单词 | dissection |
释义 | dissection (once / 4464 pages) n Dissection is the process of separating something into pieces. Whether the dissection involves taking a poem apart line-by-line to learn its meaning or cutting open a frog to study its insides, you're pulling out the parts that make up a whole to better understand it. Let's dissect, or take apart, this word for a moment. Dis- means "apart" and section means "to cut", which come together to form the definition of dissection: "to cut apart." When you cut something up into sections you're doing a dissection. The word is commonly used when talking about the process of cutting something apart for scientific purposes, it's also used to talk about taking apart an argument, a poem, or a plan. WORD FAMILYdissection: dissections+/dissect: dissected, dissecting, dissection, dissects USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s timelessly vintage, yet thoroughly modern in its dissection of our emotional roadblocks. Listen. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) “So you can do really meticulous dissection between critical organs like the bowel and bladder, and minimize the chance of a mistake.” Washington Times(Nov 19, 2016) His brother, my husband: similar cyclist, similar healthy eater with aortic dissection, heart failure and eight stents. New York Times(Nov 13, 2016) 1n cutting so as to separate into pieces Hyper cut, cutting the act of cutting something into parts 2n a minute and critical analysis Hyper analysis, analytic thinking the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations 3n detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work) Hyper analysis an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole |
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