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  3. /dispense

dispense

UK/dis'pens/US
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

v.

To give out or distribute something.

分发,分配。

v.

To prepare and supply medicine.

配药,发药。

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
dis-not, apart, away
+
pensweigh, pay out, spend, hang
=dispense

Dispense developed from weighing out portions, then distributing them.

Root pend still carries 32 more words

Common Collocations

  • 1.dispense medicine配发药物
  • 2.dispense advice给出建议
  • 3.dispense with省去/不用

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The pharmacist dispensed the medicine carefully.

Word Forms

Verb

Pastdispensed
3rd Persondispenses
Past Part.dispensed
Pres. Part.dispensing
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