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a way of sending messages and data to other people by means of computers connected together in a network 电子邮件（通信方式） I will be on vacation for a week in November, with no access to email. 我将在11月休假一周，无法使用电子邮件。 They use email, conference calls and chat rooms to discuss business. 他们使用电子邮件，电话会议和聊天室来讨论业务。 - by email
to send a message by email 用电邮发送一条信息 - via email
Automated notifications will be sent via email or text message. 自动通知将通过电子邮件或短信发送。 - through email (especially North American English)
Membership notifications go out through email in the fall. 会员资格通知将在秋季通过电子邮件发送出去。 What's your email address? 你的电邮地址是什么？ an email account/message/attachment 电子邮件帐户/消息/附件 an email newsletter/list 电子邮件通讯/列表
Extra ExamplesTopics Phones, email and the interneta1Each of the rooms has internet and email access. 每个房间都有网络，可收发电邮。 If a member does not have email, a letter is sent. 会给没有电子邮箱的成员发普通信件。 She is in constant email contact with a number of college staff. 她一直通过电邮和一些大学工作人员联系。 Some members used email to renew their membership. 一些会员使用电子邮件续会籍。 The next day I got 400 email responses. 第二天我收到了 400 封电子邮件回复。 Users receive email notification of special offers. 用户收到特惠电邮通知。 Web-based email providers 基于网络的电邮提供商 You can sign up to receive email alerts. 你可以注册来接收电邮提示。 a free email service 免费电子邮件服务 the rise in corporate email traffic 企业电子邮件往来的增加 Enquiries are answered promptly by phone, email or letter. 可以通过电话，电子邮件或信件及时答复查询。 She returned from holiday to a full email inbox. 她从假期回到了完整的电子邮件收件箱。 I had an email exchange with him regarding an article I'd written. 关于他写的一篇文章，我与他进行了电子邮件交流。 The negotiations took place over email. 谈判是通过电子邮件进行的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- junk
- spam
- unsolicited
- …
- compose
- type
- write
- …
- arrive
- announce something
- claim something
- …
- address
- message
- attachment
- …
- (also mail)[countable, uncountable]
a message sent by email 电子邮件 Thanks for your email. 谢谢你的电邮。 to send/receive/read an email 发送/接收/阅读电子邮件 to forward/delete an email 转发/删除电子邮件 We've been exchanging emails over the past few weeks. 在过去的几周中，我们一直在交换电子邮件。 I have to check my email. 我得查收一下电子邮件。 unsolicited/spam/junk email 不请自来/垃圾邮件/垃圾邮件
Extra ExamplesI got an email from Andrew last week. 我上周收到安德鲁的一封电子邮件。 Reading email has become the first task of the morning. 阅读电子邮件已成为早上要做的第一件事 filtering devices that block unwanted email 阻止垃圾电子邮件的过滤措施 an email announcing his promotion 宣布他升职的电子邮件 When I saw what he'd written I fired off an angry email. 看到他写的东西，我冒火地发了一封表示愤怒的电子邮件。 The email contains a link to the retailer's website. 此电子邮件包含能转到零售商网址的链接。 Some companies monitor all employee email. 一些公司监控雇员的所有电子邮件。 I sent an email to the company asking about their products. 我向公司发送了一封电子邮件，询问他们的产品。 Most people check their email several times a day. 大多数人一天要查看几次电子邮件。 An email arrives in your inbox. 你的收件箱收到一封电子邮件。 Concertgoers will receive a confirmation e-mail. 参加音乐会的人将收到一封确认电子邮件。 The company shut down its website for two days after its customers were targeted by phishing emails. 在网络钓鱼电子邮件成为攻击目标客户之后，该公司关闭了网站两天。 The band insists they answer every fan email personally. 乐队坚持要求他们亲自回答每位粉丝的电子邮件。 Many people have written emails requesting more information. 许多人写了一封电子邮件，要求提供更多信息。 Consumers are accustomed to seeing phrases like these used to lure them into opening spam emails. 消费者习惯于看到这样的短语，以诱使他们打开垃圾邮件。 a flood of emails 大量电子邮件 I had an exchange of e-mails with John about the show. 我和约翰交换了关于演出的电子邮件。
Collocations Email and the internetEmail and the internet 电子邮件和互联网 Email 电子邮件 - receive/get/open an email
收到／打开电邮 - write/send/answer/forward/delete an email
写／发送／回复／转发／删除电邮 - check/read/access your email
查收／阅读／读取电邮 - block/filter (out) junk/spam/unsolicited email
阻止／过滤垃圾／不请自来的电邮 - exchange email addresses
交换电邮地址 - open/check your inbox
打开／查看收件箱 - junk mail fills/floods/clogs your inbox
垃圾电邮塞满收件箱 - have/set up an email account
拥有／创建电邮账号 - open/send/contain an attachment
打开／发送／包含附件 - sign up for/receive email alerts
注册使用／收到电邮提醒
Connecting to the internet 连接到互联网 - use/access/log onto the internet/the Web
使用／登录互联网 - go online/on the internet
上网 - have a high-speed/broadband/wireless (internet) connection
- access/connect to/locate the server
登录／连接到／定位服务器 - use/open/close/launch a/your web browser
使用／打开／关闭／开启网页浏览器 - browse/surf/search/scour the internet/the Web
上网浏览／搜索 - send/contain/spread/detect a(n) (computer/email) virus
发送／含有／传播／发现（电脑／电邮）病毒 - update your anti-virus software
升级杀毒软件 - install/use/configure a firewall
安装／使用／设置防火墙 - accept/enable/block/delete cookies
接受／启用／阻止／删除网站饼干
Using the internet 使用互联网 - visit/check a website/an internet site/somebody’s blog
访问／查看网站／互联网站点／某人的博客 - create/design/launch a website/social networking site
创建／设计／启用一个网站／社交网站 - start/write/post/read a blog
创建／写／发布／读博客 - update your blog/a website
更新博客／网站内容 - be in/meet somebody in/go into/enter an internet chat room
在／遇见某人在／进入网络聊天室 - download/upload music/software/a song/a podcast/a file/a copy of something
下载／上传音乐／软件／一首歌／一个播客／一个文件／一个…的备份 - share information/data/files
共享信息／数据／文件 - post a comment/message on a(n) website/online message board/web forum/internet chat room
在网站上／网络留言板上／网络论坛上／网络聊天室里发布评论／信息 - stream video/audio/music/content over the internet
在互联网上流播视频／音频／音乐／内容 - join/participate in/visit/provide a(n) (web-based/web/online/internet/discussion) forum
加入／访问／提供（网络）论坛 - generate/increase/monitor internet traffic
产生／增加／监管网络流量
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- junk
- spam
- unsolicited
- …
- compose
- type
- write
- …
- arrive
- announce something
- claim something
- …
- address
- message
- attachment
- …
Word Originlate 20th cent.: abbreviation of electronic mail.