deploy

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deploy — 動詞

  • deploypresent simple I / you / we / they
  • deployshe / she / it
  • deployedpast simple
  • deploying-ing form

1. to bring resources, skills, or people into use in a planned and purposeful way s

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

運用；調配

有計劃地安排使用資源或人力

to bring resources, skills, or people into use in a planned and purposeful way so that they achieve the best possible result

例句

The company deployed a new training programme across all its offices last month.

這家公司上個月在所有辦公室推行了新的培訓計劃。

deploy + [resource] + across [organisation]

Amira deployed her negotiation skills to secure a better deal for the project.

Amira 運用她的談判技巧為專案爭取到更好的條件。

deploy + [skills/talents] + to-infinitive

常見搭配
  • deploy resources
  • deploy a strategy
  • deploy skills
  • deploy software
  • deploy staff
  • deploy assets
同義詞
  • utilize

    similar sense of making effective use, but emphasises extracting value from something that might otherwise be wasted

  • employ

    more formal than 'use' and closer to 'deploy', but lacks the strategic-planning nuance

  • mobilize

    stronger sense of activating resources that were previously inactive, often for an urgent purpose

反義詞
  • withhold

    to keep resources back instead of putting them into use

文法句型

deploy + noun phrase + to + location/purpose

be deployed + to-infinitive

deploy + noun phrase + across + organisation

用法筆記

Common in business, technology, and organisational settings. Subject is usually a company, institution, or team. Object can be a system, a skill, a strategy, or personnel. The passive form 'be deployed' is very frequent.

常見錯誤

We deployed the new printer in the meeting room.
We set up the new printer in the meeting room.
'deploy' suggests a coordinated, planned effort, not simply installing or placing equipment.
She deployed her pen to write the letter.
She used her pen to write the letter.
'deploy' is too formal for everyday actions with ordinary objects.

2. to send armed forces, weapons, or support equipment to a particular area so that

2.動詞及物B2
釋義

部署；調派

調派軍隊或裝備至作戰位置

to send armed forces, weapons, or support equipment to a particular area so that they are prepared to carry out operations

例句

The government deployed an additional five thousand troops to the border region.

政府增派了五千名部隊到邊境地區。

deploy + [number] + troops to [location]

French naval ships were deployed off the coast of Senegal to monitor the shipping lanes.

法國軍艦被部署在塞內加爾外海，以監控航運路線。

passive: be deployed + location phrase

常見搭配
  • deploy troops
  • deploy forces
  • deploy weapons
  • deploy ships
  • deploy units
  • deploy aircraft
同義詞
  • station

    suggests a fixed, longer-term positioning rather than active movement into position

  • dispatch

    focuses on the act of sending out, without the same readiness-for-action nuance

  • position

    more neutral and general, lacking the military and strategic connotations

反義詞
  • withdraw

    to pull forces back from a position

文法句型

be deployed + to + location

deploy + [forces/equipment] + to/in + location

ready to deploy + noun phrase

用法筆記

Object is typically troops, forces, weapons, ships, or equipment. Frequently passive. The preposition to introduces the destination; in or along specifies the positioning within an area. This is the historical root meaning from which the general sense developed.

常見錯誤

The army deployed food and medicine to the refugee camp.
The army sent food and medicine to the refugee camp.
'deploy' refers to positioning forces and weapons for operational readiness, not to general supplies or aid.
The general deployed the soldier to clean the barracks.
The general assigned the soldier to clean the barracks.
'deploy' is used for group-level strategic positioning, not routine individual tasks.

同根字

  • deployment
    名詞B2
  • deployable
    形容詞C1
  • redeploy
    動詞C1
  • redeployment
    名詞C1

常見搭配

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常用片語

  • ready to deploy
  • deploy in force
  • deploy on site

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