Dispense
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v.分配, 分发
- [英] v.分配, 分发 ( to distribute in portions)
- [记] dis[分开]+pense[花费] -> 分开花费 -> 分配, 分送[财物])
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
verb (dispensed; dispensing)
- Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin dispensare to exempt, from Latin, to distribute, from dis- + pensare to weigh, frequentative of pendere to weigh, pay out — more at spin
- Date: 14th century
- transitive verb
- 1.
- a. to deal out in portions
- b. administer <dispense justice>
- 2. to give dispensation to ; exempt
- 3. to prepare and distribute (medication)
- 1.
- intransitive verb
- archaic to grant dispensation
- Synonyms: see distribute