dispense
/dɪsˈpens/verb
1
- with obj. distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people分发; 提供（服务, 信息）：
orderlies went round dispensing drinks.
勤务兵四处分发饮料。
1.1
- (of a machine) supply (a product or cash)（机器）提供（产品或现金）：
the machines dispense a range of drinks and snacks
这些机器发售各种各样的饮料和小吃
as adj. dispensing a dispensing machine.一台售货机。
1.2
- (of a chemist) make up and give out (medicine) according to a doctor's prescription（按处方）配（药）, 发（药）。
2
- no obj.
dispense with
manage without; get rid of没有也行; 去掉： let's dispense with the formalities, shall we?
我们不要拘泥于形式, 好吗？
2.1
dispense with
give special exemption from (a law or rule)给予特许; 豁免：the Secretary of State was empowered to dispense with the nationality requirement in individual cases.
国务卿有权在个别情况下豁免国别要求。
2.2
- grant (someone) an exemption from a religious obligation豁免（某人）的宗教义务：
the pope personally nominated him as bishop, dispensing him from his impediment.
教皇亲自任命他为主教, 为他扫除了障碍。
短语
dispense with someone's services
- dismiss someone from a job解雇某人。
词源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin dispensare 'continue to weigh out or disburse'， from the verb dispendere, based on pendere 'weigh'.