send/send/

v.

➊ arrange for sth to be taken to a place, esp. by mail

➋ make sb go to a place so that they can do sth there

➭pt. & pp. sent/sent/

v. [T]

➊ 发送；邮寄：[send sb sth = send sth to sb] I sent him a birthday card. = I sent a birthday card to him. 我寄给他一张生日卡片。

◇I have sent her the email. 我已经把那封电子邮件发给她了。

◇send sth by post 邮寄某物

➋ 打发，派遣；使去（某地）：[send sb to sth] send troops to the region 派遣部队到这个地区

◇[send (sb) for sb/sth] He sent his son for a doctor. 他派儿子去请医生。

◇[send sb to do sth] He sent George to buy some food. 他派乔治去买些吃的。

◇send a child to bed 打发孩子去睡觉

◇be sent to prison 被关入监狱

◇He couldn't send his son to university. 他没钱送儿子上大学。

send for sb 请…来：Send for a doctor! 请个医生来！

send for sth 派人去拿；请人带来：She sent for help. 她派人求救。

send 分发，发出：I’ve already sent out the invitations. 我已经把请柬发出去了。

send 使上升；发射：When did China send up its first satellite? 中国第一颗卫星是什么时候发射的？

音组-end/-end/

bend; end; lend; mend; send; spend; tend

同音 cent; sent

常犯错误

✗ Someone should send a doctor.

✓ Someone should send for a doctor. 需要有人去叫个医生来。

[✌send sb to a place意为“派某人去某地”send for sb意为“派人去叫某人来”]

常犯错误

✗ He often sends his son to school by car.

✓ He often takes his son to school by car. 他经常用汽车送他儿子去学校。

[✌send sb to school意为“让某人进学校学习”]

用法作为写信者，你要把信件发送(send)给某一人，而postman则把这封信投递(deliver)给这个人。