The verb is pronounced /dɪs'tʃɑːdʒ/. The noun is pronounced /'dɪstʃɑːdʒ/. 动词读作/dɪs'tʃɑːdʒ/，名词读作 /'dɪstʃɑːdʒ/。
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[VERB 动词]允许…离开(医院、军队)；(从监狱)释放 When someone is discharged from hospital, prison, or one of the armed services, they are officially allowed to leave, or told that they must leave.
[be V-ed]
[V pron-refl]
[Also V n]
He has a broken nose but may be discharged today...
他鼻梁断了，但或许今天就能出院。
You are being discharged on medical grounds.
出于健康原因你将会退伍。
...the regulation that gay people should be discharged from the military...
同性恋应该退役的规定
Five days later Henry discharged himself from hospital.
5天后，亨利擅自出院了。
Discharge is also a noun.
He was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay compensation.
他被有条件地释放了，被责令支付赔偿款。
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[VERB 动词]履行（职责）；完成（任务） If someone discharges their duties or responsibilities, they do everything that needs to be done in order to complete them.
[V n]
[FORMAL 正式]
...the quiet competence with which he discharged his many college duties.
他得以胜任众多大学职务的那种内秀
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[VERB 动词]清偿(债务) If someone discharges a debt, they pay it.
[V n]
[FORMAL 正式]
The goods will be sold for a fraction of their value in order to discharge the debt.
货物将被贱价卖出以清偿债务。
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[VERB 动词]排出；使流出；放出 If something is discharged from inside a place, it comes out.
[be V-ed prep]
[V n prep]
[FORMAL 正式]
The resulting salty water will be discharged at sea...
所产生的盐水将被排入大海。
The bird had trouble breathing and was discharging blood from the nostrils.
那只鸟呼吸困难，并且鼻孔里还在流血。
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[N-VAR 可变名词]（物质的）放出，排出 When there is a discharge of a substance, the substance comes out from inside somewhere.
[usu with supp]
[FORMAL 正式]
They develop a fever and a watery discharge from their eyes...
他们开始发烧，眼睛里分泌出一种水状物。
All discharges and disposals of radioactive waste from Springfields were within relevant limits.
斯普林菲尔德所有放射性废料的排放和处理都在限定的范围之内。
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[VERB 动词]击发(枪、炮) If someone discharges a gun, they fire it.
[V n]
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
Lewis was tried for unlawfully and dangerously discharging a weapon.
刘易斯因非法和不安全的开枪而受到了审判。
Oxford
dis·charge
verb
,
noun
dischargedischargesdischargeddischargingverb/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ; NAmEdɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒ/( formal) from hospital/job 医院；工作1[transitive , usually passive ]dischargesb (from sth) to give sb official permission to leave a place or job; to make sb leave a job 准许（某人）离开；解雇◆Patients were being discharged from the hospital too early.病人都过早获准出院。◆She had discharged herself against medical advice.她不听医嘱擅自出院了。◆He was discharged from the army following his injury.他受伤后就退伍了。◆She was discharged from the police force for bad conduct.她因行为不检被革除出警察队伍。from prison/court 监狱；法庭2[transitive , often passive ]dischargesb to allow sb to leave prison or court 释放◆He was conditionally dischargedafter admitting the theft. 他承认偷盗行为后被有条件地释放了。gas/liquid 气体；液体3[intransitive , transitive ]when a gas or a liquid dischargesor is discharged,or sb dischargesit, it flows somewhere 排出；放出；流出discharge(into sth) ◆The river is diverted through the power station before discharging into the sea.这条河改道经水电站后流入大海。dischargesth (into sth) ◆The factory was fined for discharging chemicals into the river.这家工厂因往河里排放化学物质而被罚款。force/power 力量；电力4[transitive , intransitive ]discharge(sth) ( technical 术语) to release force or power 发（力）；放（电）◆Lightning is caused by clouds discharging electricity.闪电是由云层放电产生的。duty 职责5[transitive ]dischargesth to do everything that is necessary to perform and complete a particular duty 尽（职）；完成；履行◆to discharge your duties/ responsibilities/obligations履行职责╱责任╱义务◆to discharge a debt(= to pay it)清偿债务gun 枪6[transitive ]dischargesth to fire a gun, etc. 射出；开火noun/ˈdɪstʃɑːdʒ; NAmEdɪstʃɑːrdʒ/( formal) of liquid/gas 液体；气体1[uncountable , countable ]the action of releasing a substance such as a liquid or gas; a substance that comes out from inside somewhere 排出（物）；放出（物）；流出（物）◆a ban on the discharge of toxic waste禁止有毒废物的排放◆thunder and lightning caused by electrical discharges由放电产生的雷电◆nasal/vaginal discharge(= from the nose/ vagina) 鼻涕；阴道分泌物from hospital/job 医院；工作2[uncountable , countable ]discharge(from sth) the act of officially allowing sb, or of telling sb, to leave somewhere, especially sb in a hospital or the army 获准离开；免职；出院；退伍of duty 职责3[uncountable ]the act of performing a task or a duty or of paying money that is owed 履行；执行；（债务的）清偿◆the discharge of debts/obligations债务的清偿；义务的履行dis·charge/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ; NAmEdɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒ/
1send somebody away [transitive] to officially allow someone to leave somewhere, especially the hospital or the army, navy etc, or to tell them that they must leave: Hospitals now tend to discharge patients earlier than in the past. The judge discharged the jury.discharge somebody from something Several of the recruits were discharged from the Army due to medical problems.discharge yourself British English (=leave hospital before your treatment is complete)conditionally discharge somebody British English (=let someone leave prison if they obey particular rules) Dunning was conditionally discharged for two years.2gas/liquid/smoke etc [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to send out gas, liquid, smoke etc, or to allow it to escapedischarge something into something Sewage is discharged directly into the sea.discharge into Rainwater collects here and then discharges into the river Kennett.3shoot [transitive] formal to fire a gun or shoot an arrow etc: A soldier accidentally discharged his weapon.4duty/responsibility/debt etc [transitive] formal to do or pay what you have a duty to do or paydischarge your duties/responsibilities/obligations etc The trustees failed to discharge their duties properly.5electricity [intransitive, transitive] if a piece of electrical equipment discharges, or if it is discharged, it sends out electricity6a wound [intransitive, transitive] if a wound or body part discharges a substance such as pus (=infected liquid), the substance slowly comes out of it7goods/passengers [transitive] formal to take goods or passengers off a ship, plane etc
1[uncountable] when you officially allow someone to leave somewhere, especially the hospital or their job in the army, navy etcdischarge from Nurses visit the mother and baby for two weeks after their discharge from the hospital. →
dishonourable discharge
, honorable discharge
2[countable, uncountable] when gas, liquid, smoke etc is sent out, or the substance that is sent outdischarge of the discharge of toxic waste into the sea3[countable, uncountable] when a substance slowly comes out of a wound or part of your body, or the substance that comes out4[countable, uncountable] electricity that is sent out by a piece of equipment, a storm etc5[uncountable] when someone performs a duty or pays a debtdischarge of the discharge of the college’s legal responsibilities6[uncountable] when someone shoots a gun
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