| 单词 | disintegrate |
| 释义 | disintegrate (once / 1467 pages) v Soak your tooth in a cup of soda for long enough and it will disintegrate, or break apart from decay. The word disintegrate comes from a combination of the prefix dis- meaning "do the opposite of" and the Latin integrare meaning "to make whole." When something disintegrates, it does the opposite of become whole; it falls apart. Objects can either disintegrate over time — like a tooth soaking in a cup of soda, or instantaneously — like a building disintegrating into dust from an explosion. WORD FAMILYdisintegrate: disintegrable, disintegrated, disintegrates, disintegrating, disintegration, disintegrative+/disintegration: disintegrations/disintegrative: disintegratively/integral: integrality, integrally, integrals, integrate/integrate: disintegrate, integrated, integrates, integrating, integration, integrative, integrator, reintegrate/integrated: nonintegrated, unintegrated/integration: integrations/integrator: integrators/reintegrate: reintegrated, reintegrates, reintegrating USAGE EXAMPLESIn the most apocalyptic scenario for Europe, the eurozone begins to disintegrate, followed soon afterwards by the EU itself. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) “And the ‘west’ as a transatlantic cultural formation is disintegrating before our eyes. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Already the revolution was disintegrating into faction fighting. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) 1v break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity The material disintegrated the group disintegrated after the leader died Ant|Hypo|Hyper incorporate, integrate make into a whole or make part of a whole powder, powderise, powderize, pulverise, pulverize make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust powderise, powderize, pulverise, pulverizebecome powder or dust run, unravelbecome undone crumble, fall apartbreak or fall apart into fragments digestsoften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture dissolvepass into a solution break apart, break up, crashbreak violently or noisily; smash; change integrity change in physical make-up 2v cause to undergo fission or lose particles Syn|Hyper decay, decompose lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process Syn|Hyper decay, decompose change integrity change in physical make-up |
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