dispense

英 [dɪˈspens]

美 [dɪˈspens]

v.  分配; 分发; 施与，提供(尤指服务); 配(药); 发(药)

过去分词：dispensed　现在分词：dispensing　过去式：dispensed　第三人称单数：dispenses　

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Collins.1 / BNC.6379 / COCA.8334

短语动词

短语用例

dispense with sb/sth

• 摒弃；不再需要；不再用
  to stop using sb/sth because you no longer need them or it
  1. The machine dispenses a range of drinks and snacks.
     这台机器发售各种饮料和小吃。

牛津词典

verb

• 分配；分发
  to give out sth to people
  1. The machine dispenses a range of drinks and snacks.
     这台机器发售各种饮料和小吃。
• 施与，提供（尤指服务）
  to provide sth, especially a service, for people
  1. The organization dispenses free health care to the poor.
     这个机构为穷人提供免费医疗。
  2. to dispense justice/advice
     判案；给予忠告
• 配（药）；发（药）
  to prepare medicine and give it to people, as a job
  1. to dispense a prescription
     按处方配药
  2. to dispense medicine
     发药
  3. a dispensing chemist
     药剂师

柯林斯词典

• VERB 分配;分发;施与
  If someonedispensessomething that they own or control, they give or provide it to a number of people.
  1. The Union had already dispensed £40,000 in grants...
     工会已经拨款4万英镑。
  2. The local welfare office is where government dispenses many of its services...
     地方福利部门就是政府贯彻实施其众多服务的窗口。
  3. I thought of myself as a patriarch, dispensing words of wisdom to all my children.
     我把自己当作在向子女传授至理名言的一家之长。
• VERB (机器自动)提供(货物等)
  If you obtain a product by getting it out of a machine, you can say that the machinedispensesthe product.
  1. For two weeks, the cash machine was unable to dispense money.
     该自动取款机已有两个星期不能提供现金。
  2. The lotion is dispensed by a handy pump action spray.
     洗液由一个使用方便的按压式皂液器提供。
• VERB 配(药);配(方);发(药)
  When a chemistdispensesmedicine, he or she prepares it, and gives or sells it to the patient or customer.
  1. Some shops gave wrong or inadequate advice when dispensing homeopathic medicines...
     有些药店在配发顺势疗法的药物时给出了错误或不当的建议。
  2. Four out of five prescriptions are dispensed free to people who are exempt...
     五分之四的处方是免费配给那些免除了医疗费的病人的。
  3. Doctors confine themselves to prescribing rather than dispensing.
     医生仅仅是开药而不配药。

英英释义

verb

• give or apply (medications)
  Synonym:administer
• administer or bestow, as in small portions
  1. administer critical remarks to everyone present
  2. dole out some money
  3. shell out pocket money for the children
  4. deal a blow to someone
  5. the machine dispenses soft drinks
  Synonym:distributeadministermete outdealparcel outlotshell outdeal outdish outallotdole out
• grant a dispensation
  1. I was dispensed from this terrible task

双语例句

• The people in charge of health and welfare had ceased to dispense either.
  负责管理健康和福利的人早就一样也不做了。
• For two weeks, the cash machine was unable to dispense money.
  该自动取款机已有两个星期不能提供现金。
• I thought of myself as a patriarch, dispensing words of wisdom to all my children.
  我把自己当作在向子女传授至理名言的一家之长。
• Four out of five prescriptions are dispensed free to people who are exempt
  五分之四的处方是免费配给那些免除了医疗费的病人的。
• I can dispense with this dictionary.
  我没有这本词典也行。
• I mean, it's their money to dispense with as they see fit.
  我是说，这是他们的钱，用他们认为合理的方式进行分配。
• But this does not mean that we can dispense with international support;
  但是这不是说我们可以不需要国际援助；
• Decent public transport would dispense with the need for a car.
  有了合适的公交车就不需要小汽车了。
• The local welfare office is where government dispenses many of its services
  地方福利部门就是政府贯彻实施其众多服务的窗口。
• I think we can dispense with the formalities.
  我想我们就免去客套吧。