discharge

柯林斯词典

动词读作dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ。名词读作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. 批准离开; 命令离开
He has a broken nose but may be discharged today. 他鼻梁断了，但今天可能获准出院。
2. N-VAR Discharge is also a noun. 释放
He was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay Miss Smith $500 compensation. 他被判有条件释放，并被命令向史密斯小姐支付$500的赔偿金。
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 (职责或义务)[正式]
...the quiet competence with which he discharged his many duties. …他履行他的诸多职责所用的平静的办事能力。
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. 产生的咸水将被排放到海里。
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. 他们开始发烧，且有一种水状分泌物从他们的眼睛里流出。