dispose
verb (formal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they dispose | |
| he / she / it disposes | |
| past simple disposed | |
| past participle disposed | |
| -ing form disposing |
- dispose something/somebody + adv./prep.
to arrange things or people in a particular way or position 排列；布置；安排 The visitors disposed themselves in a circle round the statue. 游客们在雕像周围围成一圈。
to make somebody want to behave in a particular way 使倾向于；使有意于；使易于 - dispose somebody to/toward(s) something
a drug that disposes the patient towards sleep 使病人想睡觉的药 - dispose somebody to do something
a drug that disposes the patient to sleep 使病人入睡的药物
- dispose somebody to/toward(s) something
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French disposer, from Latin disponere ‘arrange’, influenced by dispositus ‘arranged’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.