send
verb[T]
uk/send/us/send/sent|sentsendverb[T](POST/EMAIL)
A1
tocausesomething to go from oneplaceto another,especiallybypostoremail:
送;发送;(尤指)邮寄[+ two objects]I'll send her aletter/email/parcel/postcardnextweek.我下周要给她寄信/发电子邮件/寄包裹/寄明信片。
We'll send itbypost/airmail/sea.我们将用邮寄/航空/海运的方式发送。
Could you send areplytothem asquicklyaspossible?你能否尽快给他们回信?
Thenewsreportwas sent bysatellite.这份新闻报道是用卫星传送的。
She sent amessagewithJohnto say that she couldn't come.她让约翰捎信说自己不能来了。
They sent herflowersfor herbirthday.他们送花为她庆祝生日。
Maggie sends herloveandhopesyou'llfeelbettersoon.玛吉问候你,希望你早日康复。
- We will send you writtenconfirmationofouroffershortly.
- If you send itairmail, it'll be veryexpensive.
- Please send thisletterbyexpressdelivery.
- I'll send you myemailaddressonceI'monline.
- I've sent my CV to a fewcompaniesin theregion.
- Please send acoveringletterwithyourapplicationform.
Delivering and despatching
- air bridge
- air corridor
- air drop
- air-dash
- box scheme
- consign
- courier
- drop off
- misaddress
- misdirect
- misdirection
- misroute
- sendsomethingon
- sendsomethingout
- ship
- shipment
- shipper
- shoot
- truck
sendverb[T](CAUSE TO GO)
B2
tocauseorordersomeone to go and do something:
送走;派遣[+ to infinitive]We're sending thekidstostaywith myparentsfor acoupleofweeks.我们要把孩子送去和我的父母住上几个星期。
Thecommanderhasaskedus to send reinforcements.指挥官要我们派增援部队。
They've senttheirson(away)toboardingschool.他们已经把儿子送去寄宿学校上学。
He wastryingtoexplainbut shebecameimpatientand sent him away(= told him toleave).他试图解释,但她不耐烦起来,把他打发走了。
When she was eight, they sent heroff toboardingschool.
- I've sent Milly down to theshopsto get somebread.
- I sent him into thehouseto get someglasses.
- They sendtheirkidstoprivateschools.
- They've senttroopsinto theregion.
- Histeachersent him out of theroomforswearing.
Delivering and despatching
- air bridge
- air corridor
- air drop
- air-dash
- box scheme
- consign
- courier
- drop off
- misaddress
- misdirect
- misdirection
- misroute
- sendsomethingon
- sendsomethingout
- ship
- shipment
- shipper
- shoot
- truck
sendverb[T](CAUSE TO HAPPEN)
C2
tocausesomeone or something to do aparticularthing, or tocausesomething tohappen:
使做…;使发生Theexplosionsent thecrowdintoapanic.爆炸让人群恐慌起来。
Watchingtelevisionalways sends metosleep.看电视总会让我睡着。
[+ adj]UKHisuntidinesssends hercrazy/mad/wild.他的邋遢让她大为恼火。
[+ -ing verb]Theannouncementof thefallinprofitssent the company'ssharepriceplummeting(=causedit to go down a lot).利润下降的公告使公司的股价大幅下跌。
Thedraughtfrom thefansentpapersflyingall over theroom.电扇的风吹得文件满屋乱飞。
- Hisvoicecould send me tosleep.
- Thisjobis going to send menuts.
- Thenewssent the company'sstockdiving,dropping10percent.
- Speculationalonehas sent the company'ssharesup from 304p to 316p.
- This then sentinterestratessoaring.
Causing things to happen
- -induced
- activate
- activation
- actuation
- agent
- attribute
- attributesomethingtosomeone
- implementation
- in
- inaugurate
- inauguration
- pioneer
- reactivate
- realization
- realize
- reattribute
- reawaken
- render
- seed
- spark
Idioms
sendsomeonepacking
sendsomeoneto Coventry
send shivers down/upsomeone'sspine
send a signal (to sb) that
send a message
send word
Phrasal verbs
sendsomethingback
sendsomeonedown
send forsomeone
send (off/away) for/tosomething
sendsomethingin
sendsomeonein
sendsomethingoff
sendsomeoneoff
sendsomethingon
sendsomethingout
send out forsomething
sendsomeoneup
sendsomeone/somethingup