Dissipate

释义 Definition

（使）消散；（使）逐渐消失（常指雾、烟、热、能量、忧虑、紧张等逐渐散去或减弱）。也可指“挥霍、浪费（资金/精力）”（较次要用法）。

发音 Pronunciation

/ˈdɪsəpeɪt/

例句 Examples

The fog dissipated by noon.
雾到中午就散了。

As the meeting went on, her anxiety gradually dissipated, replaced by a calm focus.
随着会议进行，她的焦虑逐渐消散，取而代之的是冷静的专注。

词源 Etymology

源自拉丁语 dissipare，由 *dis-*（分开、散开）+ supare/sipare（抛散、散布）构成，原意是“把东西四散开来”，后来引申为“（能量、情绪、现象）逐渐散去/消失”。

相关词 Related Words

• Disperse
• Scatter
• Evaporate
• Vanish
• Fade
• Dissolve
• Abate
• Wane
• Diffuse
• Squander

文学作品 Literary Works

• Moby-Dick — Herman Melville
• Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë
• The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde
• Wuthering Heights — Emily Brontë