The word "file" has multiple meanings, including a container for documents (file, folder), a collection of information (record, archive), the act of organizing documents (to file), a computer data set (file), and a tool for smoothing or shaping (file, rasp). It can also be used in phrases like "file a complaint" or "in single file."
[N-COUNT 可数名词]文件箱;文件夹 A file is a box or a folded piece of heavy paper or plastic in which letters or documents are kept.
He sat behind a table on which were half a dozen files.
他坐在一张放有6个文件夹的桌子后面。
...a file of insurance papers.
一夹子保险文件
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]档案;卷宗 A file is a collection of information about a particular person or thing.
[oft N of/on n]
There was stuff in that file that was private between me and Dr Denny...
那份档案的有些内容是只应我和丹尼医生知道的。
We already have files on people's tax details, mortgages and poll tax...
我们已经建立了人们纳税详情、抵押贷款以及人头税的档案。
You must record and keep a file of all expenses.
必须对所有花费进行记录并存档。
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[VERB 动词]把(文件等)归档 If you file a document, you put it in the correct file.
[V n]
A secretary can file papers as efficiently as a floppy disk can store them...
秘书归档文件时可以像软盘存储一样高效。
They are all filed alphabetically under author.
这些都是按照作者姓名的字母顺序归档的。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](计算机的)文件 In computing, a file is a set of related data that has its own name.
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[VERB 动词]提起(诉讼);提出(投诉、请求等) If you file a formal or legal accusation, complaint, or request, you make it officially.
[V n]
[V for n]
A number of them have filed formal complaints against the police...
他们中的许多人都对警方提出了正式控告。
I filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery a few months later.
几个月后我以通奸为由提起了离婚诉讼。
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[VERB 动词]发送,送交(新闻报道等) When someone files a report or a news story, they send or give it to their employer.
[V n]
Catherine Bond filed that report for the BBC from Nairobi...
凯瑟琳·邦德从内罗毕向英国广播公司发送了那篇报道。
He had to rush back to the office and file a housing story before the secretaries went home.
他不得不冲回办公室,赶在秘书们回家之前提交一篇有关住房的新闻报道。
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[VERB 动词]排成纵列行进 When a group of people files somewhere, they walk one behind the other in a line.
[V prep/adv]
She paused as the group of children filed out of the house...
那群孩子从房子里鱼贯而出时,她停了下来。
Slowly, people filed into the room and sat down.
人们排成一列缓慢地依次走进房间,并坐了下来。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]锉刀 A file is a hand tool which is used for rubbing hard objects to make them smooth, shape them, or cut through them.
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[VERB 动词]See also:
nail file
;
rank and file
;(用锉刀)锉 If you file an object, you smooth it, shape it, or cut it with a file.
[V n]
Manicurists are skilled at shaping and filing nails.
美甲师修锉指甲的手艺娴熟。
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[PHRASE 短语]记录(或保存)在档的 Something that is on file or on someone's files is recorded or kept in a file or in a collection of information.
[v-link PHR]
His fingerprints were on file in Washington...
他的指纹已在华盛顿记录在档。
We'll keep your details on file...
我们会把有关你的详细信息记录在档。
It is one of the most desperate cases on her files.
这是她记录的档案中最严重的案例之一。
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[PHRASE 短语]成纵队;成单列 A group of people who are walking or standing in single file are in a line, one behind the other.
[PHR after v]
We were walking in single file to the lake.
我们正排成一列朝湖边走去。
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[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]把(文件等)归档 If you file away a document, you put it in the correct file.
[V P n (not pron)]
[Also V n P]
When at home, most evenings would be spent reading, cutting up and filing away his photographs...
晚上在家时,经常都是在看书或剪切和归类他的照片。
The details are filed away by his three secretaries for future reference.
他的3个秘书已经把详细情况归档备查。
相关词组:
file away
Oxford
file★AWL/faɪl; NAmEfaɪl/
noun
,
verb
filefilesfiledfilingnoun★ _stationery_supplies_comp.jpg _file2.jpg 1★a box or folded piece of card for keeping loose papers together and in order 文件夹;卷宗◆a box file文件箱◆A stack of files awaited me on my desk.我桌上有一堆文件正待我去处理。2★a collection of information stored together in a computer, under a particular name (计算机的)文件, 档案◆to access/copy/create/delete/download/save a file存取╱复制╱建立╱删除╱下载╱保存文件◆Every file on the same disk must have a different name.同一磁盘上的每一个文件都必须有不同的文件名。☞see also
PDF
3★a fileand the information it contains, for example about a particular person or subject 档案◆secret police files警方秘密档案◆Your application will be kept on file(= in a file, to be used later).你的申请书将存档。fileon sb ◆to have/open/keep aconfidential fileon sb 有╱设立╱保存某人的机密档案◆Police have reopened the file (= have started collecting information again)on the missing girl. 警方对失踪的女孩已重新建档调查。4a metal tool with a rough surface for cutting or shaping hard substances or for making them smooth 锉;锉刀☞see also
nail file
5a line of people or things, one behind the other 排成一行的人(或物)◆They set off in filebehind the teacher. 他们跟在教师后面鱼贯出发。IDIOM(in) single ˈfile(alsoold-fashioned(in) Indian file)(in) one line, one behind the other 一路纵队;单行◆They made their way in single file along the cliff path.他们一个接着一个沿悬崖小径前进。verb1[transitive ]to put and keep documents, etc. in a particular place and in a particular order so that you can find them easily; to put a document into a file 把(文件等)归档filesth (+ adv./prep.) ◆The forms should be filed alphabetically.这些表格应该按字母顺序归档。◆Please file it in my ‘Research’ file.请把它归入我的研究类档案。filesth away ◆I filed the letters away in a drawer.我把信件存放到抽屉里了。2[intransitive , transitive ]( law 律) to present sth so that it can be officially recorded and dealt with 提起(诉讼);提出(申请);送交(备案)filefor sth ◆to file for spanorce提交离婚申请书filesth ◆to file a claim/complaint/petition/lawsuit提出索赔╱申诉;呈交诉状;提起诉讼fileto do sth ◆He filed to spanorce his wife.他提交了与妻子离婚的申请。3[transitive ]filesth (of a journalist 记者)to send a report or a story to your employer 发送(报道给报社)4[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.to walk in a line of people, one after the other, in a particular direction 排成一行行走◆The doors of the museum opened and the visitors began to file in.博物馆开门了,参观者鱼贯而入。5[transitive ]filesth (away/down, etc.) to cut or shape sth or make sth smooth using a file 锉平;锉去;锉薄;锉光滑◆to file your nails把指甲锉光滑file/faɪl; NAmEfaɪl/
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file1 noun
file2 verb
filefile1 /faɪl/ ●●●S1W2AWL noun [countable]
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1a set of papers, records etc that contain information about a particular person or subjectfile on Mendoza read over the file on the murders. The FBI keeps files on former White House employees. We will keep your details on file (=store them for later use).police/case/medical etc file a copy of the court file2a box or piece of folded card in which you store loose papers: She pulled a blue file from the shelf.3information on a computer that you store under a particular name: a list of all the files and folders on your hard disk4a metal tool with a rough surface that you rub on something to make it smooth →
nail file
5a line of people who are standing or walking one behind the otherfile of a file of soldiers marching in stepin file It was dark as we set off in file. →
single file
, rank and file
COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 3verbsopen a file· Click on the icon to open the file.close a file· You may need to close the file and restart the computer.save a file· Save the file under a different filename.create a file· I created a file of useful contacts.delete a file (=remove it)· I accidentally deleted the wrong file.access a file (=open or read it)· You won’t be able to access the file if another user has opened it.edit a file (=make changes to it)· I edited the file and saved it to the hard disk.copy a file· To copy a file, save it using a new filename.move a file· He was trying to move the file from one folder to another.transfer a file (=move it from one computer system to another)· You can transfer files and share your stuff with friends.download a file (=move a copy of it from the Internet or another computer to your computer)· It just takes a few seconds to download the file.upload a file (=move a copy of it from your computer to the Internet or another computer)· Restart the web browser, and then upload the file.load a file (=put it onto a computer)· Double-click on the icon and it will load the zip file onto your computer.send somebody a file (=send it using email)· Do you want me to send you the file?attach a file (=send it with an email)· Sorry, I forgot to attach the file.compress a file (=make it smaller so that it uses less space on a computer)· The program allows you to compress files.NOUN + filea computer file· Delete some of the old computer files and create some space on the hard drive.a backup file (=a copy of a file, which is made in case the original becomes lost or damaged)· You can burn your backup file to CD or DVD.a text file· The text file contains hints on how to get the best out of the program.a data file· The bigger the data file, the more time is needed to search it.a graphics file· This handy utility allows you to change graphics files from one format to another.
file1 noun
file2 verb
filefile2 ●●○S3W3AWL verb
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1[transitive] to keep papers, documents etc in a particular place so that you can find them easily: The contracts are filed alphabetically.file something under something I looked to see if anything was filed under my name.file something away The handbooks are filed away for future reference.2[transitive] to give or send an official report or news story to your employer: The officer left the scene without filing a report.3[intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] law to give a document to a court or other organization so that it can be officially recorded and dealt withfile a complaint/lawsuit/petition etc (against somebody) Mr Genoa filed a formal complaint against the department.file for The Morrisons have filed for divorce. Today is the deadline for Americans to file their tax returns.4[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if people file somewhere, they walk there in a line: We began to file out into the car park. The mourners filed past the coffin.5[intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to use a metal or wooden tool to rub something in order to make it smooth: File down the sharp edges. She sat filing her nails.
WDF
file
[faɪl]filed, filing, files
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filed[9216] files[25553] filing[4009]
文件(90%),档案(7%),卷宗(2%),把 ... 归档(1%)
n.文件;档案;文件夹;锉刀
vt.提出;锉;琢磨;把…归档
vi.列队行进;用锉刀锉
n.(File)人名;(匈、塞)菲莱
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