1N-UNCOUNT (写下或印出的)文字Writing is something that has been written or printed. (写下或印出的)文字
'It's from a notebook,' the sheriff said, 'And there's writing on it.'. [+ on]
“这是在一个笔记本里找到的,”法官道,“上面还有文字。”
If you have a complaint about your holiday, please inform us in writing.
如果您对您的假日有什么意见,请书面告知我们。
2N-UNCOUNT (尤指评论语言风格时的)文字作品,文章 You can refer to any piece of written work as writing, especially when you are considering the style of language used in it. (尤指评论语言风格时的)文字作品,文章
The writing is brutally tough and savagely humorous.
该作品带有残酷的强悍和野性的幽默感。
It was such a brilliant piece of writing.
这真是一篇才华横溢的文章。
3N-UNCOUNT (尤指为赚取稿费而进行的)写作Writing is the activity of writing, especially of writing books for money. (尤指为赚取稿费而进行的)写作
She had begun to be a little bored with novel writing.
她开始对写小说有些厌倦了。
...activities to help prepare children for writing.
帮助孩子准备写作的活动
4N-UNCOUNT [usually poss NOUN]笔迹;字迹;书写 Your writing is the way that you write with a pen or pencil, which can usually be recognized as belonging to you. 笔迹;字迹;书写
It was a little difficult to read your writing.
你写的字有点不好认。
I think it's due to being left handed that he's got terrible writing.
5N-PLURAL [usually with poss](尤指某一作者有关某一专题的全部)著作,作品 An author's writings are all the things that he or she has written, especially on a particular subject. (尤指某一作者有关某一专题的全部)著作,作品
Althusser's writings are focused mainly on France.
阿尔都塞的著作主要是论述法国的。
The pieces he is reading are adapted from the writings of Michael Frayn. [+ of]
6PHRASE 凶兆毕现;有大难临头的预兆 If you say that the writing is on the wall, you mean that there are clear signs that a situation is going to become very difficult or unpleasant. 凶兆毕现;有大难临头的预兆
The writing is clearly on the wall. If we do nothing about it, we shall only have ourselves to blame.
凶兆显而易见。如果我们对此毫无行动,就只能怨自己了。
Quotations
Writing, at its best, is a lonely lifeErnest Hemingwayspeech, accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature
I think writing does come out of a deep well of loneliness and a desire to fill some kind of gapJay McInerney
Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many peopleKatherine Mansfieldletter
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasureSamuel JohnsonJohnsonian Miscellanies
Many suffer from the incurable disease of writing, and it becomes chronic in their sick mindsJuvenalSatires
All writing is garbageAntonin ArtaudSelected Writings