送你回家不是“Send you home”！这是错的！

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Let me send you home是错的
虽然send 的确是「送」的意思，但是这样翻译是不行的！
send someone to是出于一种有目的的安排，把某人送往某地，以期待别人为你做某事。和日常的送回家，是有区别的。
例句
Her parents sent her to a boarding school.
她的父母把她送到了一所寄宿学校。

Sunny sent Jack to buy subway.
Sunny要杰克去买赛百味。

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送某人回家
accompany someone home
walk/drive someone home
例句
It's too late,let me walk you home.
很晚了，我送你回家吧。

Did you let the boy walk you home?
你让男孩送你回家了吗？

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关于“send”的其他用法

1
send something off
邮寄
例句
I sent off the letter this morning.
我今天早上寄了信。

2
send-off
送行
例句
If he'd played in that match he would have got a great send-off and it all would have been fine.  
如果他踢了那场比赛一切都会没事，我们会为他送别。

Before I went to travel, I had a big family send-off.
我出门旅游前，家人们都来送我。

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a big send-off
欢送会
例句
I had a wonderful big send-off before I left.
我离开前度过了一个盛大的欢送会。

But I could have handled it better, giving him a big send-off and taking pains to make it look like his idea.  
但是我本来可以把事情处理得更好些，比如给他举行一个盛大的送别仪式，尽力地制造一种表象，好像离职是他自己的主意。

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send chills up (one's) spine
毛骨悚然，背脊发冷
例句
His words sent a chill down her spine.
他的话让她脊背发凉。

Can we get out of here? This creepy old house is sending chills up my spine!
我们能不能走啊，这个老房子真的要把我吓尿了。

send someone packing
打败某人，突然解雇某人
例句
I sent my enemy packing.
我打败了我的对手。

I couldn't stand him anymore, so I sent him packing.
我真的受不了他了，所以我把他开除了。

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send ahead for something
提前做好准备
例句
We sent ahead for room reservations at the hotel.
我们提前订好了酒店房间。

I will send ahead for a uber to meet us at the station.
我会提前叫一辆uber在车站等我们。

send (a) mixed message(s)
发送不清晰，令人误解困惑的信息。
例句
My ex-girlfriend has accused me of sending mixed messages about our relationship, as if I'm trying to get back together with her.
我前女友说我给她发暧昧信息？说的好像我要和她复合哦！

frankeywang

楼主，谢谢分享。。。。。。。。。。建议开通“外语学习”专栏板块。。。。。。。

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frankeywang 发表于 2019-5-27 15:43
楼主，谢谢分享。。。。。。。。。。建议开通“外语学习”专栏板块。。。。。。。 ...

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