If someone dispenses something that they own or control, they give or provide it to a number of people.
例句
The Union had already dispensed £40,000 in grants...工会已经拨款4万英镑。The local welfare office is where government dispenses many of its services...地方福利部门就是政府贯彻实施其众多服务的窗口。
VERB
(机器自动)提供(货物等)
If you obtain a product by getting it out of a machine, you can say that the machine dispenses the product.
例句
For two weeks, the cash machine was unable to dispense money.该自动取款机已有两个星期不能提供现金。The lotion is dispensed by a handy pump action spray.洗液由一个使用方便的按压式皂液器提供。
VERB
配(药);配(方);发(药)
When a chemist dispenses medicine, he or she prepares it, and gives or sells it to the patient or customer.
例句
Some shops gave wrong or inadequate advice when dispensing homeopathic medicines...有些药店在配发顺势疗法的药物时给出了错误或不当的建议。Four out of five prescriptions are dispensed free to people who are exempt...五分之四的处方是免费配给那些免除了医疗费的病人的。