discharge

柯林斯词典

動詞讀作dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ。名詞讀作ˈdɪstʃɑːdʒ。

1. V-T When someone is discharged from a hospital, prison, or one of the armed services, they are officially allowed to leave, or told that they must leave. 批準離開; 命令離開
He has a broken nose but may be discharged today. 他鼻梁斷了，但今天可能獲準出院。
2. N-VAR Discharge is also a noun. 釋放
He was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay Miss Smith $500 compensation. 他被判有條件釋放，竝被命令曏史密斯小姐支付$500的賠償金。
3. V-T If someone discharges their duties or responsibilities, they do everything that needs to be done in order to complete them. 履行 (職責或義務)[正式]
...the quiet competence with which he discharged his many duties. …他履行他的諸多職責所用的平靜的辦事能力。
4. V-T If something is discharged from inside a place, it comes out. 排出[正式]
The resulting salty water will be discharged at sea. 産生的鹹水將被排放到海裡。
5. N-VAR When there is a discharge of a substance, the substance comes out from inside somewhere. 排出[正式]
They develop a fever and a watery discharge from their eyes. 他們開始發燒，且有一種水狀分泌物從他們的眼睛裡流出。