deliver

英語

替代寫法

• delivre 〈古〉

詞源

來自中古英語 deliveren，來自盎格魯-諾曼語和古法語 delivrer，來自拉丁語 dē + līberō (“使自由”)。

發音

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /dɪˈlɪvə(ɹ)/
• (通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助): /dɪˈlɪvɚ/
• 韻部：-ɪvə(ɹ)

• 音頻 (美式)：

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• 斷字：de‧liv‧er

動詞

deliver (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 delivers，現在分詞 delivering，一般過去時及過去分詞 delivered)

1. 解救；拯救

   deliver a captive from the prison

   從監獄解救俘虜

   近義詞：free、liberate、release

2. 與出生有關
   1. 接生

      the doctor delivered the baby

      醫生接生下那名嬰兒

   2. (正式，+ "of") 替產婦接生

      the duchess was delivered of a son

      公爵夫人產下一子

      the doctor is expected to deliver her of a daughter tomorrow

      醫生明天要給她接生下女兒

      • c. 1386–1390, John Gower, 編者Reinhold Pauli, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, 第 (please specify |volume=I, II, or III) 卷s, London: Bell and Daldy […], 出版於 1857, →OCLC:

        Sche was delivered sauf and sone

   3. 產下

      she delivered a baby boy yesterday

      她昨天產下一子

3. 解除負擔
   • 1622, Henry Peacham, The Compleat Gentleman

     Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.

4. 寄送，派送

   deliver a package;  deliver the mail

   寄送包裹；寄送郵件

   • 1897年 12月（標示為1898年）, Winston Churchill, 章號 10, 出自 The Celebrity: An Episode, 紐約: The Macmillan Company；倫敦：Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered.

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5. 引渡，繳（槍械、毒品等）

   deliver the thief to the police

   把小偷扭送警局

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 40:13:

     Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand.

     你仍要遞杯在法老的手中。

   • c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, 出自 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, 出版於 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:

     The constables have delivered her over.

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   • 1725, Homer, [Elijah Fenton], transl., “Book IV”, 出自 The Odyssey of Homer. […], 第 I 卷, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

     The exalted mind / All sense of woe delivers to the wind.

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6. (不及物，非正式) 兌現（承諾）
   • 2004, Detroit News, Detroit Pistons: Champions at Work (page 86)

     "You know, he plays great sometimes when he doesn't score," Brown said. "Tonight, with Rip (Richard Hamilton) struggling, we needed somebody to step up, and he really did. He really delivered."

   • 2020年2月18日, “UK to close door to non-English speakers and unskilled workers”, 出自 The Guardian‎^[1]:

     However, ministers argue they are delivering the Brexit demanded by the electorate – and say it is time for businesses to wean themselves off cheap migrant labour.

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7. 演講；演說
   • 1897年 12月（標示為1898年）, Winston Churchill, 章號 1, 出自 The Celebrity: An Episode, 紐約: The Macmillan Company；倫敦：Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.

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   • 2012年5月27日, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, 出自 The Onion AV Club:

     It’s a lovely sequence cut too short because the show seems afraid to give itself over to romance and whimsy and wistfulness when it has wedgie jokes to deliver.

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   • 2018年2月24日, Paul Rees, “Finn Russell masterminds historic Scotland victory over England”, 出自 The Guardian‎^[2], London，於22 April 2018歸檔自原頁面:

     England went into the interval 22-6 down, a second [Owen] Farrell penalty their only response to Scotland’s burst of tries. They had not conceded more points in a Six Nations match in the Eddie Jones era and when the whistle blew for the interval, Dylan Hartley formed his players into a circle to deliver a rallying cry.

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   deliver a speech

   作演講

8. 執行，履行

   to deliver a blow

   給予打擊

   • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, 出自 The Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, 出版於 1590, →OCLC; republished in Albert Feuillerat 編, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, →OCLC:

     shaking his head and delivering some show of tears

   • 1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], 第 (please specify |volume=I, II, III, or IV) 卷s, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:

     An uninstructed bowler […] thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straight forward.

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9. 發現；展示
   • c. 1608–1609, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, 出自 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, 出版於 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vi]:

     I'll deliver myself your loyal servant.

     我愿意呈献我自己做你们的忠仆。

10. (棄用) 准許；允許

    (我們能否查找並添加Francis Bacon引用過本詞的語句？)

11. (醫學) 施打藥物

同義詞

• (解救)： free, loose, rid, outbring
• (傳送)： utter, outbring
• (兌現)： come through, come up with the goods

衍生詞

• delivery
• deliverable

• deliver the goods
• self-deliver

回文構詞

• delivre, livered, relived, reviled