de·liv·er
verb/dɪˈlɪvə(r)/
/dɪˈlɪvər/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they deliver | /dɪˈlɪvə(r)/ /dɪˈlɪvər/ |
| he / she / it delivers | /dɪˈlɪvəz/ /dɪˈlɪvərz/ |
| past simple delivered | /dɪˈlɪvəd/ /dɪˈlɪvərd/ |
| past participle delivered | /dɪˈlɪvəd/ /dɪˈlɪvərd/ |
| -ing form delivering | /dɪˈlɪvərɪŋ/ /dɪˈlɪvərɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to take goods, letters, etc. to the person or people they have been sent to
传送；交付；运送；投递 - deliver something I get my food delivered from the supermarket to save time.
为了节省时间，我让超市把食品送过来。 - deliver something to somebody/something Leaflets have been delivered to every household.
传单已发送到每家每户。 - deliver (to somebody/something) We promise to deliver within 48 hours.
我们承诺在 48 小时内送到。 - We deliver to our stores seven days a week.
我们每周 7 天送货到我们的商店。
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingb1- The company will deliver free of charge.
公司会免费送货上门。 - The letter was delivered to his office.
那封信送到了他的办公室。 - The package had been delivered by hand.
这件包裹是由专人递送的。 - You can either collect the goods or have them delivered.
你可以亲自取货，或让人递送。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- free of charge
- by hand
- personally
- …
- to
- by
- via
- …
- have something delivered
- deliver something I get my food delivered from the supermarket to save time.
- [transitive] to give or send information or ideas to somebody
传送；传递 - deliver something Let me deliver the good news first.
让我先传达一个好消息。 - The video delivers a clear message about road safety.
这个视频传递了有关道路安全的清晰信息。 - Essentially, Web designers must deliver content simply and effectively.
从本质上讲，网页设计师必须简单有效地提供内容。 - deliver something to somebody/something Online training sessions are delivered directly to your desktop.
在线培训课程直接传送到电脑桌面。 - deliver something via something Our courses are delivered via the internet.
我们是通过互联网授课的。
- deliver something Let me deliver the good news first.
- [transitive] deliver something to give a speech, talk, performance, etc. or to make an official statement
发表；表演；宣布 - She will deliver a major speech on foreign policy tomorrow.
她明天将发表一次关于外交政策的重要演讲。 - to deliver an address/a lecture/a sermon
发表演说；讲课；布道 - The cast delivered the performances of a lifetime.
全体演员给出了毕生最精彩的表演。 - The jury finally delivered its verdict.
陪审团终于宣布了裁定。
Extra Examples- She is due to deliver a lecture on genetic engineering.
她将发表关于基因工程的讲座。 - He delivered his lines confidently.
他自信地说出台词。 - The Court delivered its judgement earlier this month.
法院于本月早些时候作出判决。
- She will deliver a major speech on foreign policy tomorrow.
- [intransitive, transitive] to do what you promised to do or what you are expected to do; to produce or provide what people expect you to
履行诺言；不负所望；兑现 - He has promised to finish the job by June and I am sure he will deliver.
他答应在六月底完成这项工作，我相信他会履行诺言。 - deliver on something She always delivers on her promises.
她总是信守诺言。 - deliver something If you can't deliver improved sales figures, you're fired.
如果你不能按照要求提高销售额，就会被解雇。 - The team delivered a stunning victory last night.
昨晚这个队不负众望，大获全胜。 - Successive administrations have failed to deliver adequate funding for education.
历届政府都未能为教育提供足够的资金。 - the failure of successive governments to deliver economic growth
历届政府未能实现经济增长 - deliver something to somebody There have been major breakdowns in delivering services to elderly residents.
向老年居民提供服务出现了重大停摆。
Extra Examples- They said they'll do it, but do you really think they will be able to deliver?
他们说他们会做到，但你真的认为他们能够做到吗？ - products that deliver on customer expectations
达到顾客期望值的产品 - Our aim is deliver high quality services everywhere and at all times.
我们的目标是随时随地提供高质量的服务。 - These changes will deliver real benefits for our customers.
这些变化将为我们的客户带来真正的好处。 - a company which consistently delivers value in its relationships with customers and consumers
一家在与客户和消费者的关系中始终如一地提供价值的公司
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- consistently
- effectively
- efficiently
- …
- on
- He has promised to finish the job by June and I am sure he will deliver.
- [transitive] to take somebody somewhere; to give somebody into somebody else's care or control
送某人去某地；移交；托付 - deliver somebody She delivered the kids on time at their father's house.
她准时把孩子们送到他们的父亲家。 - deliver somebody to somebody/something The taxi delivered us to our hotel.
出租车把我们送到了宾馆。 - deliver somebody (up/over) (to somebody/something) They delivered their prisoner over to the invading army.
他们把俘虏移交给了侵略军。
- deliver somebody She delivered the kids on time at their father's house.
- [transitive] deliver a baby to help a woman to give birth to a baby
助产；接生 - The baby was delivered by Caesarean section.
这个婴儿是剖腹产下的。 - The baby was delivered safely on Tuesday night.
婴儿在星期二晚上安全地生了下来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- safely
- by Caesarean
- by Caesarean section
- …
- The baby was delivered by Caesarean section.
- [transitive] to give birth to a baby
分娩；生孩子 - deliver something The number of women delivering their babies in hospital increased.
在医院分娩的妇女增多了。 - be delivered of something (formal) She was delivered of a healthy boy.
她生下一个健康的男孩儿。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- safely
- by Caesarean
- by Caesarean section
- …
- deliver something The number of women delivering their babies in hospital increased.
- [transitive] deliver something to throw or aim something
投掷；把…瞄准；用…对准 - He delivered the blow (= hit somebody hard) with all his force.
他打这一下使出了全身的力气。
- He delivered the blow (= hit somebody hard) with all his force.
- [transitive] deliver somebody (from something) (old use) to rescue somebody from something bad
解救；拯救；使摆脱 - Deliver us from evil.
‘圣经’救我们脱离邪恶
- Deliver us from evil.
take goods/letters
give/send information
give speech
keep promise
give to somebody’s care or control
baby
throw
rescue
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French delivrer, based on Latin de- ‘away’ + liberare ‘set free’.
Idioms
deliver the goods | come up with the goods
- (informal) to do what you have promised to do or what people expect or want you to do
履行诺言；不负所望 - We expected great things of the England team, but on the day they simply failed to deliver the goods.
我们本指望英格兰队大获全胜，可那天他们真是有负众望。
- We expected great things of the England team, but on the day they simply failed to deliver the goods.
Wordfinder
- birth
- breech birth
- caesarean section
- contraction
- deliver
- induce
- labour
- midwife
- obstetrics
- umbilical cord
signed and sealed | signed, sealed and delivered
- definite, because all the legal documents have been signed
签名盖章完毕的；铁定的；成定局的 More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane