打发

(v) dispatch sb to do sth

(v) send sb away

(v) pass the time

send

打发[dǎfa]

-（派出去）send;dispatch:
sendforadoctor打发人请医生
-（使离开）dismiss;sendaway:-（消磨）whileaway(one'stime)

母亲打发孩子们赶快去上学，然后就开始干起活来。
The mother hustled the children off to school and started working.

他父亲打发他到他叔父家去。
His father sent him off to his uncle's.

她来串门只是为了打发时间。
She stopped by just to pass the time of day.

我无法打发他们回家。
I don't have the authority to send them home.

时间已晚，孩子们很快就被打发上楼睡觉。
As it was getting late, the children were quickly sent aloft to bed.