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单词 dispatch
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dispatch1 or despatch/diʹspach/ verb trans

to send (a letter, etc) somewhere

to send (personnel) to carry out a particular, usu official, task

Mounted police were dispatched to quell the riot

to carry out or complete (a task) rapidly or efficiently

Having dispatched the morning's business, he went to the golf course

informal to consume or make short work of (food or drink)

euphem to kill (somebody), esp with quick efficiency

verb intrans archaic

to hasten somewhere

And now despatch we toward the court — Shakespeare

to make haste

The hour steals on; I pray you sir, dispatch — Shakespeare

dispatcher noun
[Spanish despachar or Italian dispacciare to hasten, from Old French despeechier to set free, ultimately from dis- + Latin pedica a fetter]

dispatch2 or despatchnoun

a message; esp an important official diplomatic or military message

a news item sent in by a correspondent to a newspaper

promptness and efficiency

She conducts her business with despatch

the act of dispatching, e.g.:

the sending of a communication or personnel

the dispatch of troops to the frontier

euphem the killing of a person or animal

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