dispense /dɪˈspɛns/ CET6 TEM4 ( dispensing, dispensed, dispenses )

• 1. 

  V-T If someone dispenses something that they own or control, they give or provide it to a number of people. 分发 [正式]

  例：

  The union had already dispensed $60000 in grants.

  工会已经分发了6万美元的补助金。

• 2. 

  V-T If you obtain a product by getting it out of a machine, you can say that the machine dispenses the product. (机器) 售出 (商品)

  例：

  For two weeks, the cash machine spewed out receipts apologizing for its inability to dispense money.

  两周了，自动取款机就输出了一些因其无法提款而致歉的凭条。

• 3. 

  V-T When a pharmacist dispenses medicine, he or she prepares it, and gives or sells it to the patient or customer. 配发; 配售 (药)

  例：

  Health officials hope to begin dispensing anti-retroviral drugs on a wide scale at the beginning of next year.

  卫生官员们希望在明年年初开始大规模配发抗逆转录病毒药物。