| 单词 | dispel |
| 释义 | dispel (once / 1012 pages) v To dispel is to get rid of something that's bothering or threatening you, regardless of whether that's warts, worries, or wild dogs. The nifty thing about dispel is that you can use it when talking about emotional problems (such as worries and fears) as well as physical ones (such as wild dogs). Note, however, that when dispel is used in reference to physical foes, it often has the added meaning of scattering your opponents in all directions. So, while you can dispel a pack of wild dogs, you should just chase off or drive away a lone wolf. Good luck with that, by the way. WORD FAMILYdispel: dispelled, dispelling, dispels USAGE EXAMPLESThat's been dispelled a million times, and they still lean on that. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) And yet she did much to dispel the stigma around mental illness, even cheekily proposing a Bipolar Pride Day. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) If President-elect Trump wants to dispel the miasma hanging about, he needs, more than anything, a strategic plan. Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016) 1v to cause to separate and go in different directions Syn|Hypo|Hyper break up, disperse, dissipate, scatter disband cause to break up or cease to function divide, separate make a division or separation 2v force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings dispel doubts Syn|Hypo|Hyper chase away, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back drive out, force out, rouse, rout out force or drive out frighten drive out by frightening firedrive out or away by or as if by fire clear the airdispel differences or negative emotions banishdrive away shoo, shoo away, shoo offdrive away by crying `shoo!' displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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