, vt non putaret, hc nobis auctoribus gesta esse, perinde tamen poste in nos affectus fuit quasi credidisset.

  • The address to which the order should be sent must, where poste restante is stated, in every case give the receiver's full name.

  • "Poste-carte, Cismus cards, nice," he continues with unabated zeal as if we had not spoken at all.

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