file /faɪl/ CET4 TEM4 ( filing, filed, files )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A file is a box or a folded piece of heavy paper or plastic in which letters or documents are kept. 文件盒; 文件夹

  例：

  ...a file of insurance papers.

  …一个保险单文件夹。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A file is a collection of information about a particular person or thing. 卷宗

  例：

  We already have files on people's tax details.

  我们已经有了人们付税详情的卷宗。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT In computing, a file is a set of related data that has its own name. 文件

  例：

  Be sure to save the revised version of the file under a new filename.

  确保将改过的文件版本另存在一个新的文件名下。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A file is a hand tool which is used for rubbing hard objects to make them smooth, shape them, or cut through them. 锉刀

• 5. 

  V-T If you file a document, you put it in the correct file. 使归档

  例：

  They are all filed alphabetically under author.

  它们都是在作者一栏下面按字母顺序来归档的。

• 6. 

  V-T/V-I If you file a formal or legal accusation, complaint, or request, you make it officially. 提起

  例：

  I filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery a few months later.

  ，我几个月后以通奸为由提起了离婚。

• 7. 

  V-T When someone files a report or a news story, they send or give it to their employer. 提交

  例：

  He had to rush back to the office and file a housing story before the secretaries went home.

  他不得不赶回办公室，在秘书们回家之前提交一份有关住房的报道。

• 8. 

  V-T If you file an object, you smooth it, shape it, or cut it with a file. 锉

  例：

  Manicurists are skilled at shaping and filing nails.

  美甲师对修剪、锉光指甲很在行。

• 9. 

  V to march or walk in a file or files 排成纵队行进

  例：

  the ants filed down the hill

• 10. 

  → see also rank and file

• 11. 

  PHRASE A group of people who are walking or standing in single file or single file are in a line, one behind the other. 成单行

  例：

  We were walking in single file to the lake.

  我们排成单行走向湖边。