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。

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。

v.

1. (dispose of) get rid of.
   ▸overcome (a rival or threat).
   ▸informal consume (food or drink) quickly or enthusiastically.
2. arrange in a particular position.
3. incline (someone) towards a particular activity or mood.
4. literary determine the course of events:
   man proposes, but God disposes.