1. | （书面或口头的）信息，消息，音信a written or spoken piece of information, etc. that you send to sb or leave for sb when you cannot speak to them yourself |
There were no messages for me at the hotel. 旅馆里没有给我的留言。 | |
We've had an urgent message saying that your father's ill. 我们得到个紧急消息说你父亲病了。 | |
Jenny's not here at the moment. Can I take a message? 珍妮这会儿不在。要我给你传个话吗？ | |
I left a message on her voicemail. 我给她的语音信箱留言了。 | |
I've been trying to get you all day─don't you ever listen to your messages? 我整天都在设法跟你联系，难道你就没有听一下电话留言？ | |
Messages of support have been arriving from all over the country. 表示声援的言论从全国各地纷至沓来。 | |
a televised message from the President to the American people 电视播出的总统告美国人民书 |
2. | 电邮信息；（手机）短信息a piece of information sent in electronic form, for example by email or mobile/cell phone |
an email message 电邮信息 | |
There were four messages in my inbox. 我的收件箱里有四封邮件。 | |
He sent me a message. 他给我发了一条信息。 |
3. | [ususing] （书、演讲等的）要旨，要点，教训an important moral, social or political idea that a book, speech, etc. is trying to communicate |
a film with a strong religious message 有强烈的宗教启示的电影 | |
The campaign is trying to get the message across to young people that drugs are dangerous. 这次运动旨在让年轻人认识毒品的危害。 |
4. | （从大脑发给身体某部位或身体某部位向大脑发送的）信息a piece of information that is sent from the brain to a part of the body, or from a part of the body to the brain |
The message arrives in your brain in a fraction of a second. 信息瞬间便可传递到大脑。 |
5. | [pl] 购物；买东西shopping |
to do the messages 买东西 | |
to go for the messages 去买东西 | |
You can leave your messages(= the things that you have bought) here. 你可以把你买的东西放在这儿。 |
When he started looking at his watch, I got the message and left. 他开始看表了，我明白他的意思，就走了。 |
When he started looking at his watch, I got the message and left. 他开始看表了，我明白他的意思，就走了。 |
