mid-15c., "commandment," noun use of adjective (mid-15c.) meaning "sent by superior authority," from Medieval Latin missivus "for sending, sent," especially in littera missiva "letters sent," from Latin missus, past participle of mittere "to send" (see mission).
雙語例句
1. Weinstock's missive announced the abolition of all internal committees.
溫斯托克在信中宣布解散所有內(nèi)部委員會。
來自辭典例句
2. The missive remains unwritten and unsent.
這件公文未寫也未發(fā)出去.
來自辭典例句
3. Missive . You send a one - way telepathic message to subject.
心靈短訊: 向目標送出一條 單向 的心靈短訊.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Sure, sometimes it's perfectly acceptable to shoot off a short , all lowercase missive to a colleague.