1distribute sth (to/among sb/sth) to give things to a number of people 分配;分发:
Tickets will be distributed to all club members.所有俱乐部成员均将获发门券。They distributed emergency food supplies to the areas that were most in need.他们把救急粮食分配给最短缺的地区。
2 to transport and supply goods to shops, companies, etc (向商店、公司等)运输,供应(货物):
Which company distributes this product in your country?在你们的国家,哪家公司供应这种产品?
3 to spread sth equally over an area 使平均分布或散布:
Make sure that the weight is evenly distributed.重量一定要分布均匀。
distribute/dIˋstrIbjUt; dIˈstrIbjuːt/v [T] 1 to share things among a group of people 分发﹐分配: I’ll distribute copies of the report. 我来分发报告。distribute sth to/among sb Food and blankets were distributed among the refugees. 已经向难民分发了食品和毯子。see box at见 GIVE1 方框2 to supply goods to shops and companies in a particular area 配销﹐分销: The tape is distributed by American Video. 这盘磁带由美国音像公司分销。 —distribution /͵dIstrəˋbjuʃən; ˌdIstrəˈbjuːʃ$n or ˌdIstrIˈbjuːʃ$n/n [U]
distributedistributedistributesdistributeddistributingverb (distributes, distributing, distributed)to give or send things to each person: New books are distributed on the first day of school.▶ distributiondistributiondistributionsnoun (no plural): the distribution of newspapers