sending
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T When you send someone something, you arrange for it to be taken and delivered to them, for example, by mail. 郵寄; 發(fā)送
Myra Cunningham sent me a note thanking me for dinner. 邁拉·坎寧安寄給了我一封短信，感謝我請她吃飯。
I sent a copy to the school principal. 我寄了一份復(fù)印件給校長。
2. V-T If you send someone somewhere, you tell them to go there. 派遣; 打發(fā)
Inspector Banbury came up to see her, but she sent him away. 班伯里警官過來看她，但她卻把他打發(fā)走了。
...the government's decision to send troops to the region. …政府向該地區(qū)派遣軍隊(duì)的決定。
I suggested that he rest, and sent him for an X-ray. 我建議他休息，并叫他去作一次X光檢查。
3. V-T If you send someone to an institution such as a school or a prison, you arrange for them to stay there for a period of time. 把…送進(jìn) (學(xué)校、監(jiān)獄等)
It's his parents' choice to send him to a boarding school, rather than a convenient day school. 把他送到寄宿學(xué)校而不是去附近的走讀學(xué)校，是他父母的決定。
4. V-T To send a signal means to cause it to go to a place by means of radio waves or electricity. (通過電波或電) 發(fā)送 (信號)
The transmitters will send a signal automatically to a local base station. 發(fā)射臺會自動將信號發(fā)送到地方基站。
5. V-T If something sends things or people in a particular direction, it causes them to move in that direction. 使 (向某方向) 移動
The explosion sent shrapnel flying through the sides of cars on the crowded motorway. 這場爆炸使得炸彈碎片從擁擠公路上的車輛兩側(cè)飛過。
A left hook sent him reeling. 一記左鉤拳打得他踉踉蹌蹌。
6. V-T To send someone or something into a particular state means to cause them to go into or be in that state. 使進(jìn)入 (某種狀態(tài))
My attempt to fix it sent Lawrence into fits of laughter. 我嘗試著修理它，逗得勞倫斯笑得前仰后合。
...before civil war and famine sent the country plunging into anarchy. …在內(nèi)戰(zhàn)和饑荒讓這個國家陷入一片混亂之前。
7. to send someone packing→see pack
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