distribute
/dɪˈstrɪbjuːt/verb
with obj.
1
- give a share or a unit of (something) to each of a number of recipients分发; 分配：
information leaflets are being distributed to hotels and guest houses.
资料传单正在被分发到旅馆和宾馆。
1.1
- supply (goods) to shops and other businesses that sell to consumers批发, 分销：
the journal is distributed worldwide.
该期刊分销世界各地。
1.2
be distributed
occur throughout an area分布：the birds are mainly distributed in marshes and river valleys.
这些鸟主要分布在湿地和河谷。
1.3
- Printing separate (metal type that has been set up) and return the characters to their separate compartments in a type case【印刷】拆（版）还字。
2
- Logic use (a term) to include every individual of the class to which it refers【逻】周延：
the middle term must be distributed, at least once, in the premises.
中项在前提中必须周延至少一次。
2.1
- spread (a load) over an area分散（负载）：
the seat is designed to ensure the weight of the passenger is evenly distributed.
这种座位的设计是为了确保乘客的体重均匀分布。
2.2
- as adj. distributed Computing (of a computer system) spread over several machines, especially over a network【计算机】（计算机系统）通过网络分布于多台计算机的。
USAGE
The word distribute is pronounced either with the stress on the -stri- or with the stress on the dis-. Until recently the latter， with the stress on the first syllable， was considered incorrect in standard British English， but now both pronunciations are standard.
派生词
distributable
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Latin distribut- 'divided up'， from the verb distribuere, from dis- 'apart'+tribuere'assign'.