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- dispatch [dɪ'spætʃ]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to send off promptly, as to a destination or to perform a task
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2.
vt.
to discharge or complete (a task, duty, etc) promptly
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3.
vt.
[informal]
to eat up quickly
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4.
vt.
to murder or execute
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5.
n
the act of sending off a letter, messenger, etc
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6.
n
prompt action or speed (often in the phrase with dispatch)
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7.
n
an official communication or report, sent in haste
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8.
n
[journalism]
a report sent to a newspaper, etc, by a correspondent
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9.
n
murder or execution
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10.
n
[Etymology]
C16: from Italian dispacciare, from Provençal despachar, from Old French despeechier to set free, from des-
dis- 1 + -peechier, ultimately from Latin pedica a fetter
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to send off promptly, as to a destination or to perform a task
Examples
- 差他去办件事
- send (or dispatch) him on an errand → 差
- 出动军舰
- dispatch warships → 出动
- 传令嘉奖
- cite sb. in a dispatch → 传令
- 调遣军队
- dispatch troops → 调遣
- 拍发消息
- cable a dispatch or report → 拍发
- 派兵
- dispatch troops → 派
- 派遣驻外全权代表
- dispatch a plenipotentiary to a foreign country → 派遣
- 出动多批飞机
- dispatch wave after wave of planes → 批
- 那份电报是由副部长批发的。
- That telegram was authorized for dispatch by the vice-minister. → 批发
- 起运地点
- starting place for shipping; place of dispatch → 起运
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