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.
這是牛津高階英英字典的查詢內容。
這樣看來dispose 沒有不及物用法，但有固定詞組dispose of
以下是譯典通的查詢結果：
dispose 英音：[di'sp?uz] 美音：[d?'spoz]
及物動詞 vt.
1.配置,布置[(+for)]
They disposed troops along the river.
他們沿河布置了軍隊。
2.處置,處理;整理
3.使傾向於,使有意於[(+for/to)][O2]
The good pay disposed him to take the job.
高薪使他接受了這份工作。
不及物動詞 vi.
1.處置,處理;(能)決定[(+of)]
I want to dispose of these old books.
我想處理掉這些舊書。
Man proposes, God disposes.
謀事在人,成事在天。
總的來說，牛津英英比較專業，從例句來看，dispose vt應該表安排、處置、使某人某事像妳安排的那樣行動，壹般dispose+n+adv/prep或是dispose+n+toward(s)+sth.；而+of或是稱作vi用法時，表示舍棄、去掉、擊敗,壹般只有dispose of+n