sell out . sell all of 卖光

The shop sold out all their shirts．商店卖完了所有的衬衫。

The day after the blackout，most stores sold out their entire stock of flashlights within a few hours．停电后的这一天，大部分商店在几个小时之内就卖光了他们所有库存的手电筒。

Tickets for the football match were sold out in two hours．足球比赛门票两小时内就售完了。

sell out . be disloyal or unfaithful to 背叛

He can't be trusted not to sell out his friends if he is in a position to make a profit．我们不要指望他在有利可图的情况下不出卖朋友。

sell up . sell one's major assets 变卖主要财产

The new supermarket has been so successful that some small shop keepers have had to sell up．那家超级市场经营非常成功，使得一些小店主不得不歇业。

After farming for over ten years in Britain he sold up and went abroad．他在英国务农十多年后，变卖财产出国去了。

sell up . sell somebody 's property for payment of debt 将某人的财产变卖抵债

Old Williams went bankrupt，and was sold up by his creditors．老威廉斯破产了，他的全部财产被债权人变卖了。

send away . cause to depart 使离开；送走

He sent his son away to school in America．他把儿子送往美国念书。

The letter was sent away in the evening mail．那封信是夜间邮班送出的。

send away . dismiss 开除；赶走

Send the boy away，Mary；he is a little nuisance．玛丽，把孩子打发走，他是一个小讨厌鬼。

The boss sent little Jack away on some pretext or other．老板用某种借口把小杰克开除了。

send away for . request by post 写信索要

He sent away to one of the daily papers for a free calendar．他写信向一家日报社免费索取一份年历。

He wants to send away for some books．他想写信邮购一些书。

send down . expel a student from a university 开除

As a result of the inquiry，two students have been sent down．调查结果，两个学生被勒令退学。

send down . cause to go down 使下降

Perhaps that will send her temperature down．那样或许会使她的热度降下去。

The glut of apples sent the prices down．苹果大量上市使价格降了下来。

 send for . ask somebody to attend 请…来

Send for a doctor；a man has been hurt．去请医生，有人受伤了。

The police were sent for immediately the disturbance began．骚乱刚一开始，警察就被叫来了。

 send for . send an order for something 订购

I have sent for a dozen copies of the book．这书我订购了十二本。

If you wish to see the book，I'll send for a copy．你要是想看这本书，我就去订购一本。

send forth . produce 长出（枝、芽等）

Trees send forth new leaves in spring．春天里树木长出新叶。

send forth . emit；pour out 发出；使流出

The sun sends forth light and heat．太阳发出光和热。

The plant sends forth billows of smoke and steam．那家工厂放出滚滚浓烟和蒸汽。

send forth . issue；dispatch 寄发

The parcel must be sent forth at once．这包裹必须马上寄出。

They sent forth lots of people into the harvest．他们派出许多人参加收割。

send in . hand in 递送；呈送

Have they sent in the accounts? 他们把帐单交上来了吗?

He has already sent in his resignation．他已提出了辞职。

Applications must be sent in by May fifth．申请书必须于五月五日前交上来。

send in . send for a competition or an exhibition 送…参加比赛或展出

Send in your contest entries to this station．把参加比赛的名单送到本站来。

We sent in two pictures for the show．我们送去两幅画参展。

send off . post 邮寄

Have you sent off that letter yet? 那封信你寄了吗?

send off . see off 为…送行；送别

A great crowd gathered at the station to send the football team off．一大群人聚集在车站为足球队送行。

send on . send ahead or in advance 先送；先遣

We'll have our luggage sent on by train．我们把行李先交火车运去。

The sales manger had pressing business which kept him Shanghai，so he sent his deputy on to represent him in Guangzhou．销售部经理因急事耽搁在上海，因此他派副手前往广州做他的代表。

send on . readdress and repost 转寄；转送

Would you kindly send on the en closed letter to Xiao Wang? 劳驾把附来的信转交给小王好吗?

I’ll send on any letters that come for you．给你的信我都将转给你。