discharge
discharge
verb
[with obj.]
[mass noun]
dischargeable
adjective
语源
verb
[with obj.]
- (常作 be discharged)tell (someone) officially that they can or must leave, in particular
放行，遣散，尤指
■send (a patient) out of hospital because they are judged fit to go home
让（病人）出院
■dismiss or release (someone) from a post, especially from service in the armed forces or police
（尤指从军队或警察机关）使（某人）退伍（或离职）
■release (someone) from the custody or restraint of the law
解除对（某人）法律上的监管（或监禁）
the man was conditionally discharged for two years at Oxford Crown Court.
在牛津刑事法庭上，该男子被有条件地解除监管两年。
■relieve (a juror or jury) from serving in a case
解除（陪审员或陪审团）在案子中的职务
■(Law)relieve (a bankrupt) of residual liability
(律)免除（破产者）剩余责任
■release (a party) from a contract or obligation
免除（一方的）合同（或责任）
the insurer is discharged from liability from the day of breach.
自违约之日起，保险公司就免除了责任。 - allow (a liquid, gas, or other substance) to flow out from where it has been confined
将（液体、气体或其他物质）释放出来
industrial plants discharge highly toxic materials into rivers.
工厂向河流排放剧毒物质。
[no obj.]the overflow should discharge in an obvious place.
应该在一处明显的地方泄洪。
■(of an orifice or diseased tissue) emit (pus, mucus, or other liquid)
（孔、口或患病组织）排出（脓、粘液或其他液体）
the swelling will eventually break down and discharge pus.
肿块最终会破裂并流出脓来。
[no obj.]the eyes and nose began to discharge.
眼睛和鼻子开始涕泪交流。
■(常作 be discharged)(Physics)release or neutralize the electric charge of (an electric field, battery, or other object)
(物理)将（电场、电池或其他物体）放电
the electrostatic field that builds up on a monitor screen can be discharged.
监视器荧光屏上积聚起来的静电场可以放电。
[no obj.]batteries have a tendency to discharge slowly.
电池有慢慢放电的特性。
■(of a person) fire (a gun or missile)
（人）开（枪）；（人）发射（导弹）
when you shoot you can discharge as many barrels as you wish.
你在射击时，想发多少枪就发多少枪。
■[no obj.](of a firearm) be fired
（火器）被发射
there was a dull thud as the gun discharged.
开枪时有一声闷响。
■(of a person) allow (an emotion) to be released
（人）宣泄（感情）
he discharged his resentment in the harmless form of memoirs.
他以自传这种无害的方式宣泄他的怨恨。
■unload (goods or passengers) from a ship
将（货物，乘客）从船上卸下
the ferry was discharging passengers.
渡船正在下客。
[no obj.]ninety ships were queuing to discharge.
90艘船排队等着卸货。 - do all that is required to fulfil (a responsibility) or perform (a duty)
尽职履行（责任）;尽职完成（任务）
■pay off (a debt or other financial claim)
偿清（债务或其他债权要求） - (Law)(of a judge or court) cancel (an order of a court)
(律)（法官，法庭）撤销（法院命令）
■cancel (a contract) because of completion or breach
（因合同完成或违约而）取消（合同）
an existing mortgage to be discharged on completion.
一个现有的抵押在完成后将被取消。
[mass noun]
- the action of discharging someone from a hospital or from a post
出院，免职
referrals can be discussed before discharge from hospital.
出院前可对病人转诊进行讨论。
[count noun]offending policemen receive a dishonourable discharge.
违反规定的警察被开除警籍。
■[count noun]an act of releasing someone from the custody or restraint of the law
（某人从监管或法律限制中的）释放。 参见 conditional discharge
she was given an absolute discharge after admitting breaking a smoking ban.
她在承认违反了吸烟的禁令之后，获得了无条件释放。
■(Law)the action of relieving a bankrupt from residual liability
(律)破产者的免除剩余债务 - the action of allowing a liquid, gas, or other substance to flow out from where it is confined
（液体、气体或其他物质的）排出；流出，放出
■the quantity of material allowed to flow out in such a way
放出物，排出物
industrial discharge has turned the river into an open sewer.
工业排放物已经将这条河流变成了一个露天的阴沟。
[count noun]an agreement to end radioactive waste discharges into the Irish Sea.
不再将放射性废物排入爱尔兰海的协议。
■the emission of pus, mucus, or other liquid from an orifice or from diseased tissue
（从创口或患病组织）脓（粘液或其他液体的）流出
those germs might lead to vaginal discharge.
这些细菌会引起阴道分泌物。
[count noun]a greeny-yellow nasal discharge.
黄绿色的鼻腔分泌物。
■(Physics)the release of electricity from a charged object
(物理)放电
slow discharge of a condenser is fundamental to oscillatory circuits.
电容器的缓慢放电对振荡电路是很重要的。
■[count noun]a flow of electricity through air or other gas, especially when accompanied by emission of light
（尤指伴随着发光的、空气或其他气体中的）电的流动
a sizzling discharge between sky and turret.
天空和塔楼间咝咝的电流。
■the action of firing a gun or missile
开枪；发射导弹
a police permit for discharge of an air gun.
警方对发射气枪的许可。
[count noun]sounds like discharges of artillery.
听起来像放炮。
■the action of unloading a ship of its goods or passengers
（船的）卸货；下客 - the action of doing all that is required to fulfil a responsibility or perform a duty
履行责任；完成任务
directors must use skill in the discharge of their duties.
主管们在履行职责时必须运用技巧。
■the payment of a debt or other financial claim
债务的偿还
money paid in discharge of a claim.
用来还债的钱。 - (Law)the action of cancelling an order of a court
(律)（法庭命令的）撤销
dischargeable
adjective
语源
- Middle English (in the sense 'relieve of (an obligation'): from Old French descharger, from late Latin discarricare 'unload', from dis- (expressing reversal) + carricare 'to load' (see charge)
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