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dispense

/dih-spens/US // dɪˈspɛns //UK // (dɪˈspɛns) //

分发,分装,分派,分注

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    dis·pensed, dis·pens·ing.

    • : to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
    • : to administer: to dispense the law without bias.
    • : Pharmacology. to make up and distribute, especially on prescription.
    • : Roman Catholic Church. to grant dispensation.
v.无主动词 verb
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    dis·pensed, dis·pens·ing.

    • : to grant dispensation.
n.名词 noun
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    • : Obsolete. expenditure.
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    • : dispense with, to do without; forgo: to dispense with preliminaries.to do away with; rid of.to grant exemption from a law or promise.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdole out supply
Forms: dispensing

Examples

  • But he was always uncommonly gracious, a truly gentle man, willing to dispense wisdom and perspective when asked.

  • The question is not whether they are right or wrong but why they feel an impulse to dispense their advice in the first place.

  • Instead of the eight flavors a typical fountain could dispense, they might want 15 or 20.

  • Let's hope they dispense with the slow courtship and start to dance.

  • As nice as it would have been to dispense with the fairy tale tropes altogether, they are necessary here.

  • With his pipe he would not dispense, and he always took two or three puffs, at least, before undertaking anything.

  • Divinely precious and infinitely perfect as it is, there is no part of it with which he can dispense.

  • She belonged to that ultra-modern school which scorns to sue masculine admiration, but which cannot dispense with it nevertheless.

  • There were very few days during our entire summer's tour when one could dispense with cloaks and overcoats.

  • At no time in the summer were we able to dispense for any length of time with heavy wraps and robes while on the road.