首字母

The broad, sculpted head was in the shape of a cross and bore an engraved seal she had not seen since she was nine years old. A fleur-de-lis with the initials P.S.

钥匙柄呈十字形，正面还刻着法国百合的图案和首字母缩写P.S。，这是索菲九岁以后第一次重见它。

Thinking about it, what monograms actually give me is a visual pleasure: the pale blue or white fabric interrupted in a perfect spot, where the hand-sewn initials subtly remind everyone that here is Finch – man of the hand-made shirt (stop rolling your eyes: it takes a certain bravery to admit all this in public).

所有这一切都把我带回了那些刻在我新眼镜上的首字母。"为什么，"我心里想，"我这么喜欢徽标吗？"我这种想把自己所有的东西都打上烙印的沉迷是一种什么心态？我的Smythson便签簿，我的衬衣，我的睡袍，甚至多年前的马鞍？

If not, please handprint this information in the upper left hand corner and initial any alterations.

如果不是，请handprint 这信息在左上角和标注姓名起首字母所有改变。

The code was used in a letter from "Hubert" to "Aunt Janet" to conceal the message: 14 Boeing Fortresses arrived yesterday in Hendon.

在一封"休伯特"写给"珍妮特阿姨"的信中，将信中的首字母串在一起就是："14架'波音堡垒'战斗机昨日飞抵伦敦，准备进攻基尔。"

The code was used in a letter from "Hubert" to "Aunt Janet" to conceal the message:"14 Boeing Fortresses arrived yesterday in Hendon. Pilots expect to raid Kiel."

在一封"休伯特"写给"珍妮特阿姨"的信中，将信中的首字母串在一起就是："14架'波音堡垒'战斗机昨日飞抵伦敦，预备进攻基尔。"

For example,instead of being hyphenated,apercare,postdoctoral,and teardrop are now usually written as one word,while boiler room,hand grenade,and taxi driver are usually found as separate words Similarly,en route,hoi polloi,and tour de fofee now tend tO be written in roman rather than italic script,reflecting their increased assimilation into English In addition tO these changes,some proprietary terms are nOW recorded in the dictionary.with a lower case initial letter,also reflecting general usage(but not affecting their legal proprietary status).

例如，aftercare、 postdoctoral和teardrop现在通常不使用连字符，而是写成一个词；boiler room、hand grenade和taxi driver则通常写成两个分立的词。同样，en route、hoi polloi和tour de force现在趋向被写成正体字而不是斜体字，这反映了它们日渐被英语吸纳。除了这些变化之外，一些专利名称词也被收入本词典中，这些词的首字母小写，以反映其一般用法(当然不会影响它们合法的专利名称地位)。

There was a glass dish full of his favorite monogrammed cigarettes, a humidor with pencil-thin black Cuban cigars on his writing desk.

在他的写字台上有个玻璃碟子，里面摆满了他所喜爱的、上面标有烟厂名字起首字母交织图案的香烟，还有个特制的能保持定湿度的雪前烟盒，里面装的是同铅笔一样粗细的古巴黑色雪前烟。

May I have your credit card? We need a credit card on file for your room charges and incidentals. Rob: Here it is. Clerk: Okay, now if you could please verify the room rate here, initial next to the X, and sign right here.

我们需要您信用卡的信息，来支付您的房费与其它服务费用男：给你女：好，请您在这里确认房费，在X后面签您的首字母就可以了。

To write your initial on a document to show you have read it and approved.

用缩写姓名签批文件；在文件上写你名字的首字母表明你已阅并批准。

May I have your name and initials, please?

请告诉我您的名字及起首字母，好吗？

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。