Dispatch

[dɪˈspætʃ] or [dɪ'spætʃ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of sending off something.

(noun.) killing a person or animal.

(noun.) the property of being prompt and efficient; 'it was done with dispatch'.

(noun.) an official report (usually sent in haste).

(verb.) kill without delay; 'the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators'.

(verb.) send away towards a designated goal.

(verb.) dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently; 'He dispatched the task he was assigned'.

(verb.) complete or carry out; 'discharge one's duties'.

戴夫校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

(v. t.) To rid; to free.

(v. t.) To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.

(v. t.) To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.

(v. t.) To send out of the world; to put to death.

(v. i.) To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.

(v. t.) The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.

(v. t.) Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.

(v. t.) The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.

(v. t.) A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.

(v. t.) A message transmitted by telegraph.

整理:昆廷

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [Written also Despatch.] [1]. Send away (in haste).[2]. Kill, slay, slaughter, assassinate, put to death, send out of the world.[3]. Hasten, expedite, accelerate, speed, quicken, forward, push or urge forward, press or urge on, make short work of.

n. [1]. Speed, haste, expedition, promptness, celerity.[2]. Message, communication, telegram.

校對:内奥米

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Expedite, send, accelerate, hasten, execute, conclude,{Used_also_in_the_sense_of_kill}

ANT:Retard, detain, obstruct, impede

弗雷迪手打

解釋/意思:

Same as Despatch.

v.t. to send away hastily: to send out of the world: to put to death: to dispose of: to perform speedily.—v.i. (Shak.) to make haste.—n. a sending away in haste: dismissal: rapid performance: haste: the sending off of the mails: that which is despatched as a message esp. telegraphic.—ns. Despatch′-boat a government vessel for carrying despatches; Despatch′-box a box for containing official despatches; Despatch′er.—adv. Despatch′ful (Milt.) swift.—Happy despatch a playful name given to the Japanese hara-kiri or judicial suicide; Pneumatic despatch (see Pneumatic).

編輯:雷金纳德