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词汇 chain-letter
释义 chain letter
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈtʃeɪn ˌlet.ər/ us /ˈtʃeɪn ˌlet̬.ɚ/
a letter sent to several people, who are each asked to send copies to several others, that sometimes threatens that bad things will happen if they do not send these copies连锁信(要求收信人复制数份再寄给其他人,有时还威胁如不照办会有厄运降临)
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junk mail
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PPS
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round robin
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wire

Examples of chain letter


chain letter
The first is the chainletter.
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Barrick published a response countering many of the statements made in the chainletter.
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I believe that there must be a link in the sending of chain letters because certain types of chainletter are sent at irregular intervals.
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We have not been trapped in the seductive politics, but dangerous economics, of the chainletter, which has bedevilled state pension arrangements in other countries.
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The women empowering women scheme, for those who do not know about it, is a cruel con, no better than a chainletter.
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What exactly is a chainletter?
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It was discovered that the 10th scheme involved an illegal chainletter whereby, in order to get involved, money had to be sent to people further up the chain.
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During college, he had various business ventures, including a pub, disco lessons, and a chainletter.
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This school was the focus of a false email chainletter started around 2002.
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This page was then rephotocopied ad infinitum, like a chainletter, and circulated around the country.
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This article was also copied into a chainletter and released as truth onto the web.
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The process of sharing the starter makes it somewhat like a chainletter.
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At the other end of the spectrum, of course, many chain letters are also trading schemes.
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I have already mentioned the distress that can be caused by chain letters.
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Like all chain letters, because of the rules of geometric progression, you soon run out of people to recruit.
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