基本释义
[verb] make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear
[动词] 使(怀疑、感觉或信念)消失
深入解读
Dispel 是一个容易与一年前推送过的 expel 相混淆的单词。这两个单词词根相同,前缀不同。
其中, dispel 由前缀 dis- (分散)+词根 pel (驱动;推)构成,15世纪由拉丁语 dispellere (驱散)进入英语后,也是用来表示“驱散、消除”,多指通过证明是错误的或不必要的来消除恐惧、沮丧、怀疑、反对、担心、信念等。
由于含有使向不同方向散开而赶走或消失之义,所以 dispel 只接可以四散的事物,包括浓雾(thick fog)、一群野狗(a pack of wild dogs),而不用于单一、不可分割的事物,比如:
- 他富有说服力的演讲消除了人们对他身体健康的担心。
His eloquent speech dispelled any fears about his health. - 有人认为总统忽视了经济,总统正试图消除这种看法。
The President is attempting to dispel the notion that he has neglected the economy.
图书例句
Now that the deed was done, she realized this with a wave of homesickness hard to dispel.
现在木已成舟,她才清醒过来,感到心中有一种难以排遣的思家之痛。
出自美国作家玛格丽特·米切尔(Margaret Mitchell)创作的长篇小说《飘》(Gone with the Wind)。
外刊例句
- A first myth to dispel is that the young are giving up driving for good.
要破除的第一个误区是以为年轻人正在永久性放弃驾驶。
——《经济学人》
- The faint beams of our phones did little to dispel the dark.
我们手机发出的微弱光线几乎无法驱散黑暗。
——《纽约时报》
常见短语
- dispel doubts: 消除疑虑
- dispel misconceptions: 扫除误解
- dispel fears: 消除恐惧
- dispel rumors: 扫除谣言
- dispel myths: 揭穿神话
- dispel worries: 解除担忧
- dispel darkness: 驱散黑暗
- dispel confusion: 消除混乱
- dispel negativity: 消除消极情绪
- dispel anxiety: 缓解焦虑
- dispel misunderstandings: 解除误解
- dispel illusions: 破除幻想
- dispel tension: 缓解紧张
- dispel insecurity: 消除不安
- dispel skepticism: 扫除怀疑
- dispel worries: 消除忧虑
- dispel apprehensions: 解除忧虑
- dispel gloom: 驱散阴暗
- dispel confusion: 消除困惑
- dispel misconceptions: 扫除错误认识
- dispel negativity: 消除负面情绪
- dispel doubts: 消除疑问
- dispel misunderstandings: 消除误解
- dispel myths: 揭开神话
- dispel rumors: 扫除谣言
- dispel anxiety: 消除焦虑
- dispel skepticism: 扫除怀疑
- dispel tension: 缓解紧张
- dispel insecurity: 消除不安全感
- dispel confusion: 消除困惑
- dispel negativity: 消除消极情绪
- dispel doubts: 消除疑虑
- dispel misconceptions: 扫除误解
- dispel fears: 消除恐惧
- dispel rumors: 扫除谣言
- dispel myths: 揭穿神话
- dispel worries: 解除担忧
- dispel darkness: 驱散黑暗
- dispel confusion: 消除混乱
- dispel negativity: 消除消极情绪
- dispel anxiety: 缓解焦虑
- dispel misunderstandings: 解除误解
- dispel illusions: 破除幻想
- dispel tension: 缓解紧张
- dispel insecurity: 消除不安
- dispel skepticism: 扫除怀疑
- dispel worries: 消除忧虑
- dispel apprehensions: 解除忧虑
- dispel gloom: 驱散阴暗
- dispel confusion: 消除困惑
同近义词
banish: forbid, abolish, or get rid of (something unwanted)
disperse: go or cause to go in different directions or to different destinations
dissipate: (with reference to a feeling or other intangible thing) disappear or cause to disappear