send

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

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。

I sent a copy to the school principal. 我寄了一份复印件给校长。

2. V-T If you send someone somewhere, you tell them to go there. 派遣; 打发

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。

...the government's decision to send troops to the region. …政府向该地区派遣军队的决定。

I suggested that he rest, and sent him for an X-ray. 我建议他休息，并叫他去作一次X光检查。

3. V-T 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)

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 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)

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 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

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。

A left hook sent him reeling. 一记左钩拳打得他踉踉跄跄。

6. V-T 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)

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。

...before civil war and famine sent the country plunging into anarchy. …在内战和饥荒让这个国家陷入一片混乱之前。

7. to send someone packing→see pack