address sb/sth
宾语通常是听众、会议等；较正式，常用于演讲、致辞等场合。
The mayor addressed the crowd outside the town hall.
市长向市政厅外的人群发表了讲话。
向…讲话；对…发言；向…致辞
addressing — present participle of address
在…上写收件地址；把…寄往；致力于；着手；专心于；寻址；引用（内存）地址；向…求爱；追求；求婚；托付；委托
To speak to; to direct remarks to; to make a speech or formal communication to.
做好准备；将技能或精力用于(某事物)；着手进行。
To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
对(某人)讲话；向(某人)发言。
To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
说给(任何人或事物)听；向(任何听众)发表(演讲、请愿等)。
To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
向(某人)讲话；向(某人)传达(口头或书面)信息；用言语(如演讲、请愿等)向(某人)提出；对(某人)致辞。
To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.
在(信件等)上写明收件人地址；写地址并寄送。
To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
向(爱慕的人)求爱；追求；求婚。
To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
把......委托给他人(如代理人)照料；托付。
To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
致力于；为......作准备；专心于；向......发表讲话、论述或付出努力。
To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.
指向(计算机内存中的)某个位置；引用内存地址。
To refer to a location in computer memory.
一般现在时
He addresses the crowd every week.
他每周向人群讲话。
一般过去时
She addressed the envelope carefully.
她仔细地写了信封地址。
现在完成时
They have addressed the issue.
他们已经解决了这个问题。
规则动词
The government must address the issue of climate change urgently.
政府必须紧急处理气候变化问题。
用法提示：这里address作为动词，意思是“处理，应对”。
The president addressed the nation on television last night.
总统昨晚在电视上向全国发表讲话。
用法提示：这里addressed是address的过去式，意思是“向...讲话”。
Please address the envelope clearly before mailing it.
请在邮寄前在信封上清楚地写上地址。
用法提示：这里address作为动词，意思是“写地址”。
宾语通常是听众、会议等；较正式，常用于演讲、致辞等场合。
The mayor addressed the crowd outside the town hall.
市长向市政厅外的人群发表了讲话。
表示“着手处理、应对”某个问题，语气正式。
The new plan aims to address the city's traffic problems.
新计划旨在应对该市的交通问题。
表示把话、信件等“说给/寄给”某人；信件也常用 be addressed to sb。
She addressed her remarks to the committee.
她向委员会陈述了自己的意见。
较正式，意为“着手做、致力于”；宾语多为任务、问题等。
She addressed herself to the difficult task.
她着手处理这项艰巨的任务。
grammar · medium
易错句子The mayor addressed to the crowd at the ceremony.
正确表达The mayor addressed the crowd at the ceremony.
汉语"向某人讲话"里带介词"向"，学习者常把它直译成 address to sb。但 address 表示"向某人讲话、对某人发言"时是及物动词，直接接人作宾语，不加 to。
grammar · medium
易错句子The government must address with the housing problem.
正确表达The government must address the housing problem.
受 deal with（处理）的搭配影响，学习者给 address 加上 with。address 表示"着手处理、致力于"时同样是及物动词，直接接事物作宾语，不需要任何介词。
grammar · medium
易错句子This letter is addressed for Professor Li.
正确表达This letter is addressed to Professor Li.
表示"在信件上写明寄给某人"时，address 用介词 to 引出收件人。汉语"写给某人"容易让人误用 for，但 for 的意思是"替某人、为某人"，不能表示收件对象。
解决问题
The new policy aims to address the problem of housing shortages.
这项新政策旨在解决住房短缺的问题。
回应关切
The company held a meeting to address employees' concerns about job security.
公司召开会议，回应员工对工作保障的关切。
向听众致辞
The president addressed the audience at the graduation ceremony.
校长在毕业典礼上向听众致辞。
在信封上写收件人地址
Please address the letter to the head of the department.
请在这封信上写明系主任的收件地址。
在会议上讲话
The CEO addressed the meeting about the company's future plans.
首席执行官在会议上就公司未来计划发表讲话。
ad-（朝向）+ dress（引导；整理）。同前缀词：adhere（粘附）、admit（准许进入）；dress 与 direct 同源，如 direct（指导）、direction（方向）。
address 作“向…讲话”讲时，通常面对的是 audience。
address 可表示发表 speech，两者常搭配出现。
address an issue 是常见搭配，表示处理某个问题。
address 也可指在信封上写收件人地址。
在 meeting 上对与会者讲话，是 address 的典型场景。
直面棘手却人人都避而不谈的问题
We need to address the elephant in the room: our sales are falling fast.
我们需要直面这个大家避而不谈的问题：我们的销售额正在快速下滑。
直接面对；正面处理
The company decided to address the criticism head-on rather than ignore it.
公司决定正面回应批评，而不是置之不理。
致力于；着手处理
We must address ourselves to the main problem now.
我们现在必须着手处理主要问题。
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We need to address the root cause of the conflict rather than its symptoms.
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