dispatch
英 [d??sp?t?]
美[d?'sp?t?]
- n. 派遣；急件
- vt. 派遣；分派
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詞態(tài)變化
復數:?dispatches;第三人稱單數:?dispatches;過去式:?dispatched;過去分詞:?dispatched;現在分詞:?dispatching;
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dispatch 派遣——patch 派去
中文詞源
dispatch 派遣
dis-, 不，非，使相反。-patch, 鎖住，腳鏈，詞源存爭議，可能來自拉丁語pedica, 腳鏈，詞源同expedite, impeach, 或來自pangere, 固定，鎖住，詞源同compact, impinge. 引申詞義解開，派遣。
英文詞源
- dispatch
- dispatch: [16] Dispatch appears to have been borrowed from Spanish despachar ‘expedite’, but its ultimate origins are not clear. The likeliest source of the Spanish word is Old French despeechier ‘set free’ (source of modern French dépêcher ‘hurry’), a compound verb formed from the prefix des- ‘un-’ and the verbal element -peechier ‘impede, hinder’, which is also represented in English impeach and goes back ultimately to Latin pedica ‘shackle’.
The semantic history of dispatch thus appears to be ‘unshackle’, ‘set free’, ‘send away, get rid of’, and hence (with the notion of ‘freeing from restraint’) ‘send away quickly’. (The currency of the alternative spelling despatch is due to its occurrence in Dr Johnson’s Dictionary 1755.)
=> impeach - dispatch (v.)
- 1510s, "to send off in a hurry," from a word in Spanish (despachar "expedite, hasten") or Italian (dispacciare "to dispatch"). For first element, see dis-. The exact source of the second element has been proposed as Vulgar Latin *pactare "to fasten, fix" or *pactiare, or as Latin -pedicare "to entrap" (from Latin pedica "shackle;" see impeach); and the Spanish and Italian words seem to be related to (perhaps opposites of) Old Proven?al empachar "impede." See OED for full discussion. Meaning "to get rid of by killing" is attested from 1520s. Related: Dispatched; dispatching. As a noun, from 1540s, originally "dismissal;" sense of "a message sent speedily" is first attested 1580s.
雙語例句
- 1. The victory inspired him to dispatch a gleeful telegram to Roosevelt.
- 勝利促使他給羅斯福發(fā)了封喜報。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We have 125 cases ready for dispatch.
- 我們有125個待發(fā)的箱子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The three - man board manages its business with care and dispatch.
- 這個三人董事會辦事細心、麻利.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. We must ask someone to carry a dispatch from Rome to London.
- 我們得派人把急件由羅馬送往倫敦.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. I'll advise you of the dispatch of the goods.
- 我會通知你們貨物的發(fā)運情況.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》