单词 | dispatch |
释义 | verb | noun dispatchdispatch1 /dɪˈspætʃ/ ●○○ verb [transitive] 1to officially send someone or something somewhere for a particular purpose: Goods are normally dispatched within 24 hours.dispatch somebody/something to something Specialist officers were immediately dispatched to the scene.2to deal with someone or something or get rid of him, her, or it quickly and effectively: Sampras quickly dispatched his opponent in straight sets.3literary to deliberately kill a person or animal4old-fashioned to finish all of something [Origin: 1500–1600 Italian dispacciare, from Old French despeechier to set free] verb | noun dispatchdispatch2 noun 1[countable] a message sent between military or government officials: Our unit received a dispatch from headquarters.2[countable] a report sent to a newspaper from one of its writers who is in another town or country: a news dispatch from Tokyo3[uncountable] the act of sending people or things to a particular place: dispatch of the dispatch of warships to the region4with dispatch formal if you do something with dispatch, you do it well and quickly: Most cases are investigated with dispatch. |
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