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postscript

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Mail
post·script /ˈpəʊsˌskrɪpt $ ˈpoʊs-/ noun [countable] (written abbreviation PS)  1. TCMa message written at the end of a letter after you have signed your name 〔信末署名后的〕附笔,附言,又及2 ENDextra details or information that you add after a story or an account 〔加在故事、叙述等末尾的〕附言,补充说明postscript to There’s an interesting postscript to this tale. 这个故事后面有一段有趣的附记。
Examples from the Corpus
postscriptAs a postscript to my days in Port Said, perhaps I can tell one brief, romantic story.And where, Holtz wondered in a postscript, were the newspaper clippings from Melbourne?A postscript must be added to this story.This was more than just a belated postscript to one of the closest and most bizarre elections in history.It was a fitting postscript to the year of victories and the real end of the invasion danger.There's an interesting postscript to this tale.The postscript, entitled A Princess Alone, covers the events of last summer.There is an eerily Victorian postscript to this unhappy tale, almost too melodramatic to be true.The hand-written postscript read, "Thank you Jim!"
From Longman Business Dictionarypostscriptpost‧script /ˈpəʊsˌskrɪptˈpoʊs-/ noun [countable] something added to the end of a report, account etcThis information was given in a postscript to the letter. see also PS
Related topics: Computers
PostScriptPost‧Script /ˈpəʊsˌskrɪptˈpoʊs-/ noun [uncountable] trademark COMPUTING a high level computer language used to produce writing and images on a printed page
Origin postscript (1500-1600) Modern Latin postscriptum, from Latin postscribere to write after
post·script nounChineseSyllable
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postscript
postscript /ˈpəʊsˌskrɪpt $ ˈpoʊs-/ noun [countable] (written abbreviation PS)
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Modern Latin
 Origin: postscriptum, from Latin postscribere 'to write after'
1. a message written at the end of a letter after you have signed your name
2. extra details or information that you add after a story or an account
    postscript to
    There’s an interesting postscript to this tale.


post·scriptBrE /ˈpəʊstskrɪpt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpoʊstskrɪpt/ 🔊 noun (abbreviation PS) ~ (to sth) an extra message that you add at the end of a letter after your signature (加于信末的)附言,又及~ (to sth) extra facts or information about a story, an event, etc. that are added after it has finished 补充;补编;后话;跋