1. 用作名词，意为地址。汉语中的你住在哪? 在英语中不能直译为：Where is your address? 因为此句的实际意思是你的地址放在哪里?(即写有你的地址的纸条放在哪儿了?)
要表示你住在哪?一般说：
Where do you live?
也可以说成：
What’s your address?
What's your name and address ?
你的姓名、住址？
I'll give you my address and phone number.
我会告诉你我的地址和电话号码。
We require details of your name and address.
我们需要你的姓名和地址的详细信息。
I looked your address up in the personnel file
我在人事档案里找到了你的地址。
His sister said he had deliberately given the hospital a false nameand address.
他姐姐说他故意给医院留了假名字和假地址。
Please write your name and address in print.
姓名和地址请用印刷体书写。
Please notify them of the change of the office's address.
请把办公地址的更改通知他们。
Please write to me at the address below
请按照下面的地址给我写信。
What's your email address ?
你的电邮地址是什么？
The address is 2025 M Street, Northwest, Washington, DC, 20036...
地址为华盛顿特区，西北区，M大街2025号，邮政编码20036。
The name and address are written in capitals.
姓名和地址是大写的。
The project has a new website address .
这个项目有个新的网址。
First you need to get an e-mail address.
首先你需要申请一个电子邮件地址。
a televised presidential address
总统的电视演讲（address总是指公开的演讲）
He is due to address a conference on human rights next week.
他下星期将在一个大会上发表关于人权的演说。
He listened to Howard give the valedictory address at high school graduation.
他听了霍华德在中学毕业典礼上作的告别演讲。
2. 用作动词，注意以下用法：
(1) 表示写地址或写信给。如：
Please address these letters. 请把这些信写上地址。
The card was wrongly addressed to our old home. 那张明信片误写了我们的旧地址。
The letter was correctly addressed, but delivered to the wrong house.
信上的姓名地址写得都对，但被错投到另一家去了。
Address your application to the Personnel Manager.
把你的申请信寄给人事经理。
Applications should be addressed to: The business affairs editor.
申请表应寄给；商务编辑。
(2) 表示向……讲话(及物)，属正式用法。如：
The mayor addressed the crowd. 市长向群众讲话。
Address your remarks to me, please. 请把你的意见向我说吧。
address a meeting
在会议上发表演讲
~ sb | ~ sth to sb
向…说话
to say sth directly to sb
I was surprised when he addressed me in English.
他用英语跟我说话，我很诧异。
He addressed his remarks to Eleanor, ignoring Maria.
他和埃莉诺聊了聊，而没搭理玛丽亚。
Any questions should be addressed to your teacher.
任何问题都应该向你的老师求教。
~ sb (as sth)
称呼（某人）；冠以（某种称呼）
The judge should be addressed as ‘Your Honour’.
对法官应该称“法官大人”。
I heard him address her as darling...
我听见他称她为“亲爱的”。
The Duchess should be addressed as Your Grace.
公爵夫人应被称为“大人”。
(3) 用于 address oneself to, 意为着手、致力于。
~ (yourself to) sth
设法解决；处理；对付
如：
She addressed herself to the main difficulty. 他致力地解决主要困难。
Your essay does not address the real issues.
你的论文没有论证实质问题。
We must address ourselves to the problem of traffic pollution.
我们必须设法解决交通污染问题。
