喜樂美語

You can picture carrying something to the exact person or place it's meant for and handing it over — it leaves your hands and lands where it was supposed to go. Whether it's a parcel, a speech, a baby, a promise, or a verdict, 'deliver' is about bringing the thing all the way through and releasing it to its destination.

可以想成把一樣東西一路帶到它該去的人或地方，然後交出去——它離開你的手，落到它本該抵達的地方。不管交的是包裹、一場演說、一個寶寶、一個承諾還是一份判決，deliver 講的都是「把它送到底、交到對的地方」。

From the word’s history

From Old French 'delivrer', from Late Latin 'deliberare': de- (away) + liberare (to set free), from liber (free). The oldest sense is 'to set free / release'; by around 1300 English shifted it toward 'hand over, give up, yield' — you release the thing from your hands into someone else's keeping. The modern 'set somebody free' sense is the surviving older meaning.

源自古法語 delivrer，再上溯到晚期拉丁文 deliberare：de-（away，離開）＋ liberare（使自由），字根 liber 就是「自由」。最古老的意思其實是「釋放、使脫離」；到了約 1300 年，英語把它轉向「交出、移交」——把東西從你手中「放出去」、交到別人手裡。今天那個「拯救、使脫離險惡」的用法，正是這個古義留下來的尾巴。

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同家族的字

過去式 delivered過去分詞 delivered-ing delivering三單 delivers

意思相近

sendgivecome throughgive birth tosavebringmakeproduceissuebring into the worldrescuedrop off+11

用法接近

carryachievebe borntransportperform

意思相反

collectfailtrappick uplet downabandonreceivefall short

原始詞典資料13 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

deliververb/dɪˈlɪv.ə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    To set free from restraint or danger.

    • The hostage was delivered from her captors and thus preserved from any danger.
  • 2

    Senses having to do with birth.

    • the doctor delivered the baby
  • 3

    formalSenses having to do with birth.

    • the duchess was delivered of a son
    • the doctor is expected to deliver her of a daughter tomorrow
  • 4

    Senses having to do with birth.

    • she delivered a baby boy yesterday
  • 5

    To free from or disburden of anything.

    • Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.
  • 6

    To bring or transport something to its destination.

    • deliver a package
    • deliver the mail
  • 7

    To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.

    • deliver the thief to the police
    • Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand.
  • 8

    informalTo produce what is expected or required.

    • deliver on a promise
    • "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."
另外 4 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.

    • deliver a speech
    • 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.
  • 10

    To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.

    • to deliver a blow
    • shaking his head and delivering some show of tears
  • 11

    To discover; to show.

    • I'll deliver myself your loyal servant.
  • 12

    medicinesciencesTo administer a drug.

deliveradj/dɪˈlɪv.ə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    rareCapable, agile, or active.

    • Therefore my policy and advice shall be this: That about the dead time of the night, when our enemies be most quiet at rest, there shall issue from us a number of the most deliverest soldiers to assault their camp; who shall give the assault right secretly, even directly against the entry of the camp, which is almost invincible.
    • "More skillful!" interrupted the host. "He is the most deliver at that exercise I have ever set eyes on."

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。