| 单词 | disabused |
| 释义 | disabused (once / 30541 pages) adj The adjective disabused describes a person who no longer has the wrong idea about something. A boy is disabused of his belief in Santa Claus when his older sister tells him it's their parents who fill the stockings. You'll almost always find the word disabused followed by the word of, and the thing people are most often disabused of is an idea or a belief. A kindergartner might be disabused of the idea that her teacher is always cheerful on a particularly stressful day at school, or a politician could be disabused of his stance against gun control after talking to crime victims. The Latin prefix dis is at the root of disabused, meaning "do the opposite of." WORD FAMILYdisabuse: disabused, disabuses, disabusing+/abuse: abused, abuser, abuses, abusing, abusive, disabuse, self-abuse/abused: abusedly, unabused/abuser: abusers/abusive: abusively, abusiver USAGE EXAMPLESIf he thought the PRI’s old method of central command would work in a more sophisticated country, he has been disabused. Economist(Nov 24, 2016) He considered flying another five missions to reach 50, but his commanding officer disabused him of that notion. Washington Times(Nov 20, 2016) If the latter hoped the abuse scandal might finally shatter the moral authority of the former, they have now been disabused. Economist(Nov 17, 2016) adj freed of a mistaken or misguided notion some people are still not disabused of the old idea that the universe revolves around the Earth Syn undeceived disenchanted freed from enchantment |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。