deliver

deliver, rescue

这两个词都有“救援”“解救”的意思。它们的区别是：

deliver特指将某人从囚禁或其他的控制手段或方式中救援出来,这类控制手段或方式可指监禁、奴役、压迫、受苦、诱惑或罪恶等; rescue主要指以迅速而有力的行动将某人从逼近的危险中解救出来,这类危险可指伤害、攻击、俘虏或囚禁等。例如:

They delivered Dade from danger.他们把达德从危险中救出来。

He rescued a man from drowning.他救了一个快淹死的人。

deliver, dispatch, mail, send, ship

这五个词都有“送”的意思。它们之间的区别在于：

1.mail指将信件、包裹等物寄出去,强调将某物品寄送出去这一行为。

2.deliver指送货。例如:

The goods will be delivered at noon tomorrow.明天中午交货。

The farmers guarantee the quantity and quality of the vegetables that are delivered.农民们保证交售蔬菜的质量和数量。

3.dispatch可指上级向下级派遣人员〔部队、舰队〕等,强调紧急发出。例如:

A messenger was dispatched to take the news to the soldiers at the front.一名通讯员被派去给前线士兵送消息。

The allies agreed to dispatch reinforcements.同盟国同意派遣增援部队。

4.send不涉及客体的内容或方法。例如:

Let's all go to the airport to send him off.我们都到机场给他送行。

If any letters come after you've left,I'll send them on.如果你离开后,有信来了,我会转寄去的。

Have you sent round the notice about the Christmas party yet?关于圣诞节晚会的通告,你是否已送出传阅?

5.ship是指以水运、陆运、空运等方式运送货物,现常用于商业。例如:

Some fruit doesn't ship well.有些水果不便运送。

The goods were shipped last week.货物已于上周装船运走。

deliver, declaim, lecture, speak

这组词都可表示“演讲”。它们的区别是：

speak一般指在公共场合讲话; declaim有慷慨激昂地演说、朗诵或以言辞攻击某人或某种观点的含义; deliver指讲道、陈述意见或讲授一门功课; lecture可指就某一专题演讲或强调教导性的演说。例如:

She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money.她慷慨陈词,猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。

He is delivering a speech.他正在作演讲。

I wish you'd stop lecturing me.我希望你不要再教训我。