send /sɛnd/ star5 CET4 TEM4 (sending,sent,sends)

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  V-T（及物动词） When you send someone something, you arrange for it to be taken and delivered to them, for example, by mail. 邮寄; 发送

  例：

  Myra Cunningham sent me a note thanking me for dinner.

  迈拉·坎宁安寄给了我一封短信，感谢我请她吃饭。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you send someone somewhere, you tell them to go there. 派遣; 打发

  例：

  Inspector Banbury came up to see her, but she sent him away.

  班伯里警官过来看她，但她却把他打发走了。

• 3.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you send someone to an institution such as a school or a prison, you arrange for them to stay there for a period of time. 把…送进 (学校、监狱等)

  例：

  It's his parents' choice to send him to a boarding school, rather than a convenient day school.

  把他送到寄宿学校而不是去附近的走读学校，是他父母的决定。

• 4.  

  V-T（及物动词） To send a signal means to cause it to go to a place by means of radio waves or electricity. (通过电波或电) 发送 (信号)

  例：

  The transmitters will send a signal automatically to a local base station.

  发射台会自动将信号发送到地方基站。

• 5.  

  V-T（及物动词） If something sends things or people in a particular direction, it causes them to move in that direction. 使 (向某方向) 移动

  例：

  The explosion sent shrapnel flying through the sides of cars on the crowded motorway.

  这场爆炸使得炸弹碎片从拥挤公路上的车辆两侧飞过。

• 6.  

  V-T（及物动词） To send someone or something into a particular state means to cause them to go into or be in that state. 使进入 (某种状态)

  例：

  My attempt to fix it sent Lawrence into fits of laughter.

  我尝试着修理它，逗得劳伦斯笑得前仰后合。

• 7.  

  （） to send someone packing →see pack