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。
8,000 homes were plunged into darkness as electricity cables crashed down.
由于电缆损毁，8,000户家庭顿时落入一片黑暗之中。
柯林斯例句
The cables are all bright yellow to prevent you tripping over them.
电缆都是亮黄色，以防绊倒人。
柯林斯例句
Use the crocodile clips to attach the cables to the battery.
用鳄鱼嘴夹把电缆接到蓄电池上。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Audio signals can be transmitted along cables without distortion.
声音信号可以通过电缆传送而不失真。
柯林斯例句
Two cables connect to each corner of the plate.
两条电缆连到金属板的每个角上。
柯林斯例句
The detachment of cables from the computer will take an hour.
将电缆线从计算机上拆下来需要一小时.
——《简明英汉词典》
Air ducts and electrical cables were threaded through the complex structure.
通风管和电缆在这幢结构复杂的建筑物中穿过。
——柯林斯例句
The cables tightened and he was lifted gradually from the deck.
缆绳绷紧了，他被慢慢地吊离了甲板。
柯林斯例句
He warned others about the live electric cables as they climbed to safety.
他们爬向安全地带的过程中，他提醒其他人当心带电的电缆。
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One owner left his pet under the stairs where the animal chewed through electric cables.
有个人把宠物放在楼梯下面，结果它在那儿把电线咬断了。
柯林斯例句
The cables are designed not to stretch.
该电缆不能拉伸。
辞典例句
Please don't touch these metal cables inside a plastic sleeve.
请不要碰那些套着塑料管的金属电缆.
《简明英汉词典》
He checked the strength of the cables.
他检查了一下钢索的强度。
柯林斯例句
Promising as they are, superconducting cables aren't perfect.
尽管超导电缆的前景光明,却并非尽善尽美.
时文部分
None of the problems of superconducting cables now outweigh the benefits.
现在;采用超导电缆利大于弊.
时文部分
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