deliver是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to take goods, letters, parcels, etc. to people's houses or places of work -- 运送，递送，投递

  • Mail is delivered to our office twice a day. 邮差每天给我们办公室投递两次邮件。

  • The furniture store is delivering our new bed on Thursday. 家具店将在周四把我们的新床送来。

• 1 to give, direct, or aim something -- 给出；指向；瞄准

  • The priest delivered a passionate sermon/speech against war. 牧师发表了一篇充满激情的反战布道词／演讲。

  • The jury delivered a verdict of not guilty. 陪审团作出了无罪判决。

  • The police said that it was the blow delivered (= given) to her head that killed her. 警方称她是因头部受到撞击而死的。

  • The pitcher tripped as he delivered the ball (= threw it towards the person with the bat). 那个投手投球时脚下绊了一跤。

• 2 to achieve or produce something that has been promised -- 实现；产生；兑现（诺言）

  • The government has failed to deliver (what it promised). 政府没有兑现（承诺）。

  • mainly US The Republicans are relying on their agricultural policies to deliver the farmers' vote (= to persuade farmers to vote for them). 共和党依靠其农业政策来争取农民的选票。

• 3 to (help) give birth to a baby -- 给…助产；接生；分娩

  • She delivered her third child at home. 她在家里生下了她的第3个孩子。

  • The baby was delivered by a midwife. 婴儿在助产士的帮助下出生了。

  • formal The princess has been delivered of (= has given birth to) a healthy baby boy. 公主生下了一个健康的男婴。

• 4 to save someone from a painful or bad experience -- 拯救，救助

  • Is there nothing that can be done to deliver these starving people from their suffering? 难道真的没有什么办法可以救救这些正在挨饿的人吗？