message

将“message”分解为“mess”和“age”，想象你传递了一条“message”（消息），像给机器（mess）留言（age），这样就能记住这个单词的含义。

message 信息，消息

拉丁语mittere,放置，送出，词源同mission,emit.引申词义信息，消息。

message

message: [13] Etymologically, a message is something that is ‘sent’. The word comes via Old French message from Vulgar Latin *missāticum, a derivative of the Latin verb mittere (from which English also gets admit, mission, transmit, etc). Messenger [13] comes from the Old French derivative messager, and was originally messager in English; the n is a 14thcentury intruder, found also in such words as harbinger and passenger.
=> admit, commit, mess, mission, permit

message (n.)

c. 1300, "communication transmitted via a messenger," from Old French message "message, news, tidings, embassy" (11c.), from Medieval Latin missaticum, from Latin missus "a sending away, sending, despatching; a throwing, hurling," noun use of past participle of mittere "to send" (see mission). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by ærende. Specific religious sense of "divinely inspired communication via a prophet" (1540s) led to transferred sense of "the broad meaning (of something)," first attested 1828. To get the message "understand" is from 1960.

message (v.)

"to send messages," 1580s, from message (n.). Related: Messaged; messaging.

1. The delegation was carrying a message of thanks to President Mubarak.

代表团向穆巴拉克总统转达了谢意。

2. I got a message you were trying to reach me.

我收到一条留言，说你想跟我联系。

3. Stationery can be imprinted with your message or logo.

可以把你的信息或标志印在信纸上。

4. He gave the girl at the desk the message.

他把便条递给了桌旁的女孩。

5. His message was aimed at the undecided middle ground of Israeli politics.

他所传达的信息针对的是以色列政局中尚未表态的中间派。

【message, correspondence, letter, note】
这组词都有“信”的意思，其区别是：
message: 指书信、口信、电报等。
correspondence: 集合名词，指全部来往信件。
letter: 最普通用词，泛指一切形式的书信，尤指邮寄的信。
note: 指内容直截了当的短信或便条，正式或非正式均可。

【message, information, data】
这组词都有“资料、信息”的意思，其区别是：
message: 指通过书写、谈话和信号等方式所进行的通讯“信息”。
information: 和data作“资料”解时，前者仅指所获得、提供或描述的慨况，而不指具体的数据或资料，后者则指具体的资料。
data: 是datum的复数形式，本义指作为计算和测量基础的资料。