送你回家不是“send you home”！这是错的！

约完会很多男生都会绅士地说：

“我送你回家吧”

大家知道这句话怎么翻译吗？

“Let me send you home.”？

虽然send的确是「送」的意思，但是这样翻译是错的！

send someone to是出于一种有目的的安排，把某人送往某地，以期待别人为你做某事。和日常的送回家，是有区别的。

例句

• Her parents sent her to a boarding school.
• 她的父母把她送到了一所寄宿学校。
• Sunny sent Jack to buy subway.
• Sunny要杰克去买赛百味。

地道的“我送你回家”应该这么说！

送某人回家：

accompany someone home

walk/drive someone home

例句

• It's too late,let me walk you home.
• 很晚了，我送你回家吧。
• Did you let the boy walk you home?
• 你让男孩送你回家了吗？

关于“send”的其他用法

1

send something off 邮寄

例句

I sent off the letter this morning.我今天早上寄了信。

2

send-off 送行

例句

If he'd played in that match he would have got a great send-off and it all would have been fine.

如果他踢了那场比赛一切都会没事，我们会为他送别。

Before I went to travel, I had a big family send-off.

我出门旅游前，家人们都来送我。

3

a big send-off 欢送会

例句

I had a wonderful big send-off before I left. 我离开前度过了一个盛大的欢送会。

But I could have handled it better, giving him a big send-off and taking pains to make it look like his idea.

但是我本来可以把事情处理得更好些，比如给他举行一个盛大的送别仪式，尽力地制造一种表象，好像离职是他自己的主意。

4

send chills up (one's) spine 毛骨悚然，背脊发冷

例句

Can we get out of here? This creepy old house is sending chills up my spine!

我们能不能走啊，这个老房子真的要把我吓尿了。

His words sent a chill down her spine.

他的话让她脊背发凉。

5

send someone packing 打败某人，突然解雇某人

例句

I sent my enemy packing.

我打败了我的对手。

I couldn't stand him anymore, so I sent him packing.

我真的受不了他了，所以我把他开除了。

6

send ahead for something 提前做好准备

例句

We sent ahead for room reservations at the hotel.

我们提前订好了酒店房间。

I will send ahead for a uber to meet us at the station.

我会提前叫一辆uber在车站等我们。

7

send (a) mixed message(s) 发送不清晰，令人误解困惑的信息。

例句

My ex-girlfriend has accused me of sending mixed messages about our relationship, as if I'm trying to get back together with her.

我前女友说我给她发暧昧信息？说的好像我要和她复合哦！