文件用英语表示为file。file可作名词和动词两种词性，基本含义除了“文件”之外，还有“档案”、“文件夹”、“卷宗”、“把文件归档”、“提起诉讼”、“发送报道”等意思。
file的中文意思及用法介绍
1、作为名词时，译为(计算机的)文件;档案;文件夹;卷宗。
例句：A stack of files awaited me on my desk.
我桌上有一堆文件正待我去处理。
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。
Your application will be kept on file .
你的申请书将存档。
They set off in file behind the teacher.
他们跟在教师后面鱼贯出发。
He sat behind a table on which were half a dozen files.
他坐在一张放有6个文件夹的桌子后面。
There was stuff in that file that was private between me and Dr Denny...
那份档案的有些内容是只应我和丹尼医生知道的。
2、作为动词时，译为把(文件等)归档;提起(诉讼);提出(申请);送交(备案);发送(报道给报社)。
例句：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。
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。
A secretary can file papers as efficiently as a floppy disk can store them...
秘书归档文件时可以像软盘存储一样高效。
A number of them have filed formal complaints against the police...
他们中的许多人都对警方提出了正式控告。
She paused as the group of children filed out of the house...
那群孩子从房子里鱼贯而出时，她停了下来。
