correspond
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they correspond | |
| he / she / it corresponds | |
| past simple corresponded | |
| past participle corresponded | |
| -ing form corresponding |
- [intransitive]
to be the same as or match something 相一致；符合 Your account and hers do not correspond. 你说的情况与她说的不相符。 - correspond with something
Your account of events does not correspond with hers. 你对事情的陈述与她说的不相符。 - correspond to something
The written record of the conversation doesn't correspond to (= is different from) what was actually said. 那次谈话的文字记录与原话不符。
Extra ExamplesThe movement of the dot on the screen corresponds exactly with the movement of the control lever. 屏幕上圆点的移动与控制杆的移动完全一致。 Check that this number corresponds with the one on the document. 检查此编号是否与文档上的编号相对应。 The presence of neutrons explains why the atomic weights of elements do not correspond with their atomic numbers. 中子的存在解释了元素的原子量为何与其原子序数不一致的原因。 Wages did not rise to correspond with the price increases brought about by the wars. 工资没有与战争带来的价格上涨相对应。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- closely
- well
- directly
- …
- to
- with
- [intransitive] correspond (to something)
to be similar to or the same as something else 类似于；相当于 Extra ExamplesTheir nursery schools correspond roughly to our infant schools. 他们的幼儿园大致相当于我们的幼儿学校。 The word corresponds roughly in meaning to our ‘homesickness’. 这个词的意思大致相当于我们的“思乡”一词。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- closely
- well
- directly
- …
- to
- with
- [intransitive] correspond (with somebody) (formal)
to write letters or emails, etc. to somebody and receive letters or emails, etc. from them 通信 She corresponded regularly with her former teacher. 她和她以前的老师定期通信。 I have corresponded with him in the past. 我过去和他有过通信联系。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- regularly
- with
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French correspondre, from medieval Latin correspondere, from cor- ‘together’ + Latin respondere, from re- ‘again’ + spondere ‘to pledge’.