"send to"是英语中常用的动词短语,核心含义是"把...发送/寄给/送到...;派...去...",强调将人或物从一处传递、运送至另一处(或某个人、某种状态)。以下是详细的用法解析及示例:
"send"是核心动词(意为"发送、寄送、派遣"),"to"作为介词(后接名词/代词)或不定式符号(后接动词原形),连接动作的"对象"或"目的"。
根据宾语类型(物/人)和表达目的,"send to"主要有以下几种结构:
这是最常见的用法,强调将物品(实物或电子信息)传递给某人或送至某地。
实物:I need to send this gift to my mom for Mother's Day.(我要把这个礼物寄给妈妈庆祝母亲节。)
电子信息:Could you send the meeting agenda to my email?(你能把会议议程发到我邮箱吗?)
送至某地:Please send the package to our Beijing office.(请把包裹寄到我们北京办事处。)
注意:可转换为双宾语结构(send sb. sth.),此时省略"to":Send me a letter. = Send a letter to me.(给我寄封信。)
强调将人派遣或送往某个地点(如工作、学习、就医等)。
派遣工作:The company sent him to Tokyo for a business trip.(公司派他去东京出差。)
送学/就医:She sends her daughter to a local school every morning.(她每天早上送女儿去当地学校。)
紧急情况:We had to send the injured man to the hospital.(我们得把受伤的人送医院。)
此处"to"是不定式符号(非介词),后接动词原形,表示"派遣某人的目的"。
The manager sent his assistant to pick up the client.(经理派助理去接客户。)
My mom sent me to buy milk from the supermarket.(妈妈派我去超市买牛奶。)
常见于法律、惩罚或强制场景,强调将人送至某一"状态性场所"(如监狱、戒毒所等)。
The judge sent the criminal to prison for 10 years.(法官判这名罪犯10年监禁。)
His parents decided to send him to a rehab center for his addiction.(他父母决定送他去戒毒所戒瘾。)
1、 代词的位置:若直接宾语是代词(如it/them),需放在"send"和"to"之间,不能后置:
正确:Send it to me.(把它发给我。)
错误:Send to me it.
2、 "to"的词性区分:
当"send"后接物/地点时,"to"是介词(后接名词/代词);
当"send"后接人做某事时,"to"是不定式符号(后接动词原形)。
3、 被动语态:"send to"的被动形式为"be sent to",强调"被发送/派遣":
The letter was sent to me yesterday.(这封信昨天寄给我了。)
The kids are sent to school by their dad every day.(孩子们每天由爸爸送去上学。)
send an email/text to sb. 给某人发邮件/短信
send a package/parcel to sb. 给某人寄包裹
send someone to the doctor 送某人看医生
send a child to school 送孩子上学
send someone to do a task 派某人做任务
总结:"send to"的核心是"传递/运送",需根据宾语(物/人)和目的选择具体结构,关键是区分"to"的词性(介词 vs. 不定式符号)及双宾语的转换。