69 SEND: 發(fā)送，寄；派遣，打發(fā)；送

69 SEND: 發(fā)送，寄；派遣，打發(fā)；送

詞組講解

1. send away for sth. / send away *** 函索，函購

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：［為了（for）］得到某物而寄［出（away）］信件

例 You can order it at a parts store, or send away for it from a supplier.

2. send for sb. or sth. *** 派人去請，派人去拿

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：派某人［去找（for）］某人或某物；參照send out for sb. or sth.

例 King Abdul sent for his top military advisor.

3. send 〔write〕 in for sth. *** 函購

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：［為了（for）］得到某物而寄信；參照send away for sth.

例 Magazines are full of advertisements for things you can send in for.

4. send 〔write〕 off for sth. *** 函購

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：［為了（for）］得到某物而寄［出（off）］信件

例 I sent off for a 2-album Beatles CD, but it takes 5 or 6 weeks to receive it.

5. send （one） about one's business ** 打發(fā)某人離開

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：打發(fā)某人去管好自己的［事（business）］

例 If those kids come around here again, just send them about their business.

6. send out for sb. or sth. / send sb. out for sb. or sth. *** 派某人去拿，讓某人把某物帶來

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：為了［得到（for）］某物而派出某人；參照send for sb. or sth.

例 Most of us send out for our lunch.

Fred said he'd send one of his clerks out for the package.

7. send sb. away *** 使離開，打發(fā)走

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：將某人打發(fā)［走（away）］

例 A salesman stopped by. You were gone, so I sent him away.

8. send sb. on an errand / send sb. out on an errand ** 派某人去跑腿、辦事

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：派某人［去跑腿（on an errand）］

例 Ms. Lee objected to being sent out on errands all the time.

9. send sb. or sth. off *** 送行，告別

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：將某人或某物送［走（off）］

例 Sometimes crowds of more than 100 people come to the airport to send a relative off.

10. send sb. packing ** 趕走，解雇

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：將某人［打包（packing）］送出

例 One day after his remarks were printed on the newspaper, Robeson was sent packing by his employer.

11. send sb. to the showers ** 使（棒球投手等）退出比賽

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：送某人去［淋雨（showers）］

例 After his second fumble, Coach Bacerga sent Ortiz to the showers.

12. send sb. up the river * 將某人送入監(jiān)獄

解 俚語；詞義溯源：將某人送到江［上（up）］

例 Drunk driving can be punished with a prison term, so you're lucky the judge didn't send you up the river.

13. send sth. C.O.D. ** 使用貨到付款

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：以［貨到付款的方式（C.O.D: collect on delivery）］發(fā)送

例 I'm sorry, but you'll have to pay first. We can't send any order C.O.D.

14. send up a trial balloon * 提出方案看人們的反應(yīng)；測試民意

解 俚語；詞義溯源：發(fā)送［測風(fēng)速用的氣球（trail balloon）］

例 Our marketing department plans to send up a trial balloon this summer to see if the new design is appealing to young people.

15. send word to sb. / send word ** 捎信，傳話

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：向某人發(fā)送［話語、消息（word）］

例 Washington sent word to the U.S. embassy in Tehran moments before the attack.

參考譯文

1. 你可以在零部件商店訂購，或者向供應(yīng)商函索。

2. 阿卜杜勒國王派人去請他的最高軍事顧問。

3. 雜志上到處都是廣告，里面的東西可以函購。

4. 我郵購了一張甲殼蟲樂隊(duì)的雙碟CD，但要花五六周才能收到。

5. 如果那些孩子再到這里來，就叫他們滾蛋。

6. 我們大部分人午餐都叫外賣。

弗雷德說，他已經(jīng)派了一位職員去取包裹。

7. 一位銷售員來過了，但是你不在，所以我讓他走了。

8. 李小姐反對總是被派出去跑腿。

9. 有時候，會有100多人到機(jī)場為親戚送行。

10. 羅伯遜的言辭見報一天后，他就被老板解雇了。

11. 在第二次漏接球之后，貝瑟格教練讓奧爾蒂斯退出了比賽。

12. 酒后駕駛是要被判刑的，所以你應(yīng)該感到幸運(yùn)，因?yàn)榉ü贈]有判你入獄。

13. 很抱歉，您必須先付款。我們不能以貨到付款的方式發(fā)貨。

14. 營銷部門計劃在今年夏天試探一下公眾的反應(yīng)，看看新設(shè)計是否受年輕人的喜歡。

15. 在襲擊發(fā)生前一刻，華盛頓向美國駐德黑蘭大使館發(fā)送了信息。