英语词汇“dismantle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINdismantle

Origin:

1500-1600 Old French desmanteler, from mantel ‘cloak’

VERB TABLE

dismantle

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	dismantle
	he, she, it	dismantles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	dismantled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have dismantled
	he, she, it	has dismantled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had dismantled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will dismantle
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have dismantled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am dismantling
	he, she, it	is dismantling
	you, we, they	are dismantling
Past	I, he, she, it	was dismantling
	you, we, they	were dismantling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been dismantling
	he, she, it	has been dismantling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been dismantling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be dismantling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been dismantling

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Jimmy was in the garage, dismantling his bike.
No one is suggesting that we dismantle the Social Security system.
The Detroit Tigers dismantled the Chicago White Sox 16-0.
The first thing the soldiers did was to dismantle the enemy's surveillance equipment.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Before a technician dismantled the device, a nearby restaurant, a post office and City Hall were evacuated.
From there, police and park workers on the ground would move in and dismantle them.
He suggested that the huntsmen should dismantle the gate to release the animal.
If this measure could indeed alienate Latinos, why do several recent polls show overwhelming support from Latinos for dismantling bilingual education?
The occupation regime was gradually dismantled, and sovereignty granted by instalments.
These structures need to be erected and dismantled quickly with a minimum of disturbance whilst encountering many difficult locations.

Longman Language Activatorto separate something into two or more parts► separate

· This is a technique used to separate the components of a mixture.separate something into something · He sat at a desk, separating a pile of mail into "urgent' and "non-urgent'.

► divide

to separate something into a number of separate parts or things: divide something into something: · We divided the pizza into three and had a slice each.· Some of the big old houses have been divided into apartments.divide up something/divide something up: · He said that dividing up the company would make the units more profitable.

► split

to separate something that used to be a single thing or a single group into two or more different parts: · Rutherford first split the atom on 3rd January 1919.split something in half/in two (=so that it makes two equal parts): · He split the company in half, and then sold both new companies to different buyers.split something into something (=into two, three etc parts): · For this exercise, I'm going to split the class into three groups.

► break up

to separate something into several smaller parts: break up something: · The police were attacked as they tried to break up the crowd.break something up: · If you have to give a long explanation, try to break it up.break something up into something: · You can break a subject up into sections and guide your learners through it one section at a time.

► break down

to separate something such as a report or a job into parts, especially in order to make it easier to understand or easier to do: break down something: · Try to break down the calculation and get the students to do it in stages.break something down: · If you find a piece of music hard to play, break it down into small sections and practise each one slowly.

► take apart

to separate a machine, piece of equipment etc into parts: take something apart: · He'd shown her how to take a gun apart and clean it.take apart something: · He spends his time taking apart old clocks and watches.

► dismantle

to separate a large or complicated machine into parts, for example so that it can no longer be used or in order to make it easier to move, repair etc: · Jimmy was in the garage, dismantling his bike.· The first thing the soldiers did was to dismantle the enemy's surveillance equipment.

► take something to pieces

to separate something into pieces, especially in order to check for a fault or to clean it: · He took the toy to pieces to find out how it worked.· The parcel contained a gun that had been taken to pieces.

WORD SETS► Mechanical

ball bearing, nounbelt, nouncog, nouncombustion chamber, nounconveyor belt, nouncoolant, nouncooling system, nouncrank, verbdifferential, noundisengage, verbdismantle, verbdrive, nounfour-stroke engine, nounfuel cell, nounfulcrum, noungear, nounheat pump, nounhydraulic, adjectiveinertia, nounmechanical, adjectivemechanical engineering, nounmill, nounmillstone, nounmillwheel, nounmomentum, nounmotive, adjectiveneutral, nounnuclear reactor, nounoil pan, nounpivot, nounpropulsion, nounpulley, nounpump, nounrace, verbratchet, nounreactor, nounregulate, verbretract, verbrev, verbrev, nounrotor, nounselector, nounstarter motor, nounstress, nounstressed, adjectivestrip, verbsump, nounsupercharged, adjectivetemplate, nountop gear, nountorque, nountwo-stroke, adjectiveuniversal joint, nounvalve, nounwheel, nounwinch, nounwindlass, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► power

· Mistrust of the family's ultimate intentions may also explain the ease with which Gloucester was able to dismantle their power.

► program

· Dole also switched his position on affirmative action, saying he wanted to dismantle a program he previously supported.· Ayn Rand is just another excuse to dismantle programs that support social welfare.· Atkinson then publicly apologized to Wilson and said he would speed up dismantling the program, and the regents meeting was canceled.

► system

· Pasaret is dismantling a hiring system where a job applicant's chief qualification was his or her party loyalty.· When he won, he quickly dismantled the system.· While Britain started dismantling its selective system in the 1960s, Northern Ireland retained it.· His book Perestroika helps establish that from the very start Gorbachev was out to reorient, not dismantle their system.· But it remains unclear how far the plan will go in dismantling an entrenched system.

► weapon

· And at the so-called Pantex plant in Amarillo, Texas, technicians are dismantling nuclear weapons to comply with arms-control treaties.· The estimates do not include the cost of dismantling nuclear weapons and military nuclear facilities.· A: That money has helped dismantle several thousand weapons.· Another worry is that nuclear material from defunct nuclear power plants and dismantled nuclear weapons might end up in the wrong hands.

VERB► begin

· Big firms like Fiat and Pirelli began dismantling and de-centralizing labour forces.· Mr Linley began dismantling his equipment.· Dole aides began to dismantle the camera riser.