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電報(bào)(指通信系統(tǒng))
Telegraph is a system of sending messages over long distances, either by means of electricity or by radio signals. Telegraph was used more often before the invention of telephones.
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VERB
給…發(fā)電報(bào);用電報(bào)發(fā)送(信息)
To telegraph someone means to send them a message by telegraph.
例句
Churchill telegraphed an urgent message to Wavell...
丘吉爾給韋維爾發(fā)了封緊急電報(bào)。
'Please,' he telegraphed, 'just leave it alone.'...
“拜托，”他在電報(bào)中說(shuō)，“別管它了?！?/i>
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VERB
流露，透露(計(jì)劃或意圖)
If someone telegraphs something that they are planning or intending to do, they make it obvious, either deliberately or accidentally, that they are going to do it.
例句
The commission telegraphed its decision earlier this month by telling an official to prepare the order.
本月早些時(shí)候，委員會(huì)命令一位官員準(zhǔn)備起草指令，透露了其決定。