Dispatch



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.派遣; 一下子做完、吃完; n.迅速
• ［英］ v.派遣 ( to send off or out promptly) ; 一下子做完、吃完 ( to eat up quickly) ; n.迅速 ( promptness; haste)
• ［记］ dis+patch ( 妨碍) -> 去掉妨碍 -> 迅速完成;
• ［同］ 参考: patch ( 补丁 -> 有碍外观)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Spanish despachar or Italian dispacciare, from Occitan despachar to get rid of, from Middle French despechier to set free, from Old French, from des- dis- + -pechier (as in enpechier to ensnare) — more at impeach
• Date: 1517
• transitive verb
  • 1. to send off or away with promptness or speed; especially to send off on official business
  • 2.
    • a. to kill with quick efficiency
    • b. obsolete deprive
  • 3. to dispose of (as a task) rapidly or efficiently
  • 4. defeat 3
• intransitive verb
  • archaic to make haste ; hurry
• Synonyms: see kill
• ? dispatcher noun

II. noun

• Date: 1537
• 1.
  • a. a message sent with speed; especially an important official message sent by a diplomatic, military, or naval officer
  • b. a news item filed by a correspondent
• 2. the act of dispatching: as
  • a. obsolete dismissal
  • b. the act of killing
  • c.
    • (1) prompt settlement (as of an item of business)
    • (2) quick riddance
  • d. a sending off ; shipment
• 3. promptness and efficiency in performance or transmission <done with dispatch>
• Synonyms: see haste

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