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单词 dissipate
释义
dissipatedis‧si‧pate /ˈdɪsəpeɪt/ verb formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdissipate
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin dissipare, from supare ‘to throw’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
dissipate
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theydissipate
he, she, itdissipates
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theydissipated
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave dissipated
he, she, ithas dissipated
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad dissipated
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill dissipate
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have dissipated
Continuous Form
PresentIam dissipating
he, she, itis dissipating
you, we, theyare dissipating
PastI, he, she, itwas dissipating
you, we, theywere dissipating
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been dissipating
he, she, ithas been dissipating
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been dissipating
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be dissipating
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been dissipating
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • An evaporation system is used to dissipate heat from the sun and protect the shuttle's electronics.
  • She had dissipated her fortune by the time she was twenty-five.
  • The gas cloud had dissipated by late morning.
  • They dissipated their inheritance money in a very short period of time.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Close to, the illusion of glowing feyness dissipated.
  • He achieved little in his work and dissipated much of his time in an uncongenial student fraternity.
  • How does a person not lose him or herself when he or she dissipates such a powerful building block of humanity?
  • Kirov's anger dissipated somewhat as he played the recording over a couple of times.
  • My father waited for the energy of my attack to dissipate.
  • The other method is to dissipate the extra 3. 2 kilometers per second by passing through the upper atmosphere.
  • The solid nitrogen is also dissipating faster than expected.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto waste something
to use time, money, food etc in a way that is not useful or sensible, or use more of something than is necessary: · I wasted 40 minutes waiting for a bus this morning.· Don't leave the light on - you're wasting electricity.· The school kitchen wastes an awful lot of food. waste money/time on something: · Bill wastes all his money on beer and cigarettes.· Let's not waste any more time on this.
something that is wasted is not used in a sensible way, or does not produce a useful result: · I felt as if my education had been wasted when I couldn't get a job.a wasted trip/journey: · I'm sorry, you've had a wasted trip. Mr Newton isn't here at the moment.wasted life/years: · She thought back over the past four years - four wasted years married to a man who almost destroyed her.a wasted opportunity: · The government could have dealt with the problem there and then. It was a wasted opportunity.
if something goes to waste or if you let something go to waste , it is wasted because it is not used: · Local produce often goes to waste because people prefer to buy imported food.· If no one else wants this, I'll eat it -- I hate to see good food go to waste.· We can't let all our hard work go to waste.
to waste something valuable by using it in a stupid way that brings no useful results: · His family felt he had squandered his musical talent.squander a chance/opportunity: · England squandered a golden opportunity to score, seconds before the final whistle.squander away something: · Howard was a terrible gambler, and had squandered away the family fortune.
to waste something such as time or money in a silly way by using small amounts of it on things you do not need: fritter away something: · So many students seem to fritter away their time at college.fritter something away: · Michelle had frittered her inheritance away on extravagant parties and fancy clothes.
formal to gradually waste something such as money or energy by trying to do a lot of different and often unnecessary things: · She had dissipated her fortune by the time she was twenty-five.
money that is wasted: be money down the drain: · Buying nice clothes for you was just money down the drain. All you ever wear are jeans and T-shirts.throw money down the drain: · The government is throwing tax payers' money down the drain.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· The net effect of these factors is to dissipate the energy of the returning hammer.· As penniless brokers they often had to dissipate energy on make-do and mend activities.· Such materials char and melt, rapidly absorbing and dissipating energy as they do so.
· One has low power requirements, thereby dissipating little heat, the other has high-density circuitry.· More efficient drives dissipate less heat and hence require smaller heat sinks-traditionally the largest component.· This energy is dissipated as heat, and increases the amount of disorder in the universe.
1[intransitive, transitive] to gradually become less or weaker before disappearing completely, or to make something do this:  As he thought it over, his anger gradually dissipated. Little by little, the smoke was dissipated by the breeze.2[transitive] to waste something valuable such as time, money, or energy:  His savings were soon dissipated.
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