postal
postal — 形容詞
1. connected with letters and parcels, the service that carries them, or items sent
郵政的
和郵件寄送或郵政服務有關
connected with letters and parcels, the service that carries them, or items sent that way
Many mountain villages still depend on the postal service for medicine.
許多山區村落仍然靠郵政服務收送藥品。
collocation: postal service
Postal workers delivered exam papers before the typhoon reached Tainan.
颱風到達台南前,郵務人員已先送達考卷。
collocation: postal workers
The school still accepts postal applications from students living overseas.
這所學校仍接受住在海外的學生以郵寄方式提出申請。
Because the road was closed, postal deliveries reached the island late.
因為道路封閉,郵件投遞晚了一點才送到那座島上。
A postal address is required before the company can mail the card.
公司寄出那張卡片前,需要先有通訊地址。
- mail
is the closest everyday alternative, especially in American English, and is common before nouns
- post-office
is narrower and usually points more directly to the office or its official services
- mailed
only describes something that has already been sent, not the whole system
文法句型
postal service
postal worker
postal address
postal application
用法筆記
Usually comes before nouns such as service, worker, address, vote, and application. In everyday American English, mail is often more common in casual compounds, but postal is the standard word for the official system.