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| 1 | to post a letter or parcel to someone 寄（信或包裹）；发送 |
| I sent the letters yesterday, so they should arrive today. 我昨天寄的信，所以它们今天应该能寄到。 |
| send sb sth I’ ll send you a copy of the report. 我会给你寄一份报告。 |
| send sth to sb I forgot to send a birthday card to Amy. 我忘记给埃米寄生日贺卡了。 |
| send sth by post/mail/airmail etc I think it’ s too heavy to send by airmail. 我认为这太重了，用航空邮件寄不了。 |
| | 1a | to arrange for something to be taken to a place 发送；运送 | | send sth to sth The government is sending food supplies to the stricken island. 政府正在把食品发往那个受灾的岛。 | |
| | 1b | to arrange for a shop or organization to deliver something to a person or place 安排（商店或机构）（代为）发送 | | I must remember to send Helen some flowers for her birthday. 我必须记住海伦过生日时让人送些花给她。 | | send sb sth He sent me a lovely bouquet. 他给我送来一束可爱的花。 | | send sth to sb/sth You can have the books sent direct to your home. 你可以让人把这些书直接送到你家。 | |
| | 1c | to arrange for a message to be delivered to a person by email （用电子邮件）发送（信息） | | I’ ll send you an email with all the details. 我会发给你一份包含所有详情的电子邮件。 | | Did you get that message I sent you? 你收到我发给你的信息了吗？ | |
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| 2 | to put soldiers or military equipment in a place , especially because there is a war （尤指因战争）派遣（士兵或军用设备）去，命令…去 |
| Two navy warships have been sent to the area. 两艘海军战舰已被派往该地区。 |
| Officials are sending troops to stop the takeover. 官员们命令军队去阻止接管。 |
| Last week, their government sent 30 fighter jets. 上星期他们的政府派出了30架战斗机。 |
| Once again young men are being sent into battle. 年轻人又一次被派上战场。 |
| | 2a | to arrange for someone to go to a place to do a job 派遣（某人）去 | | The company has promised to send an engineer tomorrow. 公司答应明天派个工程师去。 | | send sb to do sth Britain has sent a team of doctors to help with the rescue efforts. 英国已派了一队医生前去协助救援工作。 | | send sb to sth Each country will send two delegates to the conference. 每个国家将派两名代表与会。 | |
| | 2b | to force someone to go somewhere using an official order （以官方命令）强迫…去 | | Opponents of the regime are either killed or sent into exile. 该政权的反对者不是被杀就是被流放。 | | Most of the refugees will be sent back home. 大部分难民将被遣送回家。 | |
| | 2c | to make arrangements for someone to go to a place to study 安排去…学习 | | When she was twelve, her parents sent her to school in Oxford. 她12岁时，她的父母送她去牛津的学校上学。 | | His parents couldn’ t afford to send him to university. 他的父母没钱供他上大学。 | |
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| 3 | to make someone move or fall suddenly 使突然移动（或跌倒） |
| A fire in the casino sent people fleeing for safety. 赌场的大火迫使人们纷纷逃命。 |
| | 3a | to make something fall or move suddenly through the air 迫使在空中突然落下（或移动） | | A careless step sent rocks tumbling down on the climbers below. 一步不小心便使石头翻滚到了下面的爬山者身上。 | |
| | 3b | to make someone feel a particular emotion 使产生某种情感 | | She said no, which sent him into a terrible sulk. 她说不，这使他大生闷气。 | |
| | 3c | to make something happen 使发生 | | Concerns about the economy have sent share prices tumbling today. 对经济的担心使得今天的股价下跌。 | |
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| 4 | to allow a substance such as smoke or something made by a chemical process to escape into the atmosphere 排放，排出（烟或化学反应的产生物等） |
| Forest fires sent up smoke for miles around. 森林大火喷出方圆几英里的烟。 |
| Dangerous chemical fumes were sent out by the explosion. 爆炸释放出危险的化学浓烟。 |
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| - | sendchillsup/down sb’ s spine
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| to make someone feel very frightened or excited |
| 使某人怕得脊梁骨发冷；使某人非常激动 |
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| Grandfather’ s ghost stories sent chills up my spine. 祖父的鬼故事吓得我脊梁骨发冷。 |
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| - | send your love
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| to express your friendly thoughts or love for someone through another person |
| 代为致意；转达爱意 |
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| Anna and the kids send their love. 安娜和孩子们向你问好。 |
| Please send my love to Stuart. 请代我向斯图尔特致意。 |
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| - | send a/the message (that)
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| if a group of people sends a particular message , they publicly show other people how they feel about something |
| （某群体）传达出信息，公开表明 |
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| Not helping these people will send the message that we don’ t care. 不帮助这些人将表明我们并不在意。 |
| We don’ t want to send the wrong messages to our young people. 我们不想把错误信息传达给我们的年轻人。 |
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| - | send sb packing informal
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| to make someone leave a place |
| 使某人离开；让某人卷铺盖走人 |
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| They had a huge row, and she sent him packing. 他们大吵了一架，然后她就让他走人了。 |
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| - | sendshock waves through sth
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| to upset a lot of people |
| 惊动许多人（或某一地区） |
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| His arrest yesterday sent shock waves through the community. 他昨天被捕惊动了整个社区。 |
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| - | ˌsend aˈway |
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| | to order someone to leave a place 命令…离开；把…打发走 | His solicitor was sent away by the security guards. 他的律师被保安打发走了。 | |
| - | ˌsend aˈway for |
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| | send away for sth: to write to a person or organization asking them to send something to you 函购；函索 | I’ ve sent away for details of their holiday packages. 我已去信索要假期旅行套餐的详细情况。 | |
| - | ˌsend ˈback |
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| | to return something that is not satisfactory 退还，送回（不满意的东西） | If you’ re not happy with it, you can always send it back. 您如果不满意，可以随时退还。 | |
| - | ˌsend ˈdown |
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| | to send someone to prison 使坐牢 | He’ s been sent down for five years for forgery. 他因伪造罪而被判刑5年。 | |
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| | to be ordered to leave a university because you have behaved badly | | 被（大学）开除 | | | | Eric was sent down for cheating in examinations. 埃里克因考试舞弊而被开除。 | | | |
| - | ˈsend for |
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| 1 | send for sb: to ask for someone to come to you 请（某人）来 | I think we should send for a doctor. 我想我们应该让人请个医生来。 | |
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| 2 | send for sth: to arrange for something to come to you or be delivered to you 安排送来；订购 | In the end we had to send for an ambulance. 最后我们只好叫了辆救护车。 | | I’ ve sent for their latest catalogue. 我已去信索要他们的最新目录。 | |
| - | ˌsend ˈin |
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| 1 | to arrange for people or equipment to go to a place 派（人或设备）去 | Government forces were sent in to fight the rebellion. 政府军被派去镇压叛乱。 | |
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| 2 | to send a letter or document to an organization 递送，呈交（信件或文件） | Entry forms must be sent in by December 21. 参赛表格必须在12月21日前提交。 | | Keep sending your letters and suggestions in to the BBC. 请继续给英国广播公司写信或提建议。 | |
| - | ˌsend ˈoff |
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| 1 | to post something to someone 邮寄；寄送 | I must get the parcel sent off tomorrow. 我明天必须把包裹邮寄出去。 | |
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| 2 | to arrange for someone to go somewhere 安排…去 | We’ ve sent the children off to the zoo for the afternoon. 我们下午把孩子们打发去了动物园。 | |
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| 3 | BRITISH to tell a sports player officially to leave the sports field because they have done something that is not allowed by the rules 罚（运动员）下场 | He was sent off for arguing with the referee. 他因与裁判争吵而被罚下场。 | |
| - | ˌsend ˈout |
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| 1 | to send a lot of copies of the same document to a large number of people （向许多人）发送，分发（同一文件） | We sent out 300 invitations to our gallery opening. 我们发出了300份参加我们画廊开业典礼的邀请。 | |
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| 2 | to allow a substance such as smoke or chemicals to escape into the atmosphere 排出（烟或化学物等） | The factory sends out toxic gases into the surrounding countryside. 这家工厂向周围村庄排放有毒气体。 | |
| - | ˌsend ˈout for |
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| | send out for sth: to order something and ask for it to be delivered to you 订购 | I don’ t feel like cooking – let’ s send out for a pizza. 我不想做饭，我们订个比萨饼吧。 | |
| - | ˌsend ˈup |
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| 1 | to make someone seem silly by pretending to speak or behave like them （通过模仿）取笑，讽刺 | He sends the prime minister up brilliantly. 他对首相的模仿讽刺棒极了。 | |
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| 2 | AMERICAN to send someone to prison 使坐牢 | He was sent up for 10 years. 他被监禁10年。 | |
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