1. | 文件夹；卷宗a box or folded piece of card for keeping loose papers together and in order |
a box file 文件箱 | |
A stack of files awaited me on my desk. 我桌上有一堆文件等着我去处理。 |
2. | （计算机的）文件a collection of information stored together in a computer, under a particular name |
to access/copy/create/delete/download/save a file 存取╱复制╱新建╱删除╱下载╱保存文件 | |
Every file on the same disk must have a different name. 同一磁盘上的每一个文件都必须有不同的文件名。 |
3. | 档案a file and the information it contains, for example about a particular person or subject |
secret police files 警方秘密档案 | |
Your application will be kept on file(= in a file, to be used later) . 你的申请书将存档。 | |
to have/open/keep a confidential file on sb 有╱设立╱保存某人的机密档案 | |
Police have reopened the file(= have started collecting information again) on the missing girl. 警方对失踪的女孩已重新建档调查。 |
4. | 锉；锉刀a metal tool with a rough surface for cutting or shaping hard substances or for making them smooth |
5. | 排成一行的人（或物）a line of people or things, one behind the other |
They set off in file behind the teacher. 他们跟在教师后面鱼贯出发。 |
They made their way in single file along the cliff path. 他们一个接着一个沿悬崖小径前进。 |
They made their way in single file along the cliff path. 他们一个接着一个沿悬崖小径前进。 |
1. | [t] 把（文件等）归档to put and keep documents, etc. in a particular place and in a particular order so that you can find them easily; to put a document into a file |
The forms should be filed alphabetically. 这些表格应该按字母顺序归档。 | |
Please file it in my ‘Research’ file. 请把它归入我的研究类档案。 | |
I filed the letters away in a drawer. 我把信件存放到抽屉里了。 |
2. | [i][t] 提起（诉讼）；提出（申请）；送交（备案）to present sth so that it can be officially recorded and dealt with |
to file for divorce 提交离婚申请书 | |
to file a claim/complaint/petition/lawsuit 提出索赔╱申诉；呈交诉状；提起诉讼 | |
He filed to divorce his wife. 他提交了与妻子离婚的申请。 |
3. | [t] ~ sth 发送（报道给报社）to send a report or a story to your employer |
4. | [i] + adv./prep. 排成一行行走to walk in a line of people, one after the other, in a particular direction |
The doors of the museum opened and the visitors began to file in. 博物馆开门了，参观者鱼贯而入。 |
5. | [t] ~ sth (away/down, etc.) 锉平；锉去；锉薄；锉光滑to cut or shape sth or make sth smooth using a file |
to file your nails 把指甲锉光滑 |
