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单词 dismember
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
dis•mem•ber /dɪsˈmɛmbɚ/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object]
  1. to remove limbs of;
    divide limb from limb:dismembered corpses.
  2. to divide into parts;
    cut up:He wants to dismember the company.
dis•mem•ber•ment, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
dis•mem•ber  (dis mem′bər),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to deprive of limbs;
    divide limb from limb:The ogre dismembered his victims before he ate them.
  2. to divide into parts;
    cut to pieces;
    mutilate.
  3. to reduce, reorganize, or discontinue the services or parts of (a company, government agency, etc.):Our business was dismembered by the conglomerate that bought it.
  • Anglo-French, Old French desmembrer, equivalent. to des- dis-1 + -membrer, verb, verbal derivative of membre member
  • Middle English dismembren 1250–1300
dis•mem′ber•er, n. 
dis•mem′ber•ment,
n.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dismember /dɪsˈmɛmbə/ vb (transitive)
  1. to remove the limbs or members of
  2. to cut to pieces
  3. to divide or partition (something, such as an empire)

disˈmemberment n
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