phrasal verbphr vASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingto send a letter to a company or organization asking them to send something to you 写信去索取,寄信去索要
Send away for a free recipe booklet.
写信索取免费的烹饪小册子。
Examples from the Corpus
send away for • Carl Krebsbach wore it out when he sent away for $ 20 worth of car bombs.• We sent away for a PlaqueAttacker from an advert in your magazine.• I had read a newspaperarticle on the NationalTeacherCorps and had sent away for information.• Eight women sent away forinstructionbooklets, pliers, beads, crosses and hundreds of feet of wire.• I sent away for one of their catalogs.• At least 30,000 others were sent away for re-education.• Pempie wanted to go to the psychiatrist because she's very keen on astrology and sends away for readings.• A: I was building my body, and I sent away for the Charles Atlasexercisemanual.