dis·charge1 /dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ $ -ɑːr-/ ●○○ verb 1 send SB away 让某人走 [transitiveT]MHLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATION to officially allow someone to leave somewhere, especially the hospital or the army, navy etc, or to tell them that they must leave 正式准许〔某人〕离开〔尤指让病人出院或让军人退伍等〕;通知〔病人〕出院;开除〔士兵〕军籍 Hospitals now tend to discharge patients earlier than in the past. 与过去相比,现在医院更趋向于让病人早些出院。
The judge discharged the jury. 法官解散了陪审团。
discharge somebody from something Several of the recruits were discharged from the Army due to medical problems. 几名新兵因健康问题而被命令退伍了。
discharge yourself British EnglishBrE (=leave hospital before your treatment is complete) 擅自出院
conditionally discharge somebody British EnglishBrE (=let someone leave prison if they obey particular rules) 有条件释放某人 Dunning was conditionally discharged for two years. 邓宁被有条件释放两年。
2 gas/liquid/smoke etc 气体/液体/烟等 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]SEND to send out gas, liquid, smoke etc, or to allow it to escape 放出,排出discharge something into something Sewage is discharged directly into the sea. 污水被直接排放到海里。
discharge into Rainwater collects here and then discharges into the river Kennett. 雨水在这里汇集,然后排放到肯尼特河中。
3 shoot 射出 [transitiveT]PMWSHOOT formal to fire a gun or shoot an arrow etc 开〔枪或炮〕;射〔箭〕 A soldier accidentally discharged his weapon. 一名士兵不小心枪走了火。
4 duty/responsibility/debt etc 职责/责任/债务等 [transitiveT] formalPGODO WELL to do or pay what you have a duty to do or pay 完成,履行〔职责〕;偿还〔债务〕discharge your duties/responsibilities/obligations etc The trustees failed to discharge their duties properly. 受托人未能切实地履行职责。
6. a wound 伤口 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]MI if a wound or body part discharges a substance such as pus (=infected liquid), the substance slowly comes out of it (使)〔脓等〕流出,排出 7. goods/passengers 货物/乘客 [transitiveT]TT formal to take goods or passengers off a ship, plane etc 卸〔货〕;让〔乘客〕下船[下飞机]