missive

“missive”是一個英語單詞，主要用作名詞和形容詞。作為名詞時，其含義為正式的、官方的或長篇的信函，常見於文學或幽默語境中。例如，牛津高級學習者詞典（2025年04月）將其定義為“信件，尤其是長信或官方信件”，劍橋英語詞典（2023年03月）則強調該詞用於正式場合。該詞發音為/ˈmɪsɪv/，形容詞用法較少見，意為“送出的”。部分詞典還提供了詞源信息及相關辭彙搭配的學習建議。

基本介紹

• 詞性：名詞、形容詞   
• 發音：/ˈmɪsɪv/   
• 近義詞：letter、document、correspondence   
• 用途：正式信函、官方檔案   
• 來源：劍橋詞典、牛津詞典   

詞義解釋

“missive”作為名詞時，指代正式或官方性質的長篇信函，常見於書面或文學語境。根據上海英培商務諮詢有限公司的資料（2025年05月），其特指“公文”或“書信”。形容詞用法較少，意為“送出的”。劍橋英語-俄語詞典（2023年02月）將其歸類為文學用語。

用法與例句

• 愛詞霸線上詞典（2024年09月）例句：“...the customary missive from your dear mother.”（來自母親的常規信件）。
• 劍橋英語語料庫例句：“She fired off an angry missive to the editor.”（她向編輯傳送了一封憤怒的信件）。
• 牛津例句：“The minister received a missive from the ambassador.”（部長收到了大使的公函）。

詞源與相關辭彙

牛津高級學習者詞典（2025年04月）建議參考搭配詞典以學習相關辭彙組合。歐路詞典（2025年05月）列出近義詞包括text、document、letter，聯想詞如memo、telegram。上海英培資料（2025年05月）提及相關辭彙如aerogramme、billet-doux。

雙語例句

• The missive demanded he stop displaying craigslist content. 信中還要求他停止使用craigslist的內容。
• Whatever the purpose of your missive, say it in the first line. 不管你的目的是什麼，在第一行直接寫出來。
• I wait now only for a package from London to finish this missive and have done with this book. 我等候只有現在為一包裹從倫敦到完成這公文而且有完成了與這書。
• Sure, sometimes it's perfectly acceptable to shoot off a short, all lowercase missive to a colleague. 誠然，偶爾辰給某個同事發去一封全是小寫字母的簡簡訊件完全可以接管。
• It enclosed a short, formal missive to Madame DE Mauves, but the epistle itself was copious and confiDEntial. 那裡面有一封致德莫福夫人的簡短的正式書信，但信本身卻很有內容，全是體己話。
• Ladies, beware; the next time you receive a missive of love, demand a complete bibliography that lists all sources. 女士們，請注意了；下次你們收到情書的時候，要求他們列出在信件中出現材料的完整書目吧。
• With its truncated missive 40 years ago today, ARPANET became the world's first operational packet-switching network. 從今天來看，通過40年前的該條被刪節的信息，ARPANET網成為世界個首個運行的打包交換網路。
• Minutes after the accident, one survivor posted a plea for help, a missive that was reportedly forwarded 112,000 times. 在事發幾分鐘後，一個倖存者在微博上發了一條求救訊息，被轉發112,000次。
• When the Courier arrived, his head was shaved and the missive was read, giving information about upcoming Persian attacks. 當信使到達後，他的頭髮再次被剃光，頭上所寫關於即將有波斯人襲擊的信息就顯現出來了。
• As Exhibit a of the signs of China's troubles I offer, in the remainder of this missive, an email correspondence directly from the Chinese mainland. 作為我提供的中國正陷入困境的重要證據，在這篇文章中，一封直接來自於中國大陸的郵件
• There is correspondence with geniuses including Petrarch and Michelangelo, and a missive from that most notorious of cardinal's daughters, Lucrezia Borgia. 有一些天才人物的信件，像是彼特拉克和米開朗基羅，也有來自紅衣主教臭名昭著的女兒魯克蕾齊亞·波吉亞的信
• At the very same time that all this is happening on various fronts, February 5-6, Jupiter will send a missive to Pluto and will help you do well financially. 恰恰也在這個時候，各種各樣都發生在2月5、6日前，木星會向冥王星發出任務，會幫你在財務方面有好的表現。
• Notwithstanding, my journey homeward was sadder than my journey thither; and many misgivings I had, ere I could prevail on myself to put the missive into Mrs Linton's hand. 雖然如此，我在回家的旅途上比我來時更悲哀些；在我能說服自己把信交到林惇夫人的手中之前，我是有著許多憂懼的。
• After dinner he went to a play; and it was not until his return home, after midnight, that he drew Madame Olenska's missive out again and re-read it slowly a number of times. 飯後他去看了一場戲，直到午夜過後他回到家才把奧蘭斯卡夫人的信又取了出來，慢慢重讀了幾遍
• It also included the entirety of CEO Andrew Mason's August memo to employees - a missive that arguably caused the daily deals company to run afoul of quiet period restrictions. 檔案還披露了公司執行長安德魯·梅森八月份發給員工的備忘錄全文——這封信可以說使得這家團購公司打破了靜默期的限制。
• Whilst he was hastily packing together a few articles for his journey he glanced over a poor plain missive also lately come to hand - the one from Marian and Izz Huett, beginning. 他在急急忙忙收拾幾件旅行用的隨身物品的時候，又瞥了一眼也是最近收到的一封簡單的信——那是瑪麗安和伊茨寄來的，信的開頭這樣寫道。
• Most of your customers or prospects have no idea someone completely unrelated to your sales organization would take the liberty to send a missive about your intellectual property. 大多數顧客或前景不知道別人對你完全無關的銷售組織將派遣一個自由的書信約貴智慧財產權。