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send/receive a missive
常用动词搭配
The CEO sent a missive to all employees.
首席执行官向所有员工发送了一份公文。
信函
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信函
A formal letter sent between two parties, typically making or accepting an offer.
The CEO sent a missive to all employees.
首席执行官向所有员工发送了一份公文。
此处特指一方提出要约、另一方承诺接受的正式信件。
双方之间往来的信件,一方提出要约,另一方接受该要约。
Letters sent between two parties in which one makes an offer and the other accepts it.
The ambassador received a confidential missive from the foreign ministry.
大使收到了外交部的一封机密公文。
Historians uncovered a collection of missives exchanged between the two leaders during the war.
历史学家发现了一批战争期间两位领导人往来书信的收藏。
He composed a lengthy missive to the editor, detailing his concerns about the policy.
他写了一封长信给编辑，详细阐述了对该政策的担忧。
常用动词搭配
The CEO sent a missive to all employees.
首席执行官向所有员工发送了一份公文。
She wrote a missive outlining the new policies.
她写了一封概述新政策的公文。
missive通常指正式的书面通信
We received a missive from the headquarters.
我们收到了总部的一份公文。
Not this
He missived the document to the office.
Use this
He sent a missive to the office.
“missive”是名词，不能用作动词。应改为“sent a missive”来表示发送公文。
Not this
I got your missive on WeChat.
Use this
I got your message on WeChat.
“missive”指正式的书信或公文，不适用于即时消息这类非正式语境，应改用“message”。
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正式信函
The king sent an official missive to the ambassador.
国王给大使发了一封正式信函。
外交信函
The two countries exchanged diplomatic missives over the border dispute.
两国就边境争端互换了外交信函。
冗长的信函
She wrote a lengthy missive describing her travels.
她写了一封冗长的信，描述她的旅行。
私人信函
He kept her personal missives in a wooden box.
他把她的私人信函保存在一个木盒子里。
发送信函
Please send a missive to the head office.
请给总部发一封信函。
Use missive naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：miss（想念）+ ive，想念远方的朋友时，写一封 missive（信函）寄出。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal letters、official written communications、written exchanges between parties 「missive」属正式、书面用语，通常指正式信函，多用于需要郑重措辞的书面沟通；日常口语中很少使用。此处义项特指双方往来信件，一方提出提议、另一方予以接受。
正式用语，指正式的信件或公文。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.