postscript
美音:
[´pəus´krıpt
]英音:
[´pəus´krıpt
]n.附言,后记
难易程度:
postscript为短语/超纲词汇
词根
scribe,script=to write(写)
近义词, 同义词
postscript
/'pəʊsskrɪpt; `posskrɪpt/
n ~ (to sth)
1 (abbr 缩写 PS) extra message added at the end of a letter after the signature (信末签名後的)附笔, 又及
*She mentioned in a postscript to her letter that the parcel had arrived. 她在信末附笔中说包裹已寄到.
2 facts or information added to sth after it is completed 补遗; 补笔; 後话
*There was an interesting postscript to these events when her private diaries were published. 她的日记发表後, 补充了一些有关这些事件的趣闻.
postscript
n[C]PS
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Modern Latin;Origin: postscriptum, from Latin postscribere 'to write after']
a message written at the end of a letter after you have signed your name
extra details or information that you add after a story or account
postscript to
There's an interesting postscript to this tale.