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/dɪˈspoʊz/ · /dɪˈspəʊz/
To place things carefully in a particular position or order.
布置；排列
過去式 disposed過去分詞 disposed-ing disposing三單 disposes
核心畫面
Picture someone laying out chairs before a meeting, or setting the cups and plates on a tray — each thing put deliberately in its place, so the whole arrangement looks right. That careful placing is what the bare verb dispose names. It is a written, formal word; in speech English usually reaches for arrange or lay out instead.
可以想成：開會前有人把椅子一張張擺好，或把杯盤在托盤上一件件放定位——每樣東西都刻意安置在它該在的位置，整體看起來就…更多收起
可以想成：開會前有人把椅子一張張擺好，或把杯盤在托盤上一件件放定位——每樣東西都刻意安置在它該在的位置，整體看起來就對了。單獨使用的動詞 dispose 講的就是這種「安放、排列」。這個用法偏書面、正式（formal），平常說話多半會用 arrange 或 lay out。原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
disposeverb/dɪsˈpoʊz/
- 1
To eliminate or to get rid of something.
- I dispose of my trash in the garbage can.
- 2
To distribute or arrange; to put in place.
- Now, dear soldiers, march away: / And how thou pleasest, God, dispose the day!
- Marianne’s pianoforte was unpacked and properly disposed of, and Elinor’s drawing were affixed to the walls of their sitting rooms.
- 3
To deal out; to assign to a use.
- what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor
- 4
To incline.
- In these uncertain times, I am disposed towards caution.
- Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose / To future good our past and present woes.
- 5
obsoleteTo bargain; to make terms.
- She had disposed with Caesar.
- 6
obsoleteTo regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
- the knightly forms of combat to dispose
disposenoun/dɪsˈpoʊz/
- 1
obsoleteThe disposal or management of something.
- By thus doing, he submits himself to God's rod, commits himself to the dispose of his providence; yea, by thus doing, he casteth the lot of his present and future condition into the lap of his creditors, and leaves the whole dispose thereof to the Lord […]
- 2
obsoleteBehaviour; disposition.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。