dispatch
verb /dɪˈspætʃ/
/dɪˈspætʃ/
(British English also despatch)
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they dispatch | /dɪˈspætʃ/ /dɪˈspætʃ/ |
| he / she / it dispatches | /dɪˈspætʃɪz/ /dɪˈspætʃɪz/ |
| past simple dispatched | /dɪˈspætʃt/ /dɪˈspætʃt/ |
| past participle dispatched | /dɪˈspætʃt/ /dɪˈspætʃt/ |
| -ing form dispatching | /dɪˈspætʃɪŋ/ /dɪˈspætʃɪŋ/ |
- dispatch somebody/something (to…) (formal) to send somebody/something somewhere, especially for a special purpose
派遣；调遣；派出 - Troops have been dispatched to the area.
部队已派往那个地区。 - A courier was dispatched to collect the documents.
已派快递员去取文件。
- Troops have been dispatched to the area.
- dispatch something (to somebody/something) (formal) to send a letter, package or message somewhere
发出，发送（邮件、包裹、信息） - Goods are dispatched within 24 hours of your order reaching us.
订单到达我方 24 小时内发货。 - Weir dispatched 50 messages back to base.
韦尔向基地发回了50条信息。
- Goods are dispatched within 24 hours of your order reaching us.
- dispatch somebody/something (formal) to deal or finish with somebody/something quickly and completely
迅速处理；迅速办妥；迅速完成 - He dispatched the younger player in straight sets.
他连续几盘迅速击败了那位比他年轻的选手。
- He dispatched the younger player in straight sets.
- dispatch somebody/something (old-fashioned) to kill a person or an animal
杀死；处决
词源early 16th cent.: from Italian dispacciare or Spanish despachar ‘expedite’, from dis-, des- (expressing reversal) + the base of Italian impacciare, Spanish empachar ‘hinder’.