打发的英文：
dispatch sb to do sth
send sb away
pass the time

参考例句：

To spend time idly;putter.
鬼混懒散地打发时间;闲逛

The servants relieved their ennui with gambling and gossip about their masters(John Barth)See Synonyms at boredom
佣人们以赌博和闲话他们的主人来打发他们的百无聊赖(约翰·巴思)参见

He came to the door and tried to sell me an encyclopaedia but I soon sent him about his business.
他来到门口，试图向我兜售百科全书，但我很快把他打发走了。

We manage with sandwich.
我们用三明治打发。

A detective story helps to while away the time.
侦探小说有助于打发时间。

How do you spend your leisure time?
你怎么打发空闲时间？

He turned away a servant.
他打发走了一个佣人。

He whiled away his time by playing chess.
他以下棋来打发日子。

Immediately she sent her maid to fetch me.
她立刻打发仆人来接我。

The teacher sent the class home.
教员打发班上的孩子回家去。

dispatch是什么意思：
v. 派遣；发送；处决；迅速处理
n. 急件；派遣；分派；电讯，新闻报道；迅速

agency dispatcher
专业行政部门调度员

He is an agency dispatcher.
他是一个专业行政部门调度员。

The spy was promptly dispatched.
间谍被按时绳之以法。

sth是什么意思：
abbr. something的缩略词

average sth out(at sth);calculate the average of sth
算出某事物的平均数

be agreeable to sth
欣然同意某事

at/on the altar of sth
因为，为了（值得为之受苦的事）

send是什么意思：
v. 发送，寄；派遣；发射；传达

send in an account
开送帐单|报帐

God sends meat and the devil sends cooks
鲜肉由天次,劣厨乃鬼遣

God sends meat and the devil sends cooks.
上帝赐给食物，魔鬼派来厨师。