deliver

英 [dɪ'lɪvə(r)] 美 [dɪ'lɪvər]

• v. 递送；发表（演讲）；交付；解救；生（孩子）；接生；履行；投掷

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 递送,交付

   take sth to people’s houses or places of work

2. vt. 发言

   speak or read aloud to people listening

3. vt. 助产

   help in giving birth

4. vt. 发动,提出

   arouse; put forward

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 宣布，发表，讲
2. 释放，解脱，解放出
3. 交付，移交
4. 运送，送货，运载，传送
5. 给予
6. 发动（进攻）
7. 给…接生
8. 履行（诺言）； 实现（期望）
9. 为竞选人拉（选票）
10. 救，救出
11. 引渡
12. 投递，送，传达
13. 抛、投球
14. 生小孩，生产，分娩

adj. 形容词

1. 灵敏的，敏捷的

英英释义

Verb:

1. deliver (a speech, oration, or idea);

   "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"
   

2. bring to a destination, make a delivery;

   "our local super market delivers"
   

3. to surrender someone or something to another;

   "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"
   "render up the prisoners"
   "render the town to the enemy"
   "fork over the money"
   

4. free from harm or evil

5. hand over to the authorities of another country;

   "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"
   

6. pass down;

   "render a verdict"
   "deliver a judgment"
   

7. utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.);

   "The students delivered a cry of joy"
   

8. save from sins

9. carry out or perform;

   "deliver an attack"
   "deliver a blow"
   "The boxer drove home a solid left"
   

10. relinquish possession or control over;

    "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
    

11. throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball;

    "The pitcher delivered the ball"
    

12. cause to be born;

    "My wife had twins yesterday!"
    

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The mailman delivers letters and parcels every morning.
   邮差每天早晨递送信件和包裹。
2. He delivered a long prose.
   他发表了一篇冗长乏味的演讲。
3. We deliver the goods in batches.
   我们分批交付货物。
4. Education delivered him from ignorance.
   教育把他从无知中解救出来。
5. She delivered twins in the evening.
   晚上她生了一对双胞胎。
6. The obstetrician delivered the child.
   产科医生替这个孩子接生。
7. I am certain that he will deliver on his promise.
   我确信他会履行诺言。
8. He must deliver the missile and at the same time stay inside the throwing circle.
   在器械出手的瞬间，运动员必须留在投掷圈内。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The government promised reform of the tax laws but failed to deliver.
   政府曾答应税法改革但没有付诸实施。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The postman delivers letters.
   邮递员投递信件。
2. Nobody will deliver the message.
   没有人愿意送这口信。
3. The postman at last delivered the letter we had been waiting for.
   邮递员总算把我们盼望已久的信送到了。
4. The well delivers much water.
   这口井水源充足。
5. He delivered himself well.
   他讲得不错。
6. Our professor will deliver a lecture on Shakespeare tomorrow.
   我们的教授将于明天讲演莎士比亚的作品。
7. He earned his living by delivering lectures throughout the country.
   他靠在全国各地巡回演讲谋生。
8. He couldn't deliver the lecture owing to his illness.
   由于生病,这次演讲他做不了了。
9. He delivered a verbal protest against our brutal acts.
   他对我们的暴行提出口头抗议。
10. The enemy is going to deliver an attack during the dry season.
    敌人准备在旱季发动攻势。
11. She had gone to a neighbouring village to deliver a baby.
    她到附近一个村子里帮助接生去了。
12. The doctor agreed to deliver her baby at home.
    医生同意在家为她接生。
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13. How often are letters delivered here a day?
    这儿一天投递几次信件?
14. The telegram was delivered early this morning.
    这份电报是今天清晨送到的。
15. The baby was delivered in the clinic.
    孩子是在医疗站接生的。

用作双宾动词

S+～+ pron./n. + n.

1. Hacker delivered me a letter.
   哈克给我送来了一封信。
2. Broom delivered Addis a message.
   布鲁姆给艾迪斯捎来了一个口信。
3. They delivered the terrorists a telling blow.
   他们给予恐怖分子一次沉重的打击。

S+～+ n. +to pron./n.

1. Please deliver this package to my mother.
   请把这个包裹交给我母亲。
2. He delivered a lecture to the students.
   他给学生们作了一次讲座。
3. Today he delivered the charge of his office to his successor.
   今天他把办公室的工作转交给他的继任者。
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4. All the good traditions must be delivered to the younger generations.
   所有的好传统都应该传给后代。

经典引文

• The Lord..will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.

  出自：Bible (AV): 1 Samuel

• A mood of disgust..from which he was only delivered by..abandoning these studies.

  出自： T. Hardy

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

deliver from (v.+prep.)

(把某人)从…中解救出来 save sb from bad, as a threat
deliver sth from some place
Has the furniture been delivered from the factory yet?

家具从工厂发出来了没有?
The eggs were delivered from the farm along with the milk.

鸡蛋随牛奶由农场送到订户。 deliver sb from sth
This pill will deliver you from pain.

这药片能解除你的痛苦。
They delivered him from death.

他们把他从死亡线上解救出来。
Only education can deliver people from fear and superstition.

只有教育才能把人们从恐惧和迷信中解救出来。
We need a strong leader to deliver the country from the dangers of falling money values.

我们需要一位强有力的领袖把我们国家从货币贬值的危机中解救出来。
The sick man was delivered from danger.

那个病人从危险中抢救过来。
They were delivered from slavery.

他们从奴役状态中解放出来。

deliver of (v.+prep.)

表达(自己的观点) express sth such as an opinion
deliver sb of sb
The doctor delivered Mrs. Jones of a baby.

医生为琼斯太太接生了个婴儿。
She was delivered of a lovely girl.

她生了一个可爱的女儿。
She was safely delivered of a boy in the early hours of this morning.

她今天清晨顺利生下一男孩。 deliver oneself of sth
It's so uninteresting to listen to a politician delivering himself of his views.

听一个政客发表自己的观点太乏味了。

deliver on (v.+prep.)

〈美口〉履行,实行 perform; carry out
deliver on sth
This autumn the President had a major opportunity to deliver on his pledge.

今年秋天总统有一次履行他诺言的重要机会。
They failed to deliver on their promises.

他们没有履行他们的诺言。

deliver over/up to (v.+adv.+prep.)

〈正〉把…移交出去,把…转交给 yield sb/sth to
deliver sb/oneself/sth over/up to sb
He delivered himself up to the police.

他向警方自首了。
At last, they delivered the port over to the enemy.

最后他们拱手把港口交给了敌人。
The old man delivered his property over to his son.

老人把财产交给了儿子。
When the sale is complete, you must deliver the house over to the new owner.

买卖成交后,你必须把房子移交给新主人。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• deliver a baby 接生
• deliver a hard blow 给予(某人)狠狠一击
• deliver to jail 把囚犯提交法院
• deliver a speech 作报告
• deliver battle 开始攻击
• deliver letters 送文件
• deliver milk 送牛奶
• deliver papers 送报纸
• deliver parcels 投递包裹
• deliver the child 生孩子
• deliver the ewe of twin lambs 产两只绵羊仔
• deliver the goods 发货,履行诺言

～+副词

• deliver coldly 冷静地发言
• deliver consequently 不断地递送
• deliver conveniently 方便地递送
• deliver effectively 演讲得生动有力
• deliver immediately 立即发送
• deliver oneself well 讲得不错
• deliver promptly 立即发送
• deliver resolutely 果断地提出
• deliver over 把…交出来
• deliver over the key 把钥匙交出来
• deliver up 把…交出来

～+介词

• deliver as 作为…播送
• deliver sb from danger 救某人出险
• deliver sb from pains 解除某人的痛苦
• deliver sb into the hand of the police 把某人引渡给警察
• deliver oneself of 发表,把…讲出来
• deliver oneself of an opinion 发表意见
• deliver sb of fear 消除某人的恐惧
• deliver on 履行,实行
• deliver over to the police 把(某人)交给警察
• deliver oneself to 向…投案自首
• deliver to sb's house 送到家

词语用法

1. deliver a book/baby意思为“送书或接生”。

v. (动词)

1. deliver的基本意思是“使自由”“使减去重负”。可指使自己摆脱了为他人所担负的事物,即“送出”; 也可指将自己从必须说的或别人要自己说的事情中解脱出来,即“发言”; 还可指为妇女分娩时卸去了孩子的重负,即“助产”等。
2. deliver可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。也可接双宾语,其间接宾语可以转化为介词to的宾语。deliver接反身代词时意为“表达”; 作“助产”解时,宾语可为“母”,也可为“子”。deliver可用于被动结构。
3. 在现代美国口语中, deliver常与介词on连用表示“履行”“实行”,但在正式文章中较少使用。
4. deliver在口语中还有为候选人或目标“拉选票”的意思。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

deliver, rescue

• 这两个词都有“救援”“解救”的意思。其区别是：
• deliver特指将某人从囚禁或其他的控制手段或方式中救援出来,这类控制手段或方式可指监禁、奴役、压迫、受苦、诱惑或罪恶等; rescue主要指以迅速而有力的行动将某人从逼近的危险中解救出来,这类危险可指伤害、攻击、俘虏或囚禁等。例如:
• They delivered Dade from danger.他们把达德从危险中救出来。
• He rescued a man from drowning.他救了一个快淹死的人。

deliver, dispatch, mail, send, ship

• 这五个词都有“送”的意思。它们之间的区别在于：
• 1.mail指将信件、包裹等物寄出去,强调将某物品寄送出去这一行为。
• 2.deliver指送货。例如:
• The goods will be delivered at noon tomorrow.明天中午交货。
• The farmers guarantee the quantity and quality of the vegetables that are delivered.农民们保证交售蔬菜的质量和数量。
• 3.dispatch可指上级向下级派遣人员〔部队、舰队〕等,强调紧急发出。例如:
• A messenger was dispatched to take the news to the soldiers at the front.一名通讯员被派去给前线士兵送消息。
• The allies agreed to dispatch reinforcements.同盟国同意派遣增援部队。
• 4.send不涉及客体的内容或方法。例如:
• Let's all go to the airport to send him off.我们都到机场给他送行。
• If any letters come after you've left,I'll send them on.如果你离开后,有信来了,我会转寄去的。
• Have you sent round the notice about the Christmas party yet?关于圣诞节晚会的通告,你是否已送出传阅?
• 5.ship是指以水运、陆运、空运等方式运送货物,现常用于商业。例如:
• Some fruit doesn't ship well.有些水果不便运送。
• The goods were shipped last week.货物已于上周装船运走。

deliver, declaim, lecture, speak

• 这组词都可表示“演讲”。其区别是：
• speak一般指在公共场合讲话; declaim有慷慨激昂地演说、朗诵或以言辞攻击某人或某种观点的含义; deliver指讲道、陈述意见或讲授一门功课; lecture可指就某一专题演讲或强调教导性的演说。例如:
• She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money.她慷慨陈词,猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
• He is delivering a speech.他正在作演讲。
• I wish you'd stop lecturing me.我希望你不要再教训我。

send，deliver，dispatch，forward，ship，transmit

• 这些动词均含“送出，发送，传送”之意。
• send普通最常用词，含义广。指把人或物由一地送往另一地，而不涉及事物的内容或 送的方式。
• deliver指把信件、包裹等物寄发出去或交到某地，或直接交与某人，着重发送这一行为。
• dispatch指为特殊目的而发送或派遣，强调紧急或快速。
• forward指经过其他人或手段把东西转送给某人，（电子邮件）转发。
• ship把通过水运、陆运或空运等方式运送东西。现常指商业上的运货，或将物品托运。
• transmit指将文件、消息等的内容或类似的东西发至某地或传达给他人。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的delivrer；最初源自后期拉丁语的deliberare：de (离开） + liberare (解散，给予自由)，意为使……自由，解救。

近反义词

【近义词】

• address
• distribute
• give out
• liberate
• present
• release
• rescue
• save
• set free

【反义词】

• confine
• enslave
• imprison