to send someone doing something是一个习惯搭配、习惯用法,意思是:让...做什么.
在这个句子中,send是动词::to strike or thrust so as to impel violently 打击或推动,一边强力迫使做...
更多例句:
1 send someone flying
把某人打翻在地
2 send someone packing
叫某人卷铺盖,突然解雇某人
3 send him sprawling
打得他满地找牙
to send someone to do somethig:
派遣某人去做某事(四平八稳、居高临下的命令式)
to send someone doing something:
强迫/迫使某人做某事(事态紧急、受命者不得以而为之)