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verbsent sɛndsɛnd 1with object Cause to go or be taken to a particular destination; arrange for the delivery of, especially by post. 运送；邮寄 we sent a reminder letter but received no reply 我们寄出了一封提醒信，可是没有收到回音。 with two objects he sent her a nice little note 他送给她一张善意的小纸条。 Example sentencesExamples - A first issue was that the letter had been sent by ordinary post.
- A personal identification number is sent by post to your home address.
- Letters informing parents were sent by first class post yesterday.
- For many people the use of email is now an alternative to sending letters through the post.
- Their relationship began 18 months after Myfanwy died, with a low-key old-fashioned courtship; he sent flowers, there were candlelit dinners.
- We said that we would send letters and post cards and call as often as possible.
- Twenty-three letters were sent by recorded delivery on one day.
- She sends a birthday card to each of her 86 employees, and if she's in the office, she hand delivers it herself.
- Ten minutes later I was in the Post Office, handing over yet another envelope to be sent by special delivery.
- He writes regularly, sometimes sends a little money, and even occasionally telephones.
- We'll send letters and post notices exactly as we've done before.
- Send flowers if you think it is appropriate.
- Two-thirds of the 82 million items posted every day are sent second class.
- Five months after her transfer, she sent a rambling 15-page handwritten letter to two journalists at the Adelaide Advertiser.
- But the petition was sent to the Post Office too late to influence its decision to shut the branch on April 5.
- A letter is to be sent to the Post Office and a special meeting of the council is being organised.
- A total of 940 surveys were mailed, and reminder cards were sent two weeks later.
- I predicted the return of writing letters and sending them by post.
- To return merchandise, pack it carefully (use the original packing material if possible) and send it back to us with a copy of your shipment receipt.
- A circular letter was then sent by post to all past and present serving members of the Gardai in the Donegal division.
- Letters inviting people to vote by post have been sent out by the three main parties in a Southend constituency against official advice.
Synonyms dispatch, post, mail, put in the post/mail, address, get off, convey, consign, direct, forward, redirect, send on, remit, airmail transmit, convey, communicate telephone, phone, broadcast, televise, telecast, radio, fax, email, upload, ISDN, FTP dated telegraph, wire, cable - 1.1 Cause (a message or computer file) to be transmitted electronically.
send your document as a PDF attachment with two objects I sent him an email last week Example sentencesExamples - I immediately sent the link to everyone I know.
- You can also send text messages from your laptop.
- This morning the entire office was unable to send emails until about 2 pm.
- Look, guys, stop trying to send attachments, OK?
- A small start-up company based in Silicon Valley has created a system that allows users to send live video feeds directly from their Nokia phones onto the web.
- We work via email mostly - luckily we both have cable/ISDN so sending files is pretty easy.
- If you are sending work-related files to a personal e-mail account you could be breaking the law.
- I use my phone for the most basic things - making calls and sending texts.
- It's also important to protect the ministry team by having policies that avoid identity fraud (like sending an email under someone else's email address) and improper Internet use.
- The worm then sends itself to all e-mail addresses it finds in the recipient's files.
- Each year sees an increase in the number of text messages we send.
- The opportunity to send a text message from the classroom, or use the mobile to call home and complain at the next break is a serious problem.
- If you like what you're reading, send a link to the site to friends, family, and co-workers.
- He recently sent an e-mail to his former headteacher, talking of how much he was enjoying the experience of studying in America.
- This application sends an e-mail alert when specified limits are exceeded.
- One customer informed us that he was moving to another ISP even though PlusNet hasn't sent him any warning emails.
- By sending out our Christmas greetings by e-mail, ABP South Wales have been able to make donations to two local charities.
- This morning the Chief Executive Officer sent out an email imploring everyone to take all possible precautions in the current climate.
- He admitted dangerous driving after sending text messages while driving over 60 mph on a motorway.
- Pierre sent the Austrian webcam links from his home in Salzburg.
- 1.2 Order or instruct to go to a particular destination or in a particular direction.
派遣；派往 the BBC sent me to Washington to cover the trial 英国广播公司派我到华盛顿来报道这次审判。 Example sentencesExamples - The United Nations announced yesterday that hundreds of staff in Pakistan and India were ordered to send their families home in the next few days.
- He gave us directions and sent us out the door where we caught another taxi.
- Peaceful will be executed by a firing squad for cowardice because he refused to obey an order that sent the rest of his unit to their deaths.
- Jade Emperor cried, and he summoned Mountain God, ordering him to send mountains to fall upon the dragons.
- He's fresh out of jail and he's ready to get serious about sending Hamilton in the direction he thinks is best!
- When William heard of his arrival, he sent messengers ordering Count Guy to hand over his prisoner, which was duly done.
- It would be very interesting to know the exact timing of the order to send the unarmed planes after Flight 93.
- Bong was sent home to instruct others in the art of air combat at Foster Field, Texas.
- A spokesman for the renal unit at MRI this week confirmed they were at breaking point and may have to start refusing treatment, sending people elsewhere in order to treat the most urgent cases.
- The Soviet Army initially believed that it was being sent solely to maintain order in the towns while the new regime consolidated.
- The judge then gave his majority direction and sent the jury away for further deliberations.
- The principal printed out her entries, made her do corrective work order, and even sent her for counselling.
- They were sent to keep order because there would be two children that would need their help.
- A unit was sent in the direction of the firing and four men were captured along with a grenade launcher.
- This was a daunting task as funds had to be raised in order to send the athletes over.
- It constitutes the Church's marching orders, sending believers into all the world to share the Gospel with every person.
- We have sent him on some orders for the excellent value recording, copies of which are being snapped up quickly.
Synonyms call, call for, call in, summon, ask to come, request, request the attendance of, request the presence of, order, contact, fetch - 1.3no object, with infinitive Send a message or letter.
发消息；发信 he sent to invite her to supper 他写信邀请她共进晚餐。 Example sentencesExamples - He was more a man of deeds than of words - he always performed what he promised, and when this had been done, he sent to let the petitioner know that his wishes had been granted.
- Mr. Norton allowed the child to lie ill for a week - indeed to be at death's door - before he sent to inform me.
- 1.4with object and adverbial of direction Cause to move sharply or quickly; propel.
推进；驱动 the volcano sent clouds of ash up four miles into the air 火山把灰雾喷到四英里高的天空。 Example sentencesExamples - The air became cool with a slight breeze that whispered and moved her cloak, sending wisps of dark hair across her face as they rode.
- I walked quickly to the train station, my breath sending a cloud of steam in front of me.
- He sighed, then sneezed as an unlucky poke of the stick in the fire sent a cloud of smoke into his face.
- She crossed the line and hit the brakes, gripping the emergency brake and pulling it up as she spun the wheel sharply to left, sending her car into a spin, the back end sliding out as she came to a stop.
- On March 3, an eruption sent a massive cloud of ash into the sky, but there were no injuries or damage.
- The blast of high explosive sent a cloud of dust fountaining into the air.
- In any kind of breeze they smoke like a forest fire, sending clouds of grey dust over the moored yachts and into harbourside streets.
- She managed only to claw the piled ash, sending a cloud into the air.
- I was bobbing along in my father-in-law's small yacht with my wife and small baby when we were attacked by a jet-skier who raced at us at high speed before turning sharply, sending a wall of water over us in the boat.
- Anna quickly reloaded, sending the next bolt over the fence.
- Under the influence of sound waves these tiny hairs move, sending impulses along a nerve pathway to the brain for interpretation.
- Mike quickly pushed forward sending random shots toward them as the five of them cleared off.
Synonyms propel, project, send forth, eject, deliver, discharge, spout, fire, shoot, blast, catapult, launch, release, force, push, impel, ram throw, fling, toss, lob, hurl, shy, cast, let fly informal chuck, sling, bung - 1.5send someone to Arrange for someone to go to (an institution) and stay there for a particular purpose.
安排某人进入（机构） many parents prefer to send their children to single-sex schools 许多父母更愿意送孩子去单一性别学校。 Example sentencesExamples - Instead of sending him to jail, Anse arranges for Darl to be committed to a mental asylum.
- What they're doing is putting the veterans on Medicare programs and sending them to other institutions.
- That is the way with war crimes such as genocide, the charge which has sent Krstic to prison for the rest of his life.
- The judge was about to tell the jury something that could seal a verdict of first-degree murder and send Valessa to prison for the rest of her life.
- Eighteen months earlier she had helped send Coburn to prison as a prosecution witness in an armed robbery case.
- And in her case, the most constructive thing to do is send her to a mental institution until she's well.
- The brutality of ‘Victorian’ responses to otherness is echoed in Walter's bleak experience in the institution he is sent to after the death of his parents.
- In the absence of a safe mental institution Stephen was sent to Bordelais.
- Even though he had been sentenced to detention, the authorities did not have to send Joe to prison.
- The case was heard at Andover, which has custody facilities, in case the magistrates decided to send Little to prison.
- Her family was forced to send her to an institution.
- Magistrates sent Harris to a young offenders institution for 90 days.
- Judge Hoffman said he had considered sending Lewis to prison for four months.
- His parents had faked his death and sent him to a mental institution, but why?
- They could have sent Smith to prison but decided on a curfew and community service.
- They've decided to send him to a state institution, where he might have to stay for as long as three months.
- Swindon JPs heard that he was disqualified for 12 months in October 2002 after being convicted of dangerous driving, and in April last year he had been sent to a young offenders institution for two offences of driving while disqualified.
- The judge said he regretted having to send her to prison, but there was no other suitable institution available for her.
- The woman has a serious personality disorder, she needs care in a secure unit with the necessary support services, instead she has been sent to an institution for the criminally insane.
- That's why we gotta send Martha to prison with the common folk.
2with object and complement Cause to be in a specified state. 使处于某种状态 while driving in London I was sent crazy by roadworks 在伦敦开车的时候，这里道路施工、那里立交桥关闭，我快给弄疯了。 Example sentencesExamples - I don't know if a life of reading books sends you crazy and socially awkward or whether being crazy and socially awkward makes you devote your life to reading, but no doubt there is a book somewhere in here that will tell me.
- People weren't generally allowed to work at the Workshop for more than three months at a time. They thought it would send people crazy.
- I think this sudden heatwave is sending me kinda crazy.
- The whispers in the walls were sending me slowly crazy, and the constant whirring of my empty mind made me feel dizzy.
- But they don't send themselves crazy realising it, because they never asked themselves why.
- She supposed he might have put on a bit more muscle, sending the girls even crazier.
Synonyms make, drive, cause to be/become - 2.1informal with object Affect with powerful emotion; put into ecstasy.
〈非正式〉使着迷；使入迷 it's the spectacle and music that send us, not the words 是美景和音乐迷住了我们，而不是那些话语。 Example sentencesExamples - A word of praise from the shop girl sends a flare of ecstasy over her face.
- The tape was my first exposure to this music, and it sent a visceral thrill through me.
- Another neighbour said the murders had sent a wave of emotion through the tight-knit community.
- When not drinking kava, the islanders grow coffee, the kind that sends coffee buyers into ecstasies.
- The enchanting vivaciousness his women exude could send any man into ecstasy.
Synonyms excite, stimulate, move, rouse, stir, thrill, electrify, intoxicate, enrapture, enthral, grip, ravish, charm, delight, give pleasure to, titillate informal turn on, blow away, give someone a buzz/kick, stoke
PhrasesCause someone to be knocked violently off balance or to the ground. 把某人打翻在地 the recoil of the gun sent him flying Example sentencesExamples - With a swipe of his arm that contained more power than I thought possible he knocked me back and sent me flying into the crowd behind me.
- He fought with her for the gun and sent her flying into a bedpost where she was knocked out.
- It sent her flying to the ground and almost knocked her unconscious.
- It knocked him back, sending him flying into the corner of the table.
- We'd gone a little way, and I was looking out for a good place to stop when, with no warning at all, the bike took a sharp twist sideways sending us flying to the ground.
- The jolt from the direct hit sent him flying out of his seat and across the cockpit.
- A Crimestoppers appeal in the Evening Press trapped the thief who snatched a 74-year-old man's savings and sent him flying to the ground.
- What if the car knocked him full off the bike and sent him flying?
- After a while of walking I hit something that sent me flying to the ground.
- Michael again easily avoided the blow and gave a sharp tug on the arm sending James flying to the ground.
he sent word that he was busy 他传来话说他很忙。 Example sentencesExamples - When they reported he wasn't there, he sent word that he was.
- The accused, however, were not present: they sent word through their lawyers that they were protesting the OTP's failure to present some materials to them as the bench had ordered.
- They sent word to Kerr privately to ask him to explain himself.
- They sent word that the soldiers were looking for me.
- Some time later, Dad sent word via the neighborhood grapevine that it was time for me to return to the scene of the crime.
- But shortly afterwards, Jeremie sent word that he was willing to hold his hand on the executions of the four, but not the entire death row population.
- Couvreur sent word of the human barricade to a local radio station.
- They sent word that the Public Relations unit of the State Government would have all the required details.
- One day, he sent word from his ship that he would be coming ashore at Larry's River the next day, and word spread among the communities around the Bay.
- We have a strong alliance with them and if they were ever in need they would send word, but no such message has been received.
Phrasal VerbsOrder or request that (something) be sent to one. 函购；函索 you can send away for the recipe 你可以来函索取处方。 Example sentencesExamples - The remarking process can cost up to £52 per pupil and, despite sending away for the remarks, many of the students are still waiting for their new grade.
- My mother sent away for every free toy or book available.
- I knew that you folks were on tenterhooks about the new black sport coat I sent away for, and yes, as promised, I did have an excellent opportunity to give it its first live-fire exercise Tuesday night.
- A few years ago, armed with a few extra bucks from my quarterly student loan dispersement, I sent away for an exciting new book that appeared to be the answer to all of my questions about how the West sees herbal medicines.
- I really wasn't such a Johnny Ace fan but I felt bad all the same, so I sent away for his picture.
- So, I sent away for it and, shortly afterwards, I received my free Easyweigh.
- Do you go to your dentist (a few hundred dollars), or send away for the $39 kit advertised on late night TV?
- Rowena immediately recognized it as the Chow Hall apron her sister had sent away for.
- In addition to the three free recipes in the booklet, the consumer can send away for a free recipe swatch containing 16 more recipes and information on Irish beef.
- The class sent away for a fundraising pack and received information and ideas as to how they could raise E1,000.
1Expel a student from a university. （大学）开除学生 Example sentencesExamples - A myth surrounding the vessels states that if a student drank all the beer held in one, he would be sent down.
- It's true, I say absolutely nothing insulting nor talk back to the teachers and they send me down.
- Some have won fully paid scholarships to colleges and Universities and when they get there, they are sent down because the fraud that they perpetuated on themselves and others has now caught up with themselves.
2Sentence someone to imprisonment. 〈美〉判处监禁 you're going to get sent down for possessing drugs 你将会因拥有毒品而被判处监禁。 Example sentencesExamples - An active member of the Communist Party, he was sent down for his involvement in industrial action by dockyard workers.
- In 1992 he was sent up for murder and racketeering.
- This was before she was sent up to prison, Upstate New York.
- Other prisoners were quite supportive - though they found it strange that someone had been sent down for a political campaign.
- On his third arrest he was sent down for 11 months.
- The courts were directed to adopt a strict ‘two counts and you're out’ policy, and he was sent down.
- Because with that amount of cocaine, they'll send him down for at least 4 years.
- He appeared to cement his reputation as a criminal sociopath when he openly laughed as he was sent down for life by the Special Criminal Court in July 1999 for the victim's death.
- Ricky and Des were sent down because they refused to come to a deal and plead guilty when they knew they were innocent.
- If they can do it for jury duty which can have the power to send someone down for life (or to the table in some US states), then maybe political seats by random lot might not be so strange.
Synonyms send to prison, sentence to imprisonment, imprison, jail, incarcerate, lock up, confine, detain, intern, immure
Bowl a ball or an over. 〔板球〕投球；投（一轮投球） Bainbridge sent down 25 overs and finished with 5 for 44 贝恩布里奇投球25轮，跑动5次，积44分。 Example sentencesExamples - Just 70 overs were sent down in the six premier division games leaving all 12 teams to take nine points.
- The fastest spell in history, incidentally, flew off the bat as quick as it was sent down, bringing figures of no wickets for 28 off four overs.
1Order or instruct (someone) to come to one; summon. 召唤；召至 if you don't go I shall send for the police 如果你不走，我就叫警察了。 Example sentencesExamples - The doctor nodded ‘Shall I send for Jim and Jack to return her to her quarters?’
- Iokaste sends for Oedipus and instructs the Corinthian to inform him of the news.
- I shall send for a female companion to teach you about these things.
- We shall stand watch out here until you send for us.
- Niko's wounds would heal quickly enough and I instructed the Captain to send for the physician in the morning.
- That's why I ask you to wait until tomorrow to send for the police.
- ‘I shall be sending for you and we shall marry and live together in France,’ he told me.
- Servants shall wait on you while I send for your companions.
- Since he told me to invite guests, I had to send for various prominent people so he could demonstrate techniques before them.
- In a few days I will send for you again with instructions on your first assignment.
Synonyms call, call for, call in, summon, ask to come, request, request the attendance of, request the presence of, order, contact, fetch - 1.1Order by post.
函订；函购 send for our mail order catalogue 来函索取我们的邮购产品目录。 Example sentencesExamples - In order to do this effectively it may be given powers equivalent to those of the High Court to summon witnesses, send for documents, administer oaths, etc.
- On May 28, 1915 Gandhi assured VOC: ‘I shall now send for the book subscribed in Natal.’
- Athena Review, journal of archaeology, history and exploration, invites you to send for more information on a free issue.
- Have you been invited to send for a TV for only £33.49?
- We phoned a place in Toronto to send for replacement instruments, but made the mistake of telling them they'd probably been stolen.
- Go to www.dharmatrading.com, look over their instruction sheets, & send for a copy of their catalog.
- I sent for a copy and when I glanced through it, I thought it was really great.
Submit material to be considered for a competition or possible publication. （为参赛或发表）投稿 don't forget to send in your entries for our summer competition 别忘了给我们的夏季竞赛投来你的参赛作品。 Example sentencesExamples - The Supporters' Trust has also appealed for fans who made pledges at the public meeting at Valley Parade last Thursday to send their money in as soon as possible.
- My advice to anyone planning to come would be to send their forms in as soon as possible - it looks likely that we'll be fully booked out.
- Please be sure as an angler your submission on this final proposal is sent in on time.
- There are a few sponsorship cards outstanding and people are asked to send them in as quickly as possible.
- You should complete it and send it in as soon as possible.
- Coincidentally, this week's is probably the best so far, and it happens to be a week when I forgot to send a post in.
- Don't forget to send your votes in for the man of the match, as these votes decide who wins the Evening Press-sponsored Player of the Month award.
- You fill out a voter registration card and send it in.
- So please complete the form and send it in as soon as possible.
- But she accepted that was still not enough and that the Department was still urging people to send their forms in as soon as possible.
Order or request that (something) be sent to one. 函购；函索 I sent off for a handy pack of cards containing useful facts
1Instruct someone to go; arrange for someone's departure. 派遣；派去 she sent him off to a lecturing engagement 她派他去参加演讲。 Example sentencesExamples - Some men from the village chose the four to go with me, arranged all of it and sent us off.
- We knew, of course, that my marriage would be arranged and that I would bring the family honor when I was sent off to be married.
- Alas now if he posted such extracts someone would probably complain that they were commercial posts and send him off to stand in a corner like some naughty little boy.
- After which they can pump up the girl, give her instructions, and send her off to ‘avenge’.
- I better send James off to exchange them for more lightweight paper…
- 1.1(of a referee, especially in soccer or rugby) order a player to leave the field and take no further part in the game.
（尤指足球、橄榄球裁判）罚球员下场 the goalkeeper was sent off for a professional foul 守门员由于故意犯规被罚下场。 Example sentencesExamples - Although he wasn't sent off, the referee booked him, taking his season's points tally to 41 and resulting in a three-match ban.
- But City have seen a copy of Crick's report to the FA which mentions that Combe was sent off for assaulting the referee.
- Football chiefs have warned that attacks on referees are leaving the game dangerously short of officials at grassroots level - after an amateur player was convicted of punching a referee who sent him off.
- They had spent two hours talking about him without criticising him once, not even when he became only the second man to send someone off in a Cup final.
- Ah, happy memories of my rugby playing days (I think there were two rugby playing days in total before I was sent off for ignoring the game altogether and chatting with my mate).
- Imagine my horror when the referee - who was FA approved - sent me off for deliberate handball.
- In 2001, a fifth division player in Sweden was jailed for attacking a referee who had sent him off.
- If I was the referee I'd have sent him off - it was a terrible challenge.
- His intervention, however, was deemed premature by the referee and he was sent off for handling outside his area.
- David was sent off for kicking another player after a tackle.
Synonyms order off, tell to leave the field, dismiss
Dispatch something by post. 寄送；寄发 please take a moment or two to send off a cheque to a good cause 请抽出一点时间为一项崇高事业寄送一张支票吧。 Example sentencesExamples - I will then finish editing it overnight, ready to send it off via express post on Friday.
- I only sent the form off last week and there in the mountain of post as a reply from them telling me I'm sorted to receive the statutory amount whenever I am ready to start.
- About an hour later, I was in a post office, sending it off.
- Before the boxes can be sent off, they need to be checked to ensure they don't contain inappropriate items such as liquids or war toys.
- So, anyway, I shot off to the study to write a covering letter for the deeds and then to the post office to send the package off by special delivery, next day guaranteed.
- ‘We want people to get involved but we do not want people to send things off in the post, just to let us know and we will arrange to have a look at them,’ says Jane Sellars, freelance exhibition curator.
- I queued for the birth certificate, wrote the cheque, sent the application off, sat back and waited.
- It will require that person to send that cheque off to the Inland Revenue Department.
- I had to go to the post office to send a few posters off to those good enough to want to buy some off me (details on home page).
- I sent the videos off to America to have them analysed to check that I wasn't going crazy.
Transmit mail or luggage to a further destination or in advance of one's own arrival. 转寄；（人到达前）先行发送（邮件，行李） I've got your catalogue—would you like me to send it on? 我已收到你的目录——是否要我将它转寄出去？ Example sentencesExamples - A daily system of luggage transportation allows you to send your luggage on to your next stopover and cycle at your ease.
- Corbeau set up his own postal service for the City of Liege; for deliveries outside this area he collected the post but sent it on via the normal postal services.
- After the applicant had been given notice by the Home Office that he was going to be deported, his solicitors, through their inefficiency, sent letters on to the wrong address and, consequently, they were not received by the applicant.
- We would then send the calls on to our customer's destination.
- The commission confirmed yesterday that all three main parties are ignoring its recommendation that they do not handle postal voting applications at a centralised local address of their own before sending them on.
- Postini then filters out the spam and the virus-infected messages, among other things, before sending your mail on.
- Okay, then, I'll ask my people to send my luggage on later, I'd rather set off earlier and travel in comfort.
- The cash would be carried in oak chests, and the keys would be sent on in advance for added safety.
- Allegedly if I send it on to everyone in my address book my wish will come true.
- I'm sending this letter to your old address, hoping that even if you've moved, it will be sent on.
1Produce, emit, or give out something. 发出；放出；射出 radar signals were sent out in powerful pulses 雷达信号以强脉冲发出。 Example sentencesExamples - The president wants to send the signal out there that it's solid.
- Oncologists actually have a lot of evidence indicating that it is the tumor, not healthy cells, that send signals out to blood vessels to stimulate growth.
- Then why don't we outline an industrial policy, send the right signals out to all and sundry and just build the manufacturing enterprises.
- However, the brutal nature of this incident has been recognised by the court, and I think the right signal has been sent out.
- When prices are held down this signal is not sent out.
- But ‘everything out there is going to be received back at the same frequency you send it out at… what you want is a unique signal,’ Williams said.
- They meet in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican and let the world know what is happening by means of a smoke signal coming through a chimney leading to the roof of the chapel a smoke signal is sent out to tell the outside world what is happening.
- To save time, this lure sends a mating signal out into the water to attract all the fish in the area.
- That will send a signal out there straightaway.
- Passionate leadership won't succeed if contradictory signals are sent out.
2Dispatch items to a number of people. 分发；发给 the company sent out written information about the stock 公司以书面形式发布了股票信息。 Example sentencesExamples - As soon as the error was noticed, a stop message was sent out by radio to all trains in the area and the two were never closer than three miles apart.
- I point out that he's still writing and sending his stories out regularly.
- I am writing this letter to send a plea out to the Airdrie people to keep an eye out for these creatures.
- Even though many circulars had been sent out and the public meeting had been well advertised, the councillors acidly noted that the decision would not stop the public complaining that ‘nothing ever happens in Barlick’.
- We'll be sending it out to all the radio stations to give the singers an experience way beyond all their wildest dreams.
- The leaflet says information and advice on steps to be taken in the event of a nuclear emergency will be sent out on radio and television.
- The Associated Press sent a dispatch out of Bangkok that they considered news.
- What takes most time is not sending your information out but waiting for their replies.
- In China, I keep writing Chinese poetry and sending it out to literary journals around the country.
- ‘This is important because, if we do not send this information out, people do not know what we are doing,’ she said.
send someone/something up 1Give an exaggerated imitation of someone or something in order to ridicule them. 〈非正式〉为取笑而夸张地模仿某人（或某事） we used to send him up something rotten 我们过去常模仿他的一些不光彩事情来取笑他。 Example sentencesExamples - In panto I send myself up playing the Gladiator role; in this the character is sent up in the story, and there's lots of fun at everyone's expense.
- They have an answer for that too, though: they're not just sending people up, they insist, but seeking to politicise them.
- Filled with endless mumbo-jumbo dialogue and obvious plot twists, it never begins to convince or enthral and is populated by actors who don't know whether to strive for sincerity or just throw in the towel and send the whole thing up.
Synonyms satirize, ridicule, make fun of, parody, lampoon, mock, caricature, imitate, ape 2Sentence someone to imprisonment. 〈美〉判处监禁 他因纵火罪被判监禁。 Synonyms send to prison, sentence to imprisonment, imprison, jail, incarcerate, lock up, confine, detain, intern, immure
Derivativesadjective This sample demonstrates how to use a custom sendable form. Example sentencesExamples - What if every note you ever took was saveable, searchable and sendable?
OriginOld English sendan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zenden and German senden. Rhymesamend, append, apprehend, ascend, attend, befriend, bend, blend, blende, commend, comprehend, condescend, contend, defriend, depend, emend, end, expend, extend, fend, forfend, friend, impend, interdepend, lend, mend, misapprehend, misspend, offend, on-trend, Oostende, Ostend, perpend, portend, rend, reprehend, scrag-end, spend, subtend, suspend, tail end, tend, transcend, trend, underspend, unfriend, upend, vend, weekend, wend verb & nounsent sɛndsɛnd variant spelling of scend
verbsɛndsend 1with object Cause to go or be taken to a particular destination; arrange for the delivery of, especially by mail. 运送；邮寄 we sent a reminder letter but received no reply 我们寄出了一封提醒信，可是没有收到回音。 with two objects he sent her a nice little note 他送给她一张善意的小纸条。 Example sentencesExamples - Twenty-three letters were sent by recorded delivery on one day.
- But the petition was sent to the Post Office too late to influence its decision to shut the branch on April 5.
- Letters inviting people to vote by post have been sent out by the three main parties in a Southend constituency against official advice.
- We'll send letters and post notices exactly as we've done before.
- For many people the use of email is now an alternative to sending letters through the post.
- Their relationship began 18 months after Myfanwy died, with a low-key old-fashioned courtship; he sent flowers, there were candlelit dinners.
- A personal identification number is sent by post to your home address.
- To return merchandise, pack it carefully (use the original packing material if possible) and send it back to us with a copy of your shipment receipt.
- A total of 940 surveys were mailed, and reminder cards were sent two weeks later.
- Five months after her transfer, she sent a rambling 15-page handwritten letter to two journalists at the Adelaide Advertiser.
- A letter is to be sent to the Post Office and a special meeting of the council is being organised.
- A circular letter was then sent by post to all past and present serving members of the Gardai in the Donegal division.
- Two-thirds of the 82 million items posted every day are sent second class.
- Letters informing parents were sent by first class post yesterday.
- Send flowers if you think it is appropriate.
- We said that we would send letters and post cards and call as often as possible.
- She sends a birthday card to each of her 86 employees, and if she's in the office, she hand delivers it herself.
- I predicted the return of writing letters and sending them by post.
- Ten minutes later I was in the Post Office, handing over yet another envelope to be sent by special delivery.
- A first issue was that the letter had been sent by ordinary post.
- He writes regularly, sometimes sends a little money, and even occasionally telephones.
Synonyms dispatch, post, mail, put in the mail, put in the post, address, get off, convey, consign, direct, forward, redirect, send on, remit, airmail transmit, convey, communicate - 1.1 Cause (a message or computer file) to be transmitted electronically.
send your document as a PDF attachment with two objects I sent him an email last week Example sentencesExamples - I immediately sent the link to everyone I know.
- This morning the entire office was unable to send emails until about 2 pm.
- One customer informed us that he was moving to another ISP even though PlusNet hasn't sent him any warning emails.
- He admitted dangerous driving after sending text messages while driving over 60 mph on a motorway.
- By sending out our Christmas greetings by e-mail, ABP South Wales have been able to make donations to two local charities.
- Look, guys, stop trying to send attachments, OK?
- If you are sending work-related files to a personal e-mail account you could be breaking the law.
- The opportunity to send a text message from the classroom, or use the mobile to call home and complain at the next break is a serious problem.
- A small start-up company based in Silicon Valley has created a system that allows users to send live video feeds directly from their Nokia phones onto the web.
- If you like what you're reading, send a link to the site to friends, family, and co-workers.
- I use my phone for the most basic things - making calls and sending texts.
- We work via email mostly - luckily we both have cable/ISDN so sending files is pretty easy.
- Each year sees an increase in the number of text messages we send.
- This application sends an e-mail alert when specified limits are exceeded.
- It's also important to protect the ministry team by having policies that avoid identity fraud (like sending an email under someone else's email address) and improper Internet use.
- Pierre sent the Austrian webcam links from his home in Salzburg.
- The worm then sends itself to all e-mail addresses it finds in the recipient's files.
- He recently sent an e-mail to his former headteacher, talking of how much he was enjoying the experience of studying in America.
- This morning the Chief Executive Officer sent out an email imploring everyone to take all possible precautions in the current climate.
- You can also send text messages from your laptop.
- 1.2 Order or instruct to go to a particular destination or in a particular direction.
派遣；派往 Clemons sent me to Bangkok for R&R Example sentencesExamples - A unit was sent in the direction of the firing and four men were captured along with a grenade launcher.
- It would be very interesting to know the exact timing of the order to send the unarmed planes after Flight 93.
- When William heard of his arrival, he sent messengers ordering Count Guy to hand over his prisoner, which was duly done.
- A spokesman for the renal unit at MRI this week confirmed they were at breaking point and may have to start refusing treatment, sending people elsewhere in order to treat the most urgent cases.
- They were sent to keep order because there would be two children that would need their help.
- Jade Emperor cried, and he summoned Mountain God, ordering him to send mountains to fall upon the dragons.
- He gave us directions and sent us out the door where we caught another taxi.
- Bong was sent home to instruct others in the art of air combat at Foster Field, Texas.
- The judge then gave his majority direction and sent the jury away for further deliberations.
- Peaceful will be executed by a firing squad for cowardice because he refused to obey an order that sent the rest of his unit to their deaths.
- The United Nations announced yesterday that hundreds of staff in Pakistan and India were ordered to send their families home in the next few days.
- It constitutes the Church's marching orders, sending believers into all the world to share the Gospel with every person.
- The principal printed out her entries, made her do corrective work order, and even sent her for counselling.
- This was a daunting task as funds had to be raised in order to send the athletes over.
- We have sent him on some orders for the excellent value recording, copies of which are being snapped up quickly.
- He's fresh out of jail and he's ready to get serious about sending Hamilton in the direction he thinks is best!
- The Soviet Army initially believed that it was being sent solely to maintain order in the towns while the new regime consolidated.
Synonyms call, call for, call in, summon, ask to come, request, request the attendance of, request the presence of, order, contact, fetch - 1.3no object, with infinitive Send a message or letter.
发消息；发信 he sent to invite her to supper 他写信邀请她共进晚餐。 Example sentencesExamples - He was more a man of deeds than of words - he always performed what he promised, and when this had been done, he sent to let the petitioner know that his wishes had been granted.
- Mr. Norton allowed the child to lie ill for a week - indeed to be at death's door - before he sent to inform me.
- 1.4 Cause to move sharply or quickly; propel.
推进；驱动 the volcano sent clouds of ash up four miles into the air 火山把灰雾喷到四英里高的天空。 Example sentencesExamples - I was bobbing along in my father-in-law's small yacht with my wife and small baby when we were attacked by a jet-skier who raced at us at high speed before turning sharply, sending a wall of water over us in the boat.
- In any kind of breeze they smoke like a forest fire, sending clouds of grey dust over the moored yachts and into harbourside streets.
- She crossed the line and hit the brakes, gripping the emergency brake and pulling it up as she spun the wheel sharply to left, sending her car into a spin, the back end sliding out as she came to a stop.
- Anna quickly reloaded, sending the next bolt over the fence.
- Mike quickly pushed forward sending random shots toward them as the five of them cleared off.
- I walked quickly to the train station, my breath sending a cloud of steam in front of me.
- On March 3, an eruption sent a massive cloud of ash into the sky, but there were no injuries or damage.
- Under the influence of sound waves these tiny hairs move, sending impulses along a nerve pathway to the brain for interpretation.
- He sighed, then sneezed as an unlucky poke of the stick in the fire sent a cloud of smoke into his face.
- The air became cool with a slight breeze that whispered and moved her cloak, sending wisps of dark hair across her face as they rode.
- She managed only to claw the piled ash, sending a cloud into the air.
- The blast of high explosive sent a cloud of dust fountaining into the air.
Synonyms propel, project, send forth, eject, deliver, discharge, spout, fire, shoot, blast, catapult, launch, release, force, push, impel, ram - 1.5send someone to Arrange for someone to go to (an institution) and stay there for a particular purpose.
安排某人进入（机构） many parents prefer to send their children to single-sex schools 许多父母更愿意送孩子去单一性别学校。 Example sentencesExamples - What they're doing is putting the veterans on Medicare programs and sending them to other institutions.
- Her family was forced to send her to an institution.
- His parents had faked his death and sent him to a mental institution, but why?
- Even though he had been sentenced to detention, the authorities did not have to send Joe to prison.
- And in her case, the most constructive thing to do is send her to a mental institution until she's well.
- The woman has a serious personality disorder, she needs care in a secure unit with the necessary support services, instead she has been sent to an institution for the criminally insane.
- The brutality of ‘Victorian’ responses to otherness is echoed in Walter's bleak experience in the institution he is sent to after the death of his parents.
- That's why we gotta send Martha to prison with the common folk.
- In the absence of a safe mental institution Stephen was sent to Bordelais.
- The judge said he regretted having to send her to prison, but there was no other suitable institution available for her.
- That is the way with war crimes such as genocide, the charge which has sent Krstic to prison for the rest of his life.
- Magistrates sent Harris to a young offenders institution for 90 days.
- Instead of sending him to jail, Anse arranges for Darl to be committed to a mental asylum.
- The judge was about to tell the jury something that could seal a verdict of first-degree murder and send Valessa to prison for the rest of her life.
- They could have sent Smith to prison but decided on a curfew and community service.
- The case was heard at Andover, which has custody facilities, in case the magistrates decided to send Little to prison.
- Judge Hoffman said he had considered sending Lewis to prison for four months.
- Eighteen months earlier she had helped send Coburn to prison as a prosecution witness in an armed robbery case.
- Swindon JPs heard that he was disqualified for 12 months in October 2002 after being convicted of dangerous driving, and in April last year he had been sent to a young offenders institution for two offences of driving while disqualified.
- They've decided to send him to a state institution, where he might have to stay for as long as three months.
2informal with object Affect with powerful emotion; put into ecstasy. 〈非正式〉使着迷；使入迷 it's the spectacle and music that send us, not the words 是美景和音乐迷住了我们，而不是那些话语。 Example sentencesExamples - Another neighbour said the murders had sent a wave of emotion through the tight-knit community.
- A word of praise from the shop girl sends a flare of ecstasy over her face.
- When not drinking kava, the islanders grow coffee, the kind that sends coffee buyers into ecstasies.
- The enchanting vivaciousness his women exude could send any man into ecstasy.
- The tape was my first exposure to this music, and it sent a visceral thrill through me.
Synonyms excite, stimulate, move, rouse, stir, thrill, electrify, intoxicate, enrapture, enthral, grip, ravish, charm, delight, give pleasure to, titillate
PhrasesCause someone to be knocked violently off balance or to the ground. 把某人打翻在地 Example sentencesExamples - What if the car knocked him full off the bike and sent him flying?
- Michael again easily avoided the blow and gave a sharp tug on the arm sending James flying to the ground.
- After a while of walking I hit something that sent me flying to the ground.
- It sent her flying to the ground and almost knocked her unconscious.
- With a swipe of his arm that contained more power than I thought possible he knocked me back and sent me flying into the crowd behind me.
- The jolt from the direct hit sent him flying out of his seat and across the cockpit.
- We'd gone a little way, and I was looking out for a good place to stop when, with no warning at all, the bike took a sharp twist sideways sending us flying to the ground.
- A Crimestoppers appeal in the Evening Press trapped the thief who snatched a 74-year-old man's savings and sent him flying to the ground.
- It knocked him back, sending him flying into the corner of the table.
- He fought with her for the gun and sent her flying into a bedpost where she was knocked out.
he sent word that he was busy 他传来话说他很忙。 Example sentencesExamples - The accused, however, were not present: they sent word through their lawyers that they were protesting the OTP's failure to present some materials to them as the bench had ordered.
- But shortly afterwards, Jeremie sent word that he was willing to hold his hand on the executions of the four, but not the entire death row population.
- Couvreur sent word of the human barricade to a local radio station.
- They sent word that the Public Relations unit of the State Government would have all the required details.
- Some time later, Dad sent word via the neighborhood grapevine that it was time for me to return to the scene of the crime.
- They sent word that the soldiers were looking for me.
- We have a strong alliance with them and if they were ever in need they would send word, but no such message has been received.
- They sent word to Kerr privately to ask him to explain himself.
- When they reported he wasn't there, he sent word that he was.
- One day, he sent word from his ship that he would be coming ashore at Larry's River the next day, and word spread among the communities around the Bay.
Phrasal VerbsOrder or request that (something) be sent to one. 函购；函索 you can send away for the recipe 你可以来函索取处方。 Example sentencesExamples - A few years ago, armed with a few extra bucks from my quarterly student loan dispersement, I sent away for an exciting new book that appeared to be the answer to all of my questions about how the West sees herbal medicines.
- The remarking process can cost up to £52 per pupil and, despite sending away for the remarks, many of the students are still waiting for their new grade.
- I really wasn't such a Johnny Ace fan but I felt bad all the same, so I sent away for his picture.
- Rowena immediately recognized it as the Chow Hall apron her sister had sent away for.
- In addition to the three free recipes in the booklet, the consumer can send away for a free recipe swatch containing 16 more recipes and information on Irish beef.
- Do you go to your dentist (a few hundred dollars), or send away for the $39 kit advertised on late night TV?
- I knew that you folks were on tenterhooks about the new black sport coat I sent away for, and yes, as promised, I did have an excellent opportunity to give it its first live-fire exercise Tuesday night.
- The class sent away for a fundraising pack and received information and ideas as to how they could raise E1,000.
- So, I sent away for it and, shortly afterwards, I received my free Easyweigh.
- My mother sent away for every free toy or book available.
1Expel a student from a university. （大学）开除学生 Example sentencesExamples - A myth surrounding the vessels states that if a student drank all the beer held in one, he would be sent down.
- Some have won fully paid scholarships to colleges and Universities and when they get there, they are sent down because the fraud that they perpetuated on themselves and others has now caught up with themselves.
- It's true, I say absolutely nothing insulting nor talk back to the teachers and they send me down.
2Sentence someone to imprisonment. 〈美〉判处监禁 you're going to get sent down for possessing drugs 你将会因拥有毒品而被判处监禁。 Example sentencesExamples - This was before she was sent up to prison, Upstate New York.
- Ricky and Des were sent down because they refused to come to a deal and plead guilty when they knew they were innocent.
- An active member of the Communist Party, he was sent down for his involvement in industrial action by dockyard workers.
- The courts were directed to adopt a strict ‘two counts and you're out’ policy, and he was sent down.
- On his third arrest he was sent down for 11 months.
- In 1992 he was sent up for murder and racketeering.
- Other prisoners were quite supportive - though they found it strange that someone had been sent down for a political campaign.
- He appeared to cement his reputation as a criminal sociopath when he openly laughed as he was sent down for life by the Special Criminal Court in July 1999 for the victim's death.
- Because with that amount of cocaine, they'll send him down for at least 4 years.
- If they can do it for jury duty which can have the power to send someone down for life (or to the table in some US states), then maybe political seats by random lot might not be so strange.
Synonyms send to prison, sentence to imprisonment, imprison, jail, incarcerate, lock up, confine, detain, intern, immure
1Order or instruct (someone) to come to one; summon. 召唤；召至 if you don't go I shall send for the police 如果你不走，我就叫警察了。 Example sentencesExamples - Niko's wounds would heal quickly enough and I instructed the Captain to send for the physician in the morning.
- The doctor nodded ‘Shall I send for Jim and Jack to return her to her quarters?’
- We shall stand watch out here until you send for us.
- Servants shall wait on you while I send for your companions.
- I shall send for a female companion to teach you about these things.
- ‘I shall be sending for you and we shall marry and live together in France,’ he told me.
- Since he told me to invite guests, I had to send for various prominent people so he could demonstrate techniques before them.
- In a few days I will send for you again with instructions on your first assignment.
- That's why I ask you to wait until tomorrow to send for the police.
- Iokaste sends for Oedipus and instructs the Corinthian to inform him of the news.
Synonyms call, call for, call in, summon, ask to come, request, request the attendance of, request the presence of, order, contact, fetch - 1.1Order by mail.
函订；函购 send for our mail order catalog 来函索取我们的邮购产品目录。 Example sentencesExamples - In order to do this effectively it may be given powers equivalent to those of the High Court to summon witnesses, send for documents, administer oaths, etc.
- Have you been invited to send for a TV for only £33.49?
- We phoned a place in Toronto to send for replacement instruments, but made the mistake of telling them they'd probably been stolen.
- I sent for a copy and when I glanced through it, I thought it was really great.
- Athena Review, journal of archaeology, history and exploration, invites you to send for more information on a free issue.
- On May 28, 1915 Gandhi assured VOC: ‘I shall now send for the book subscribed in Natal.’
- Go to www.dharmatrading.com, look over their instruction sheets, & send for a copy of their catalog.
Submit material to be considered for a competition or possible publication. （为参赛或发表）投稿 don't forget to send in your entries for our summer competition 别忘了给我们的夏季竞赛投来你的参赛作品。 Example sentencesExamples - There are a few sponsorship cards outstanding and people are asked to send them in as quickly as possible.
- My advice to anyone planning to come would be to send their forms in as soon as possible - it looks likely that we'll be fully booked out.
- Please be sure as an angler your submission on this final proposal is sent in on time.
- Don't forget to send your votes in for the man of the match, as these votes decide who wins the Evening Press-sponsored Player of the Month award.
- The Supporters' Trust has also appealed for fans who made pledges at the public meeting at Valley Parade last Thursday to send their money in as soon as possible.
- But she accepted that was still not enough and that the Department was still urging people to send their forms in as soon as possible.
- You fill out a voter registration card and send it in.
- Coincidentally, this week's is probably the best so far, and it happens to be a week when I forgot to send a post in.
- You should complete it and send it in as soon as possible.
- So please complete the form and send it in as soon as possible.
Order or request that (something) be sent to one. 函购；函索 I sent off for a handy pack of cards containing useful facts
1Instruct someone to go; arrange for someone's departure. 派遣；派去 she sent him off to a lecturing engagement 她派他去参加演讲。 Example sentencesExamples - Alas now if he posted such extracts someone would probably complain that they were commercial posts and send him off to stand in a corner like some naughty little boy.
- After which they can pump up the girl, give her instructions, and send her off to ‘avenge’.
- Some men from the village chose the four to go with me, arranged all of it and sent us off.
- We knew, of course, that my marriage would be arranged and that I would bring the family honor when I was sent off to be married.
- I better send James off to exchange them for more lightweight paper…
- 1.1(of a referee, especially in soccer or rugby) order a player to leave the field and take no further part in the game.
（尤指足球、橄榄球裁判）罚球员下场 the player was sent off for rough play Example sentencesExamples - Football chiefs have warned that attacks on referees are leaving the game dangerously short of officials at grassroots level - after an amateur player was convicted of punching a referee who sent him off.
- If I was the referee I'd have sent him off - it was a terrible challenge.
- But City have seen a copy of Crick's report to the FA which mentions that Combe was sent off for assaulting the referee.
- David was sent off for kicking another player after a tackle.
- His intervention, however, was deemed premature by the referee and he was sent off for handling outside his area.
- Imagine my horror when the referee - who was FA approved - sent me off for deliberate handball.
- Ah, happy memories of my rugby playing days (I think there were two rugby playing days in total before I was sent off for ignoring the game altogether and chatting with my mate).
- They had spent two hours talking about him without criticising him once, not even when he became only the second man to send someone off in a Cup final.
- Although he wasn't sent off, the referee booked him, taking his season's points tally to 41 and resulting in a three-match ban.
- In 2001, a fifth division player in Sweden was jailed for attacking a referee who had sent him off.
Synonyms order off, tell to leave the field, dismiss
Dispatch something by mail. 寄送；寄发 please take a moment or two to send off a check to a good cause 请抽出一点时间为一项崇高事业寄送一张支票吧。 Example sentencesExamples - So, anyway, I shot off to the study to write a covering letter for the deeds and then to the post office to send the package off by special delivery, next day guaranteed.
- It will require that person to send that cheque off to the Inland Revenue Department.
- I had to go to the post office to send a few posters off to those good enough to want to buy some off me (details on home page).
- I sent the videos off to America to have them analysed to check that I wasn't going crazy.
- I queued for the birth certificate, wrote the cheque, sent the application off, sat back and waited.
- ‘We want people to get involved but we do not want people to send things off in the post, just to let us know and we will arrange to have a look at them,’ says Jane Sellars, freelance exhibition curator.
- I only sent the form off last week and there in the mountain of post as a reply from them telling me I'm sorted to receive the statutory amount whenever I am ready to start.
- About an hour later, I was in a post office, sending it off.
- I will then finish editing it overnight, ready to send it off via express post on Friday.
- Before the boxes can be sent off, they need to be checked to ensure they don't contain inappropriate items such as liquids or war toys.
Transmit mail or luggage to a further destination or in advance of one's own arrival. 转寄；（人到达前）先行发送（邮件，行李） I've got your catalog—would you like me to send it on? 我已收到你的目录——是否要我将它转寄出去？ Example sentencesExamples - The commission confirmed yesterday that all three main parties are ignoring its recommendation that they do not handle postal voting applications at a centralised local address of their own before sending them on.
- The cash would be carried in oak chests, and the keys would be sent on in advance for added safety.
- Allegedly if I send it on to everyone in my address book my wish will come true.
- I'm sending this letter to your old address, hoping that even if you've moved, it will be sent on.
- A daily system of luggage transportation allows you to send your luggage on to your next stopover and cycle at your ease.
- We would then send the calls on to our customer's destination.
- After the applicant had been given notice by the Home Office that he was going to be deported, his solicitors, through their inefficiency, sent letters on to the wrong address and, consequently, they were not received by the applicant.
- Postini then filters out the spam and the virus-infected messages, among other things, before sending your mail on.
- Okay, then, I'll ask my people to send my luggage on later, I'd rather set off earlier and travel in comfort.
- Corbeau set up his own postal service for the City of Liege; for deliveries outside this area he collected the post but sent it on via the normal postal services.
1Produce or give out something; emit something. 发出；放出；射出 radar signals were sent out in powerful pulses 雷达信号以强脉冲发出。 Example sentencesExamples - Then why don't we outline an industrial policy, send the right signals out to all and sundry and just build the manufacturing enterprises.
- The president wants to send the signal out there that it's solid.
- But ‘everything out there is going to be received back at the same frequency you send it out at… what you want is a unique signal,’ Williams said.
- To save time, this lure sends a mating signal out into the water to attract all the fish in the area.
- Passionate leadership won't succeed if contradictory signals are sent out.
- That will send a signal out there straightaway.
- However, the brutal nature of this incident has been recognised by the court, and I think the right signal has been sent out.
- When prices are held down this signal is not sent out.
- They meet in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican and let the world know what is happening by means of a smoke signal coming through a chimney leading to the roof of the chapel a smoke signal is sent out to tell the outside world what is happening.
- Oncologists actually have a lot of evidence indicating that it is the tumor, not healthy cells, that send signals out to blood vessels to stimulate growth.
2Dispatch items to a number of people; distribute something widely. 分发；发给 the company sent out written information about the stock 公司以书面形式发布了股票信息。 Example sentencesExamples - I point out that he's still writing and sending his stories out regularly.
- The Associated Press sent a dispatch out of Bangkok that they considered news.
- In China, I keep writing Chinese poetry and sending it out to literary journals around the country.
- We'll be sending it out to all the radio stations to give the singers an experience way beyond all their wildest dreams.
- The leaflet says information and advice on steps to be taken in the event of a nuclear emergency will be sent out on radio and television.
- I am writing this letter to send a plea out to the Airdrie people to keep an eye out for these creatures.
- ‘This is important because, if we do not send this information out, people do not know what we are doing,’ she said.
- Even though many circulars had been sent out and the public meeting had been well advertised, the councillors acidly noted that the decision would not stop the public complaining that ‘nothing ever happens in Barlick’.
- What takes most time is not sending your information out but waiting for their replies.
- As soon as the error was noticed, a stop message was sent out by radio to all trains in the area and the two were never closer than three miles apart.
Sentence someone to imprisonment. 〈美〉判处监禁
Order delivery of something. Example sentencesExamples - Hogan was so embarrassed that he sent out for a brand new shirt and had it delivered within half an hour.
- Everything was done and dusted by the time we sent out for pizzas - and a pie on a roll for Andy - on Saturday lunchtime.
- ‘Watson,’ he said ‘be so good as to ask Mrs Hudson to send out for a live rabbit from the pet shop off Brook Street.’
- Diners will have sympathised with Ivan, who grew so fed up last week waiting for the chef to cook his dinner that he sent out for an Indian takeaway.
- We're just sending out for sandwiches - ham all right for you, Mr Goldberg?
- Chizoba had just sent out for a double latte, and William had disappeared like a shadow on a cloudy day; one minute he was there, the next he was not.
- Wrote bits of script, drank beer and sent out for a takeaway and everything.
- Otherwise we send out for a Chinese or get something prepared for us downstairs.
- Hollywood is where if you don't have happiness you send out for it.
- Chain-smoking in his silk dressing gown Apollo would occasionally send out for an antique or a rentboy.
send someone/something up Give an exaggerated imitation of someone or something in order to ridicule them. 〈非正式〉为取笑而夸张地模仿某人（或某事） the humorist who sent up sacred cows like school spirit Example sentencesExamples - They have an answer for that too, though: they're not just sending people up, they insist, but seeking to politicise them.
- In panto I send myself up playing the Gladiator role; in this the character is sent up in the story, and there's lots of fun at everyone's expense.
- Filled with endless mumbo-jumbo dialogue and obvious plot twists, it never begins to convince or enthral and is populated by actors who don't know whether to strive for sincerity or just throw in the towel and send the whole thing up.
Synonyms satirize, ridicule, make fun of, parody, lampoon, mock, caricature, imitate, ape
OriginOld English sendan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zenden and German senden. verb & nounsɛndsend variant spelling of scend
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