2. attachment(n)指在文章後面的附件, 和文件本身訂在一起, (例如, 信函內有一份文件共2張, 1張是信件, 1張是attachment, 但訂在一起---2張是一體的)
attachment也常延用在email的附件中, 因為你並沒有辦法"打開"email信件, 拿到"分開"的附件, 因此把它視為和email一體的附件, 所以用attachment
attachment與enclosure都可以當作附件解釋,但是enclosure比較是偏向有被包覆的物件,而只要是被附帶的副件,都可以用attachement這個字.
附帶的文件,可以用attachment這個字:
Please refer to the attachement to the document and you will find more proofs.
而enclosure,指的是附帶的"內容物":
The evidence is enclosed in the envelope. The enclosure took the detective a lot of time to collect.