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

The verb disassemble means to take something apart. It's one thing to disassemble a computer; it's a whole other thing to put it back together again.

If you take your car to the repair shop to have a squeaky brake fixed, you'll be surprised to see the mechanics quickly disassemble your car, removing even its wheels and doors. You can use the word disassemble whenever something's dismantled or broken into pieces. Originally, disassemble meant "to disperse," or to stop a crowd of people from assembling, but the meaning changed to its current definition in the 1600s.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

disassemble / dissemble

Disassemble is to take something apart, like an old car motor, but dissemble is sneaky — it means to hide your true self, like the guy who said he was a mechanic but had never actually seen a motor, much less put one back together.

Disassemble is formed from dis-, meaning reversal, and assemble, to put together. Disassemble, then, is to take something apart, literally or figuratively:

Entering the moon's orbit, the rocket was further disassembled enabling two Apollo Astronauts to explore the lunar surface. (Scientific American)

Lawmakers are, of course, free to disassemble their Frankenbill and pass the measures separately. (Chicago Tribune)

But Mr. Walker and Republican leaders said disassembling unions was not the point at all. (New York Times)

Dissemble, which means to hide one's beliefs or feelings, has a less direct breakdown. (Why would it be direct? It likes to hide!) It comes from the Latin dissimulare, meaning to conceal, from dis- for completely, and simulare meaning pretend. If you completely pretend you believe something other than you really do, you are dissembling:

Pictures have always dissembled — there are millions of snaps of miserable families grinning bravely — but now they directly lie. (Guardian)

Is this not the curse of power, forever compelled to conceal and dissemble? (New York Times)

A sweet religion, indeed, that obliges men to dissemble and tell lies, both to God and man, for the salvation of their souls! (John Locke)

Ditch the dis an it's easy to keep these two straight: (dis)assemble is the opposite of assemble, and (dis)semble is to not resemble yourself.

WORD FAMILY

disassemble: disassembled, disassembles, disassembling, disassembly+/assemblage: assemblages/assemble: assemblage, assembled, assembler, assembles, assembling, disassemble, preassemble, reassemble/assembler: assemblers/assembling: assemblings/preassemble: preassembled/reassemble: reassembled, reassembles, reassembling

USAGE EXAMPLES

“Watch as he plays with, or rather disassembles, their creation,” it reads.

Time(Dec 22, 2016)

The bride’s father, a carpenter, disassembled a greenhouse at work and saved supplies, including 2-by-6s and plyboard.

Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016)

At that time the fire department disassembled the engine and refurbished it.

Washington Times(Dec 11, 2016)

v take apart into its constituent pieces

Syn|Ant|Hyper

break apart, break up, dismantle, take apart

assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together

create by putting components or members together

destroy, destruct

do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

单词	disassemble
释义	disassemble (once / 36706 pages) v The verb disassemble means to take something apart. It's one thing to disassemble a computer; it's a whole other thing to put it back together again. If you take your car to the repair shop to have a squeaky brake fixed, you'll be surprised to see the mechanics quickly disassemble your car, removing even its wheels and doors. You can use the word disassemble whenever something's dismantled or broken into pieces. Originally, disassemble meant "to disperse," or to stop a crowd of people from assembling, but the meaning changed to its current definition in the 1600s. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS disassemble / dissemble Disassemble is to take something apart, like an old car motor, but dissemble is sneaky — it means to hide your true self, like the guy who said he was a mechanic but had never actually seen a motor, much less put one back together. Disassemble is formed from dis-, meaning reversal, and assemble, to put together. Disassemble, then, is to take something apart, literally or figuratively: Entering the moon's orbit, the rocket was further disassembled enabling two Apollo Astronauts to explore the lunar surface. (Scientific American) Lawmakers are, of course, free to disassemble their Frankenbill and pass the measures separately. (Chicago Tribune) But Mr. Walker and Republican leaders said disassembling unions was not the point at all. (New York Times) Dissemble, which means to hide one's beliefs or feelings, has a less direct breakdown. (Why would it be direct? It likes to hide!) It comes from the Latin dissimulare, meaning to conceal, from dis- for completely, and simulare meaning pretend. If you completely pretend you believe something other than you really do, you are dissembling: Pictures have always dissembled — there are millions of snaps of miserable families grinning bravely — but now they directly lie. (Guardian) Is this not the curse of power, forever compelled to conceal and dissemble? (New York Times) A sweet religion, indeed, that obliges men to dissemble and tell lies, both to God and man, for the salvation of their souls! (John Locke) Ditch the dis an it's easy to keep these two straight: (dis)assemble is the opposite of assemble, and (dis)semble is to not resemble yourself. WORD FAMILY disassemble: disassembled, disassembles, disassembling, disassembly+/assemblage: assemblages/assemble: assemblage, assembled, assembler, assembles, assembling, disassemble, preassemble, reassemble/assembler: assemblers/assembling: assemblings/preassemble: preassembled/reassemble: reassembled, reassembles, reassembling USAGE EXAMPLES “Watch as he plays with, or rather disassembles, their creation,” it reads. Time(Dec 22, 2016) The bride’s father, a carpenter, disassembled a greenhouse at work and saved supplies, including 2-by-6s and plyboard. Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) At that time the fire department disassembled the engine and refurbished it. Washington Times(Dec 11, 2016) v take apart into its constituent pieces Syn\|Ant\|Hyper break apart, break up, dismantle, take apart assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together create by putting components or members together destroy, destruct do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
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