n.名词
telegram, cable这两个词都有“电报”的意思,指一般的电报时,可互换使用。例如:
We can't decode a cable〔telegram〕.我们不能破译电报。
He wanted to send a cable〔telegram〕.他想发一份电报。
其区别在于：
1.telegram特指通过电线信号拍发的普通电报。例如:
I have received a telegram from you.我已收到你的来电。
These messages are called telegrams.这些电文叫做电报。2.cable特指通过海底电缆拍发的海底电报。例如:
He received a transoceanic cable from London.他收到了一封从伦敦来的越洋电报。telegram, telegraph, wire这组词都有“电报”的意思。其区别在于：
1.telegram是具体名词,可与不定冠词a连用,表示“一封电报”。
2.telegraph是抽象名词,指一种向远方快速传送信息的方法,多与by连用,常用于书面语。例如:
The information may be carried over wires by telephone or by telegraph.信息可以通过电线由电话或电报传送。3.wire多用作具体名词,意为telegram,偶尔也可用作抽象名词,意为telegraph,通常只用于口语。例如:
Let me know by wire.拍电报告诉我吧。
We received a wire saying they arrived safely.我们收到了告知他们已安全抵达的电报。
I got a wire from home this morning.今天上午我接到家里拍来的电报。telegram, telephone, videophone这组词的意思并不相同：其区别在于：
1.telegram的意思是“电报”,指用电信号传递文字、图表等的通信方式。
2.telephone的意思是“电话,电话机”,常简缩为phone,为可数名词,指利用电流使两地的人互相交谈的装置。例如:
Have you a telephone in the house?你家有电话吗?3.videophone的意思是“可视电话”,指通话时可在荧光屏上直接见到对方形象。例如:
The word “ready” appears on the screen of the videophone.可视电话机的荧屏上出现了“请通话”这个词。cable，telegram，telegraph这些名词都有“电报”之意。
cable通常指通过海底电缆打的电报，也可指广义的电报。
telegram常用词，指通过电报系统发出的信息，尤指具体的一份份电报。
telegraph侧重指通信方式和电报业各，不可数名词，表抽象概念。
用作名词 n.
动词+～address a telegram发电报deliver a telegram送电报draft a telegram拟电报稿forward a telegram送电报,转交电报get a telegram收到电报have a telegram收到电报receive a telegram收到电报send a telegram打电报transmit a telegram发送电报understand a telegram明白电报内容withdraw a telegram收回电报,撤销电报形容词+～brief telegram简短的电报express telegram急电long telegram很长的电报official telegram公事电报personal telegram私人电报private telegram私人电报名词+～business telegram商务电报,公务电报government telegram政务电报service telegram公务电报～+名词telegram form电报纸介词+～by telegram用电报～+介词telegram from London to New York伦敦到纽约的电报telegram from one's father父亲来的电报telegram in plain language明码电报telegram under the date of Oct. 3rd十月三日发出的电报
近义词 telegraph
用作名词n.The telegram was delivered early this morning.这份电报是今天清晨送到的。
When you send a telegram by phone, the operator will normally read it back to you.你通过电话发电报的时候,话务员通常会把你的电文再念给你听一遍核对是否正确。
They mailed a telegram to the old man's son.他们给老人的儿子发了一份电报。
We're expecting a telegram.我们正等一封电报。
I sent a telegram to him.我打电报给他。
He sent an express telegram to his mother.他给母亲发了份急电。
It's a telegram in cipher.这是密码电报。
I've got your telegram.我已经收到了你的电报。
I assumed that he has received my telegram.我想他已收到我的电报。
n.名词
telegram用作名词表示“电报”,是用电信号传递文字、图表等的通信方式,为可数名词,与不定冠词a连用可以表示“一份电报”。
动词91%,名词9%
用作名词Thetelegramasked for an instant reply.这封电报要求立即回覆。
I received atelegramfrom my father.我收到父亲的一封电报。用作及物动词How much will thetelegramcost?发〈电报〉要多少钱？
We'd send atelegramto order the correspondent bank to advise and pay the money to the remittee.我们要发〈电报〉给那儿的代理行，经它去通知收款人，并付给收款人汇款金额。 The invention of telephones and telegrams made the world different.
电话与电报的发明使世界不同以往。 dangzhi
The telegrams tell a different story of intimate and co- dependent relationships with unpleasant and repressive regimes in Riyadh, Cairo, and Rabat.
与利雅得，开罗，拉巴特表面上的亲密无间和相互依存不同，电报上讲述的是另一个让人不快，感到压抑的故事。 yeeyan
And this is just one of the many very sensitive telegrams in the Wikileaks haul.
而这仅仅只是维基解密公开的众多敏感电报中的一份。 yeeyan
At the Billy Rose Theater Division of the New York Public Library, would-be Cyranos can peruse notes and telegrams Katharine Hepburn received from her many admirers.
在纽约市立图书馆的比利·罗斯电影陈列柜，可以找到许多当年凯瑟琳那·海普的影迷们发给她的电报。 yeeyan
Back home, relatives began receiving telegrams of the shocking news: their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers were missing in action.
在老家的亲人们开始收到令人震惊的消息：他们的丈夫、父亲、儿子或兄弟在战斗中失踪了。 yeeyan
But like all people who never receive telegrams the appearance of a messenger at the front door is full of terrible implications.
但是正像所有从未收到过电报的人一样，送电报的人出现在前门，她便预感到凶多吉少。 zftrans
He prefers to send me telegrams.
他还是喜欢给我发电报。 iciba
He sent the journalist two urgent telegrams.
他给记者拍了两份加急电报。 jukuu
His work was to deliver telegrams.
他的工作就是送电报。 zftrans
Hundreds of Americans bombarded Congress with angry letters and telegrams of protest.
许多民众愤怒的信件和抗议的电报炮轰了议会。 yeeyan
I foresee the day when we shall read nothing but telegrams and prayers.
我预见有一天，除了电报和祷告，我们什么也读不到。 yeeyan
I passed the morning peacefully in bed nursing my cold and dealing with many telegrams from London.
那天早晨，我很坦然地呆在床上，一面治疗我的感冒，一面处理从伦敦发来的许多电报。 jukuu
On one of the doors of this building there is a sign‘ Secret telegrams sending’.
在一个房间的门上有“密电码发送室”的标牌。 yeeyan
President Yushchenko expressed extreme concern over the situation in telegrams to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso.
乌克兰总统尤先科在向俄罗斯总统梅德维杰夫和欧盟委员会主席巴罗佐发送的电报中对目前的情况表达了严重的关切。 ebigear
She was delighted at receiving so many letters and telegrams.
收到了这么多的信和电报她感到很愉快。 login.sina.com.cn
The next one, please. This counter takes international telegrams only.
请到下一个。这个柜台只受理国际电报。 blog.sina.com.cn
There, reading swiftly from handfuls of telegrams, he thrilled his audiences with play- by- play accounts of games he had never seen.
在当时，作为体育解说员的他通过阅读大量的电报文稿，充满激情地向听众们解说了很多场次的比赛，而自己居然从未亲临现场。 ecocn
Though both sides have publicly chanted a strategic partnership, diplomatic telegrams from Wikileaks illuminate how entrenched their mutual distrust remain. The U.
尽管双方都公开谈论战略伙伴关系，但维基解密公布的美国外交电文证明双方的互不信任多么根深蒂固。 ecocn
Three countries, Japan, Kuwaitand Italy, still maintain the old-fashioned international telegrams.
仍然有三个国家，日本、科威特和意大利在使用这种老式的国际电报。 ecocn
Telegrams, letters and telephone inquiries poured in from all across the country.
电报，信件以及电话问询从全国各地纷纷而至。 sznews
Telegrams are usually typed out in capital letters.
电报通常都用大写字母打出。 ebigear