| 单词 | dissociate |
| 释义 | dissociate (once / 4780 pages) v To dissociate is to break apart from someone, such as an employee leaving a business or a spouse leaving a marriage. Dissociate is the opposite of associate. It comes from the Latin dissociare, which means basically "to disunite." To dissociate is to stop associating with someone. If a relationship ends, the two people are dissociated from one another. When you see the word dissociate, think "break-up." WORD FAMILYdissociate: dissociable, dissociated, dissociates, dissociating, dissociation, dissociative+/dissociation: dissociations USAGE EXAMPLESThe picks come as Trump works to dissociate himself from the alt-right, a movement of white supremacists who continue to cheer his election. Time(Nov 24, 2016) Emotionally, our first response is anger, if we don’t completely dissociate and turn off feelings altogether. Time(Nov 07, 2016) He has issued a statement dissociating himself from anyone naming the woman in the case. BBC(Oct 24, 2016) 1v part; cease or break association with Syn|Hyper disassociate, disjoint, disunite, divorce break, break up, part, separate, split, split up discontinue an association or relation; go different ways 2v regard as unconnected you must dissociate these two events! Syn|Ant|Hyper decouple associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in make a logical or causal connection differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart mark as different 3v to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions Hyper break down, break up, decompose separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts |
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