| 单词 | dispose |
| 释义 | dispose (once / 65 pages) v If you dispose of something, you get rid of it. Don't want that sweatshirt with the clown's face on it? Give it away, throw it out, even sell it — these are all ways to dispose of that awful shirt. The verb dispose comes from the Latin word disponere, meaning “put in order,” “arrange,” or “distribute" — like when you dispose volunteers to collect trash at a park. The word of usually follows dispose when it means "getting rid of something." Another meaning is "make willing or open to something," like your childhood love of reading that disposes you to becoming a life-long reader. WORD FAMILYdispose: disposable, disposal, disposed, disposes, disposing, disposition, indispose, predispose, redispose+/disposable: disposables, nondisposable/disposal: disposals/disposed: disposedly/disposition: dispositions/indispose: indisposed, indisposes, indisposing, indisposition/indisposition: indispositions/predispose: predisposed, predisposes, predisposing, predisposition/predisposition: predispositions/redispose: redisposed, redisposes, redisposing, redisposition/redisposition: redispositions USAGE EXAMPLESThe homeless would get gift certificates at a thrift shop to replace disposed items once housing is secured. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) The News of Brunswick on disposing of Christmas trees: Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Secretly touring the Westworld labs, she looked in wonder at her fellow robots being built, taught, repaired and disposed of. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1v give, sell, or transfer to another She disposed of her parents' possessions Hypo|Hyper redispose dispose anew sell exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent 2v throw or cast away Syn|Hypo|Hyper cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out unlearn discard something previously learnt, like an old habit deep-six, give it the deep sixtoss out; get rid of jettisonthrow away, of something encumbering junk, scrap, trashdispose of (something useless or old) wasteget rid of dumpthrow away as refuse retiredispose of (something no longer useful or needed) abandonforsake, leave behind liquidize, sell out, sell upget rid of all one's merchandise de-accessdispose of by selling close outterminate by selling off or disposing of chuck, ditchthrow away dispense withforgo or do or go without forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waivelose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime consigncommit forever; commit irrevocably get rid of, remove dispose of 3v place or put in a particular order the dots are unevenly disposed Hyper lay, place, pose, position, put, set put into a certain place or abstract location 4v make fit or prepared Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper qualify disqualify, indispose, unfit make unfit or unsuitable habilitate qualify for teaching at a university in Europe capacitatemake capable groom, prepare, train educate for a future role or function 5v make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper incline disincline, indispose make unwilling predispose make susceptible determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape shape or influence; give direction to |
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