dispense
- IPA[dəˈspens]
美式
- distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people；(of a machine) supply (a product or cash)
verb: dispense, 3rd person present: dispenses, gerund or present participle: dispensing, past tense: dispensed, past participle: dispensed
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動詞
- 1. distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people he dispensed a gentle pat on Claude's back 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a machine) supply (a product or cash) the machines dispense a range of drinks and snacks 同義詞
- ▪ (of a pharmacist) make up and give out (medicine) according to a doctor's prescription he was stopped from dispensing prescriptions
- 2. manage without or get rid of let's dispense with the formalities, shall we?
- ▪ give special exemption from (a law or rule) the Secretary of State was empowered to dispense with the nationality requirement in individual cases
- ▪ grant (someone) an exemption from a religious obligation the Pope personally nominated him as bishop, dispensing him from his impediment 同義詞
- dismiss someone from a job
Oxford Dictionary
- dismiss someone from a job
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[dɪˈspɛns]
英式
- distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people: orderlies went round dispensing drinks
Oxford Dictionary
