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dispatched

/dih-spach/US // dɪˈspætʃ //UK // (dɪˈspætʃ) //

已派遣,派遣了,派遣的,派出所

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
    • : to dismiss, as after an audience.
    • : to put to death; kill: The spy was promptly dispatched.
    • : to transact or dispose of promptly or speedily.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Archaic. to hasten; be quick.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the sending off of a messenger, letter, etc., to a destination.
    • : the act of putting to death; killing; execution.
    • : prompt or speedy transaction, as of business.
    • : expeditious performance; promptness or speed: Proceed with all possible dispatch.
    • : Commerce. a method of effecting a speedy delivery of goods, money, etc.a conveyance or organization for the expeditious transmission of goods, money, etc.
    • : a written message sent with speed.
    • : an official communication sent by special messenger.
    • : Journalism. a news story transmitted to a newspaper, wire service, or the like, by one of its reporters, or by a wire service to a newspaper or other news agency.

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Examples

  • Now the Times’ chief Africa correspondent, Walsh contributed dispatches that pulsated with urgency and empathy.

  • The wording for the myriad dispatches have spanned the substance spectrum.

  • Every year our Voices of the Voters posts produce some very memorable moments, and already this dispatch from La Jolla has joined the Hall of Fame.

  • Few “inconveniences trouble the life of anyone on the governor’s train,” journalist Richard Rovere wrote in a campaign dispatch for the New Yorker.

  • Westenhofer’s husband is a dispatch manager at a trucking company who works long hours.

  • One police officer was coolly dispatched as he lay wounded on the sidewalk.

  • In 1970, Hunter S. Thompson was dispatched to report on a motorcycle race in Las Vegas.

  • A car was indeed dispatched, with no mention that the suspect was possibly a juvenile and that the gun might be a toy.

  • He also claimed that the CIA had dispatched a clone of himself to Foxcatcher Farm to kill Schultz.

  • Every “Good Kill,” or successfully dispatched militant, costs $68,000 in taxpayer dollars.

  • But mindful of her fears, he dispatched one of the troopers to stand sentry outside her door whilst he and his lackey supped.

  • Having dispatched these notes, the next step is to prepare to receive your guests.

  • Cabral dispatched a small vessel to Lisbon to announce his discovery, and then, without making any settlement, proceeded to India.

  • Scattergood, with great show of solicitude, dispatched a youngster to the deacon's house for his extra limb.

  • After all, what would principally interest the curiosity of friendship may be dispatched in two words—I am well and happy.