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correspond to ________
表示匹配或相当，后接事物。
The red dots on the map correspond to major cities.
地图上的红点对应主要城市。
通信；书信往来
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
通信；书信往来
to exchange messages
The red dots on the map correspond to major cities.
地图上的红点对应主要城市。
在特征、数量、质量、起源、结构、功能等方面相当或相似
To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.
尤其通过邮寄信件进行信息交流
To exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.
correspond
Base
原形
corresponds
3rd person
第三人称单数
corresponding
-ing
现在分词
corresponded
Past
过去式
corresponded
Past participle
过去分词
The numbers correspond to different items.
这些数字对应不同的项目。
规则动词，注意与介词搭配：correspond with/to
We have corresponded by email for over a year.
我们通过电子邮件通信已有一年多了。
She corresponds with her old classmates regularly.
她定期与老同学通信。
They stopped corresponding after the argument.
那次争吵后，他们就不再通信了。
表示匹配或相当，后接事物。
The red dots on the map correspond to major cities.
地图上的红点对应主要城市。
表示书信往来，后接人。
She corresponded with her pen pal for years.
她与笔友通信多年。
表示与……一致，后接事物。
His story does not correspond with the facts.
他的说法与事实不符。
Not this
I correspond to my pen pal every week.
Use this
I correspond with my pen pal every week.
表示‘通信’时，correspond 必须与介词 with 搭配，而非 to；correspond to 意为‘相当于’，是另一含义。中文‘给某人写信’直译导致介词误用。
Not this
She corresponds her friend every month.
Use this
She corresponds with her friend every month.
correspond 是不及物动词，不能直接带宾语；需加介词 with 才能接人。中文‘通信’可带宾语，但英语不允许。
Not this
I received a correspond from him.
Use this
I received a correspondence from him.
correspond 是动词，此处需要名词形式 correspondence。中文‘通信’可作名词，学习者误用动词原形作名词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
与...通信
I corresponded with her for many years.
我与她通信多年。
与...相符；相当于
The numbers on the map correspond to buildings.
地图上的数字与建筑物相对应。
完全符合
The two accounts correspond exactly.
两个叙述完全一致。
密切对应
The witness's story corresponds closely with the evidence.
证人的叙述与证据密切相关。
大致对应
These categories correspond roughly to age groups.
这些类别大致对应年龄组。
在...方面一致
These two paintings correspond in style.
这两幅画在风格上一致。
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想象两人通信（correspond），内容相互回应（respond），即符合、对应。
多用于正式或学术语境，如数学对应、观点一致、书面通信等场景。寄存器偏正式，口语中使用较少。
The words 'respond' and 'despond' rhyme with 'correspond' (same stressed vowel and following consonants). The remaining words ('corrode', 'corrupt', 'correction', 'correlation') share the 'cor-' prefix but have different stressed vowels and do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.