cable, telegram
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。
它们的区别在于：
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。
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。
He would attach a cable around the chassis of the car and winch it up on to the canal bank.
他会把钢丝绳拴在汽车底盘上，用卷扬机把汽车吊到运河岸上。
——柯林斯例句
They follow minutely the news from abroad on Cable News Network.
他们密切追踪有线电视新闻网上的国外新闻。
——柯林斯例句
A thin cable carries the signal to a computer.
一根细电缆将信号传送给一台计算机。
柯林斯例句
His front brake cable disengaged.
他的前轮刹车索断了。
柯林斯例句
Steel cable will be used to replace worn ropes.
将用钢缆替换磨损的绳索。
——柯林斯例句
An employee sold him on the notion that cable was the medium of the future.
一名雇员让他认识到有线电视是未来的传播媒介。
——柯林斯例句
Unplug the existing cable from the NMT Interface connector on the RF module, if necessary.
如果必要,从RF模块上的NMTInterface连接器上拔下现有的电缆.
——期刊摘选
China has almost 15 million subscribers to satellite and cable television.
中国有将近1,500万卫星电视和有线电视用户。
——柯林斯例句
subscribers to cable television
有线电视用户
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Each of the homes has a security system and is wired for cable television.
各户都有安防系统，还装了有线电视。
——柯林斯例句
The cable suddenly parted.
缆索突然断裂.
——《简明英汉词典》
Please write or cable.
请来信或来电.
——《简明英汉词典》
He unscrewed the back of the telephone and started connecting it to the cable.
他旋出螺丝打开电话机后盖，开始动手把话机跟电话线接上。
——柯林斯例句
Check a cable when it's running out.
放出钢丝绳时要制动.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
The sailors heaved at the cable.
水手们拉着缆绳.
——《简明英汉词典》
The show will be simulcast on NBC, Fox and a number of cable networks.
这场演出会在美国国家广播电台、福克斯广播电台和一些有线电视网上同步播出。
——柯林斯例句
The box can be used for both cable and pipe.
接线箱结构形式分电缆布线和钢管布线两种.
——期刊摘选
The successful laying of the Atlantic cable astonished everybody: its later breaks astonished no one; but after it was finally in operation. many said that no future invention could surprise them.
在大西洋底下成功地铺设了电缆,这使得大家都感到骇然; 后来有几处电缆折断了,谁也不感到惊奇. 不过在这些电缆终于投入工作之后, 许多人都说,未来的任何发明再也不会使人吃惊了.
——《用法词典》
Charles Bright thought it dangerous to lay the cable in these conditions; and so he shouted to the men to stop the machine.
查尔斯·布赖特认为在这样的条件下铺设电缆很危险, 所以他叫人们把机器停下来.
——《简明英汉词典》
The channel is only available on cable.
这个频道只有有线电视才能收看。
——柯林斯例句
In half an hour, they'd switched the tags on every cable.
半个小时内，他们就给每根电缆都换了标签。
——柯林斯例句
The new ship cut her cable and slipped into the water.
新船砍缆下水.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
The worker attached a cable.
工人连接电缆.
——《简明英汉词典》
Don't forget to cable us as soon as you arrive.
别忘了一到就给我发个电报.
——《简明英汉词典》
Repairs to the cable did not take too long.
电缆的维修没有花太长的时间。
——柯林斯例句
the sheath around an electric cable
电线护皮
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
A new submarine cable was laid from England to Netherlands.
英国至荷兰间铺设了新的海底电缆.
——《简明英汉词典》
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