dispose
verb (formal)
[VN +adv./prep.] to arrange things or people in a particular way or position
sb to / toward(s) sth to make sb behave in a particular way:[VN] a drug that disposes the patient towards sleep [also VN to inf]
Phrasal Verbs:dispose of sb/sth
to get rid of sb/sth that you do not want or cannot keep:the difficulties of disposing of nuclear waste ◆ to dispose of stolen property
to deal with a problem,question or threat successfully:That seems to have disposed of most of their arguments.
to defeat or kill sb:It took her a mere 20 minutes to dispose of her opponent.
这是牛津高阶英英字典的查询内容.
这样看来dispose 没有不及物用法,但有固定词组dispose of
以下是译典通的查询结果：
dispose 英音：[di'spəuz] 美音：[dɪ'spoz]
及物动词 vt.
1.配置,布置[(+for)]
They disposed troops along the river.
他们沿河布置了军队.
2.处置,处理;整理
3.使倾向于,使有意于[(+for/to)][O2]
The good pay disposed him to take the job.
高薪使他接受了这份工作.
不及物动词 vi.
1.处置,处理;(能)决定[(+of)]
I want to dispose of these old books.
我想处理掉这些旧书.
Man proposes,God disposes.
谋事在人,成事在天.
总的来说,牛津英英比较专业,从例句来看,dispose vt应该表安排、处置、使某人某事像你安排的那样行动,一般dispose+n+adv/prep或是dispose+n+toward(s)+sth.；而+of或是称作vi用法时,表示舍弃、去掉、击败,一般只有dispose of+n
