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VERB
派遣;調遣
If you dispatch someone to a place, you send them there for a particular reason.
例句
He dispatched scouts ahead...
他派偵察兵打頭陣。
The Italian government was preparing to dispatch 4,000 soldiers to search the island.
意大利政府正準備派遣 4,000 名士兵搜索該島。
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VERB
發送,發出(信息、信件或包裹)
If you dispatch a message, letter, or parcel, you send it to a particular person or destination.
例句
The victory inspired him to dispatch a gleeful telegram to Roosevelt...
勝利促使他給羅斯福發了封喜報。
Free gifts are dispatched separately so please allow 28 days for delivery.
贈品會分開發送,所以請預留28天的送貨期。
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N-COUNT
(身在另一城市或國家的記者發送的)電訊,新聞報道
A dispatch is a special report that is sent to a newspaper or broadcasting organization by a journalist who is in a different town or country.
例句
...this despatch from our West Africa correspondent.
我臺駐西非記者發來的這一報道
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(軍官或政府官員發送給總部的)急件,快信
A dispatch is a message or report that is sent, for example, by army officers or government officials to their headquarters.
例句
I was carrying dispatches from the ambassador.
我正拿著大使的急件。
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VERB
處決;殺死
To dispatch a person or an animal means to kill them.
例句
The fox takes his chance with a pack of hounds which may catch him and despatch him immediately.
那只狐貍和一群隨時可能置其于死地的獵狗冒險周旋。
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VERB
迅速處理;迅速辦妥
To dispatch a job or task means to finish it quickly and efficiently without wasting time.
例句
Amy sat outside in the sun while Gerald despatched his business.
埃米坐在外面曬太陽,而杰拉爾德則忙著處理個人事務。
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N-UNCOUNT
迅速;急速
If you do something with dispatch, you do it very quickly.
例句
He feels we should act with despatch.
他覺得我們應該迅速行動。