Word · Frequency #366
sending
使进入（某种状态）；致使
sending is the present participle of send.
To cause someone or something to enter a particular state or condition.
常用于 send + 宾语 + 形容词/介词短语，如 send sb mad。
- 1.
To bring to a certain condition, to drive.
使达到某种状态,驱使
- 2.
To dispatch an agent or messenger to find and return with a specified person or thing.
派遣代理人或信使去寻找并带回指定的人或物
- 3.
To pitch.
投掷
- 4.
To climb a route without falling.
不掉落地攀登路线
派遣；派出（某人去取回）；投（球）；完攀（攀岩路线）；使达到某种状态,驱使；派遣代理人或信使去寻找并带回指定的人或物
In use
I send emails to my colleagues every morning.
She sent a birthday card to her friend last week.
They are sending a technician to fix the printer.
send sth to sb/sth
I sent a letter to my mother.
我寄了一封信给我妈妈。
send sb sth
双宾语结构，间接宾语在前。
She sent me a package.
她寄给我一个包裹。
send sb to do sth
The company sent him to negotiate.
公司派他去谈判。
Connections
Collocations
- send an email
- 发送电子邮件
- I will send an email to you tomorrow.我明天会给你发一封电子邮件。
- send a letter
- 寄信
- She sent a letter to her parents last week.她上周给父母寄了一封信。
- send a package
- 寄包裹
- He sent a package to his brother for his birthday.他给他弟弟寄了一个生日包裹。
- send a message
- 发送消息
- Please send me a message when you arrive.你到达时请给我发一条消息。
- send someone to
- 派遣某人去
- The company sent him to New York for a meeting.公司派他去纽约开会。
- send for
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象你按下电脑上的“发送”按钮，send就是发送。
Context & Register
常见场景：通信、邮寄、派遣 通常用于描述通过邮件、快递或电子方式发送物品或信息，也可指派遣人员，是日常生活中非常常见的用法。
Grammar Note
常用双宾语结构，间接宾语需用to引导
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words rhyme with /-ɛnd/. Note that 'send' looks similar to 'sand' (/sænd/) and 'sent' (/sɛnt/), but they sound different.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.