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dis·trib·ute /dɪˈstrɪbjuːt/ W2 AWL verb [transitiveT]

1 GIVEto share things among a group of people, especially in a planned way 〔尤指有计划地〕分发，分配，分送 SYN give out

distribute something among/to somebody

Clothes and blankets have been distributed among the refugees.

已经向难民分发了衣物和毯子。

a man distributing leaflets to passers-by

一个向路人派发传单的男子

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2 BBTto supply goods to shops and companies so that they can sell them 分销，经销〔商品〕

Milk is distributed to the local shops by Herald’s Dairies.

牛奶由赫勒尔德乳品公司分销给当地商店。

3 SPREADto spread something over a large area 散布，分布，撒，播

Make sure the weight of the load is evenly distributed.

务必使负载的重量分布均匀。

4 be distributed to exist in different parts of an area or group 分布，分散

be widely/evenly distributed

This species of dolphin is widely distributed throughout the world.

这种海豚广泛分布在世界各地。

The population is distributed in a very uneven pattern.

人口分布很不均匀。

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be widely/evenly distributed• The benefits of local economic development are alleged to be widely distributed.• The dough should be elastic, soft, tacky, but not sticky and the seeds should be evenly distributed.• If women were evenly distributed across the spectrum of employment, their pay levels would be much closer to those of men.• Your weight should be evenly distributed between both legs.• The twenty slides are evenly distributed by gender, with a good mix of age and race.• His articles, printed in the New York and Boston press, were widely distributed in pamphlet form.• It is widely distributed in space among different individuals, and widely distributed in time over many generations.• These are widely distributed within the region.

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distribute• A handout or employee brochure with the basic facts can be distributed.• If women were evenly distributed across the spectrum of employment, their pay levels would be much closer to those of men.• Medical supplies have been distributed among families affected by the epidemic.• Your weight should be evenly distributed between both legs.• The tape costs $19.95 and is distributed by American Video.• The Red Cross has started distributing food and blankets to villages in the flood area.• Aid agencies are calling for local volunteers to help them distribute food and medicine.• So they constantly demanded changes in the structure of government in the district in order to distribute power-and taxes-more equably.• The party's aim is to distribute power more evenly among the people.• Copies of the report were distributed shortly after the meeting.• Each panel distributes sound evenly in all directions.• We must try to distribute the country's wealth so that we help those who need it most.• The National Science Foundation is responsible for distributing the grant money.• If the receipt is distributed to shareholders as dividends then the capital base of the business has been eroded.• These are widely distributed within the region.

evenly distributed• Moreover, unemployment has not been evenly distributed.• The dough should be elastic, soft, tacky, but not sticky and the seeds should be evenly distributed.• Unfortunately, these 13 million words are not evenly distributed across the 10 superfields.• If women were evenly distributed across the spectrum of employment, their pay levels would be much closer to those of men.• These birds are not evenly distributed along the coast.• Pensioner's incomes are not, of course, evenly distributed and important inequalities exist.• The twenty slides are evenly distributed by gender, with a good mix of age and race.• This pattern of irregular loading subjects the vessel to quite different stress from that exerted by an evenly distributed load of coal.

From Longman Business Dictionary

distributedis·trib·ute /dɪˈstrɪbjuːt/ verb [transitiveT]

1MARKETINGCOMMERCEto make goods available to customers after they have been produced

The new products will be sold under the Lipton brand and distributed by Pepsi.

2FINANCE to divide up a company’s profits for a particular period of time and give them to shareholders in the form of DIVIDENDs or new shares

One share of Celtrix will be distributed for every four Collagen shares held.

Origin distribute

(1400-1500) Latin distribuere “to give out”, from tribuere “to give to a particular person”

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