dispense

1. V-T If someone dispenses something that they own or control, they give or provide it to a number of people. 分发[正式]

The union had already dispensed $60000 in grants. 工会已经分发了6万美元的补助金。

2. V-T If you obtain a product by getting it out of a machine, you can say that the machine dispenses the product. (机器) 售出 (商品)

For two weeks, the cash machine spewed out receipts apologizing for its inability to dispense money. 两周了，自动取款机就输出了一些因其无法提款而致歉的凭条。

3. V-T When a pharmacist dispenses medicine, he or she prepares it, and gives or sells it to the patient or customer. 配发; 配售 (药)

Health officials hope to begin dispensing anti-retroviral drugs on a wide scale at the beginning of next year. 卫生官员们希望在明年年初开始大规模配发抗逆转录病毒药物。