send
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they send | |
| he / she / it sends | |
| past simple sent | |
| past participle sent | |
| -ing form sending |
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to make something go or be taken to a place, especially by post, email, radio, etc. 邮寄；发送 - send something
She sent a letter of support. 她发了一封支持信。 Let me just send this email. 让我把这封邮件发出去。 - (British English)
to send something by post 邮寄某物 - (North American English)
to send something by mail 邮寄某物 I sent the package by airmail. 我用航空邮件寄了包裹。 Users were unable to send or receive emails for two days. 用户两天内无法发送或接收电子邮件。 - send something to somebody/something
Have you sent a Christmas card to your mother yet? 你给你妈妈寄圣诞卡了吗？ A radio signal was sent to the spacecraft. 向宇宙飞船发出了无线电信号。 - send somebody something
Have you sent your mother a Christmas card yet? 你给你妈妈寄圣诞卡了吗？ I'll send you a text message. 我会给你发一条短信。 Can you send me a link to the website? 你能给我发一个网站的链接吗？ He sent me a copy of his new book. 他寄给我一本他的新书。 - send something back
The laptop was faulty so I sent it back to the manufacturers. 笔记本电脑有故障，所以我把它送回了制造商。
Homophones cent | scent | sentcent scent sentTopics Phones, email and the interneta1- cent noun
Not one cent of their profits goes to charity. 他们的利润没有一分捐给慈善机构。
- scent noun
The delicious scent of freshly baked bread floated to his window. 新鲜出炉的面包的香味飘到了他的窗前。
- sent noun (past tense, past participle of send)
I sent her a thank you letter. 我给她寄了一封感谢信。
- send something
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to tell somebody something by sending them a message 传达；转致；告知 - send something
My parents send their love. 我父母问您好。 - send something to somebody
Henry sent his regards to you. 亨利向你问好。 - (figurative)
What sort of message is that sending to young people? 这给年轻人传达的是什么样的信息呢？ - send somebody something
He sent me word to come. 他带话要我来。 - send something (that)…
She sent word (that) she could not come. 她带信儿说她来不了。 - send to do something (formal)
She sent to say that she was coming home. 她托人捎话说她要回家了。
- send something
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to tell somebody to go somewhere or to do something; to arrange for somebody to go somewhere 派遣；打发；安排去 - send somebody
Ed couldn't make it so they sent me instead. 埃德去不了，所以他们就派我去了。 - send somebody + adv./prep.
She sent the kids to bed early. 她早早打发孩子们上床睡觉。 The judge sent her to prison for two years. 法官判处她两年监禁。 He was sent away to boarding school at the age of eight. 他八岁时被送到寄宿学校。 The government has agreed to send 3 000 troops to the region. 政府已同意向该地区派遣3 000名士兵。 We are being sent on a training course next month. 我们下月将被派去参加一个培训课程。 Children were sent home from school because it was just too hot. 孩子们被学校送回家，因为天气太热了。 - send somebody to do something
I've sent Tom to buy some milk. 我叫汤姆去买牛奶了。
- send somebody
to make something/somebody move quickly or suddenly 使快速（或猛然）移动 to make somebody behave or react in a particular way 使作出（某种反应）；使表现出（某种行为）
by mail/radio通过邮政／无线电
message信息
somebody somewhere让某人前往某处
make something move quickly使某物快速移动
make somebody react使某人作出反应
Word OriginOld English sendan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zenden and German senden.
Idioms
send somebody packing
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to tell somebody clearly or rudely to go away 叫某人卷铺盖走人；撵某人走 She tried to interfere but I sent her packing. 她想多管闲事，我把她赶走了！
these things are sent to try us
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used to say that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it （表示无法改变，应该接受）这些都是对我们的考验（或磨炼）