| 单词 | disband |
| 释义 | disband (once / 1917 pages) v You know how rock bands are always forming and then breaking up? When they break up, they disband. The word disband refers to any group or unit of folks who decide to go their separate ways. Long before there were rock bands, groups of friends or warriors would band together for protection or companionship. They would become a band of sorts. The prefix dis comes from the Latin word for "apart." So if people come together to form a band — like Robin Hood's Merry Men — then if they disband, they decide to separate and break apart. Groups don't always disband because they want to. Sometimes police officers or government officials disband groups they believe are a nuisance or a threat. WORD FAMILYdisband: disbanded, disbanding, disbandment, disbands+/band: banded, banding, bands, disband/banded: unbanded/banding: bandings/disbandment: disbandments USAGE EXAMPLESWhile the church building will remain, its small congregation is getting ready to disband. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) DreamWeavers, a drama group for children, Bank Street Players and Backstage Theatre Co. disbanded. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) Last week, it was announced that the San Francisco team would be disbanded. The Guardian(Dec 21, 2016) 1v cause to break up or cease to function the principal disbanded the political student organization Hyper break up, dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter to cause to separate and go in different directions 2v stop functioning or cohering as a unit Syn|Hyper dissolve break up come apart |
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