詞彙精選:send for的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
phr.
請某人來(幫忙等)
例句:
He was so ill that we had to send for a doctor.
他病得很重,我們只好給他請醫生了。
例句:
If there arise any difficulty, send for me.
有什麼麻煩找我好了。
讓人帶來(或送來)某物
例句:
Please keep it until I send for it.
請把它保存好一直到我派人去拿。
例句:
Not now, but if you can wait, I could send for your size.
現在沒有,但如果你願意等待的話,我可以派人送來你所要的尺寸。
二、詞義辨析:
call,summon,send for
這些動詞或詞組均含有“召集,召喚”之意。call非正式用詞,含義廣泛,指用説話或呼叫的形式召喚。summon正式用詞,指官方或正式的召集,召集者具有權力或權威性。 send for作“召喚”解時,語氣較隨便,暗示委派一件工作。
三、參考例句:
Leave the office now, or I will send for security.
你現在就離開辦公室,否則我叫保安了。
You can send for your free catalogue today.
今天你可以寄信索要免費目錄。
Please keep it until I send for it.
請把它保存好一直到我派人去拿。
If there arise any difficulty, send for me.
有什麼麻煩找我好了。
Oh, send for someone to whom I can denounce the wretch!
噢,只要來一個人,讓我向他告發那個惡棍就好了!
He was so ill that we had to send for a doctor.
他病得很重,我們只好給他請醫生了。
Not now, but if you can wait, I could send for your size.
現在沒有,但如果你願意等待的話,我可以派人送來你所要的尺寸。
In China, as soon as a kid falls behind, parents feel the urge to send for a private tutor.
在中國,一旦孩子學業上落後,父母就會有請家教輔導的衝動。