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单词 dismemberment
释义
dismemberdis‧mem‧ber /dɪsˈmembə $ -ər/ verb [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdismember
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French desmembrer, from membre ‘arm or leg’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
dismember
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theydismember
he, she, itdismembers
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theydismembered
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave dismembered
he, she, ithas dismembered
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad dismembered
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill dismember
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have dismembered
Continuous Form
PresentIam dismembering
he, she, itis dismembering
you, we, theyare dismembering
PastI, he, she, itwas dismembering
you, we, theywere dismembering
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been dismembering
he, she, ithas been dismembering
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been dismembering
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be dismembering
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been dismembering
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • His dismembered body was dumped near Hoover Dam.
  • Mr. Corry might have to dismember the company more than he wants to.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But they needed other aids, for their teeth and nails could not readily dismember anything larger than a rabbit.
  • Further macabre details of summary executions, including the use of dynamite to dismember prisoners, are expected to be released soon.
  • The Breton lady had been dismembered.
  • The mirror traps Him, and demonic forces dismember Him and throw Him into a boiling cauldron.
  • The reason for which body and soul unite follows from a deed -- the Titanic act of dismembering and killing Dionysos.
1to cut a body into pieces or tear it apart2 formal to divide a country, area, or organization into smaller parts SYN  break updismemberment noun [uncountable]
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