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leave (sb) a voicemail
也可说 leave a voicemail for sb，意思相同。
I left him a voicemail about the meeting.
我给他留了一条关于会议的语音信箱留言。
语音信箱
voicemails — plural of voicemail
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
语音信箱
a telephone service that records and stores messages when you are unable to answer, so you can listen to them later
I left him a voicemail about the meeting.
我给他留了一条关于会议的语音信箱留言。
一种计算机化交互式系统,用于存储、处理和回放通过传统电话网络留下的语音信息。
A computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages left through a conventional telephone network.
用于接听和转接电话的计算机系统；电话信息可以录制、存储和转发
a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed
此类系统上的一条留言。
An individual message on such a system.
I check my voicemail every morning before I start work.
我每天早上开始工作前查看语音信箱。
She left three voicemails for me after the interview.
面试结束后，她给我留了三条语音留言。
Please leave a voicemail with your name and number.
请留下语音留言，并告知您的姓名和电话号码。
也可说 leave a voicemail for sb，意思相同。
I left him a voicemail about the meeting.
我给他留了一条关于会议的语音信箱留言。
此处 voicemail 指语音信箱系统或留言总称，通常不可数，不加 a。
She checked her voicemail after the flight.
她下飞机后查了语音信箱。
要说明留言人时，用 from 引出。
I got a voicemail from my doctor.
我收到了一条医生留的语音留言。
Not this
I left a voicemail to you yesterday.
Use this
I left you a voicemail yesterday.
表达“给某人留语音信息”时，受汉语“给”的影响容易用 to 引出人。英语中 leave 可带双宾语，leave someone something 是自然说法；leave something to someone 则常表示“把某物遗赠给某人”，意思会变。
Not this
I listened your voicemail just now.
Use this
I listened to your voicemail just now.
listen 是不及物动词，接宾语时必须先用介词 to，即 listen to something；汉语“听你的语音信箱”没有对应介词，所以容易漏掉 to。
Not this
She left me two voicemail.
Use this
She left me two voicemails.
当 voicemail 指具体的一条条留言时是可数名词，复数需加 -s；汉语名词没有复数变化，学习者容易误用单数形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
留语音留言
I called him, but I had to leave a voicemail.
我给他打了电话，但只好留了语音留言。
查看语音信箱
Let me check voicemail for any messages.
让我查看一下语音信箱里有没有留言。
语音留言
I deleted the voicemail message after listening to it.
我听过后删掉了那条语音留言。
语音信箱
My voicemail box is full.
我的语音信箱已经满了。
听语音留言
He listened to voicemail as soon as he got home.
他一到家就听了语音留言。
发长 /eɪ/ 音 (如 rain, wait)
Use voicemails naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把voice（声音）像mail（邮件）一样寄进信箱，留言就是voicemail语音信箱。
语域：neutral 常见场景：电话留言、办公沟通、手机通知 voicemail 是中性表达，多用于日常电话留言和办公语音留言场景，正式与非正式场合都较常见。
Words with the exact suffix -mail (mail, email, blackmail) and words ending in the -ail/-ale sound (snail, fail, sale) all share voicemail's final /eɪl/. Beware lookalikes such as mile /maɪl/ and meal /miːl/, which look similar but use different vowel sounds.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.