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单词 disengagement
释义

disengage

verb

dis·​en·​gage ˌdis-in-ˈgāj How to pronounce disengage (audio)
disengaged; disengaging; disengages

transitive verb

: to release from something that engages or involves

intransitive verb

: to release or detach oneself : withdraw
disengagement
ˌdis-in-ˈgāj-mənt How to pronounce disengage (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • clear
  • disembarrass
  • disentangle
  • extricate
  • free
  • liberate
  • release
  • untangle
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Example Sentences

The two dancers moved together in a series of quick movements before disengaging and leaping apart. Put the car in gear, and then slowly disengage the clutch while pressing on the gas pedal. If there is a malfunction, the gears will automatically disengage.
Recent Examples on the Web Four of Swords: Aries, the month of September will ask you to consider slowing down, if not disengage all together, from your recent cycle. Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2022 Epicurus, active in the early third century BC, saw our world as a conglomeration of atoms, randomly assembled, that will eventually disengage and go their separate ways. Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2022 But no matter how bad the situation gets now, experts say the tech giant is unlikely (and perhaps unable) to disengage from China for the foreseeable future. Rishi Iyengar, CNN, 28 July 2022 As President Biden prepares to visit Saudi Arabia, the oil-rich kingdom is closer than ever to Russia and has no plans to disengage from Moscow or help Washington by pumping more crude, Saudi officials said. Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 12 July 2022 The app can be used to pair Px7 S2 to a mobile device, fine-tune the sound through adjustable EQ, activate or disengage the noise-canceling transparency mode to let in more or less of the outside world. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 29 June 2022 These folks do well when they are allowed to disengage, take time for themselves, and dedicate their lives to a cause rather than a monotonous job or singular person. Glamour, 31 May 2022 In fact, such empowerment can lead employees to morally disengage and behave unethically. Iese Business School, Forbes, 8 June 2022 Machines constructed this way could disengage their operations from the inputs of electronic sensors and create novel forms of computation that resemble internal cognitive processes. György Buzsáki, Scientific American, 14 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

French désengager, from Middle French, from des- dis- + engager to engage

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

disengagement

noun

as in withdrawal

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • withdrawal
  • revulsion
  • recoil
  • retirement
  • pullout
  • disentanglement
  • pullback
  • shrinking
  • retreat
  • flinch
  • rout
  • recession

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • advance
  • advancement
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