dispense
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (to sb)
(a) give sth out; distribute sth 施予某物; 分配某物
On Saturday morning my father solemnly dispensed pocket money to each of the children. 星期六上午我父親鄭重其事地給每個孩子發零花錢.
a machine dispensing paper towels 供應紙巾的機器.
(b) (law 律) administer (justice) in court 執行(法律).
2 [Tn] prepare and give out (medicine, esp that prescribed by a doctor) 配(藥)和發(藥)(尤指按醫生處方)
(Brit) a dispensing chemist 藥劑師
dispense a prescription, ie medicine that has been prescribed 按處方配藥.
3 (phr v) dispense with sb/sth manage without sb/sth; get rid of sb/sth 用不著某人[某事物]; 擺脫某人[某事物]
He is not yet well enough to dispense with the pills. 他尚未痊愈, 仍需吃藥.
Let's dispense with formalities! 咱們不必拘禮了.
Formalities were dispensed with, ie People could speak frankly or naturally. 免除了客套.
Automation has largely dispensed with the need for manual checking, ie made it unnecessary. 實行了自動化就在很大程度上不需要人工檢驗了.