dissipate 音標拼音: [d'ɪsəp
, et]
vt . 散失,驅散,浪費
vi . 消散,放蕩
散失,驅散,浪費消散,放蕩
dissipate v 1 :
to cause to separate and go in different directions ; "
She waved her hand and scattered the crowds " [
synonym : {
disperse },
{
dissipate }, {
dispel }, {
break up }, {
scatter }]
2 :
move away from each other ; "
The crowds dispersed "; "
The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached "; [
synonym : {
disperse }, {
dissipate }, {
scatter },
{
spread out }]
3 :
spend frivolously and unwisely ; "
Fritter away one '
s inheritance " [
synonym : {
fritter }, {
frivol away }, {
dissipate },
{
shoot }, {
fritter away }, {
fool }, {
fool away }]
4 :
live a life of pleasure ,
especially with respect to alcoholic consumption Dissipate \
Dis "
si *
pate \,
v .
i .
1 .
To separate into parts and disappear ;
to waste away ;
to scatter ;
to disperse ;
to vanish ;
as ,
a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun ;
the heat of a body dissipates .
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2 .
To be extravagant ,
wasteful ,
or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure ;
to engage in dissipation .
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dissipate \
dis "
si *
pate \ (
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p [=
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v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Dissipated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Dissipating }.] [
L .
dissipatus ,
p .
p .
of dissipare ;
dis -
an obsolete verb sipare ,
supare .
to throw .]
1 .
To scatter completely ;
to disperse and cause to disappear ;
--
used esp .
of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored .
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Dissipated those foggy mists of error . --
Selden .
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I soon dissipated his fears . --
Cook .
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The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy . --
Hazlitt .
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2 .
To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use ;
to squander .
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The vast wealth . . .
was in three years dissipated .
--
Bp .
Burnet .
Syn :
To disperse ;
scatter ;
dispel ;
spend ;
squander ;
waste ;
consume ;
lavish .
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1913 Webster ]
124 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dissipate ":
ablate ,
attenuate ,
be consumed ,
be gone ,
be promiscuous ,
blow ,
blow off ,
blunder away ,
break up ,
burn up ,
carouse ,
cast forth ,
cease ,
cease to be ,
cease to exist ,
chase women ,
clear away ,
come to naught ,
come to nothing ,
commit adultery ,
consume ,
crumble ,
debauch ,
decrease ,
dematerialize ,
depart ,
deplete ,
depreciate ,
die ,
die away ,
die out ,
diffuse ,
dilute ,
diminish ,
disappear ,
disintegrate ,
dispel ,
disperse ,
disseminate ,
dissolve ,
distribute ,
do a fade -
out ,
drain ,
dribble away ,
drive away ,
dwindle ,
erode ,
evanesce ,
evaporate ,
exhaust ,
exit ,
fade ,
fade away ,
fade out ,
flee ,
fly ,
fool ,
fornicate ,
fritter away ,
gamble away ,
go ,
go away ,
go through ,
go to pot ,
go to seed ,
go to waste ,
grovel ,
hang the expense ,
hide ,
lavish ,
leak ,
leak away ,
leave no trace ,
leave the scene ,
live hard ,
make merry ,
melt ,
melt away ,
party ,
pass ,
pass away ,
pass out ,
perish ,
peter out ,
philander ,
plunge into dissipation ,
rake ,
retire from sight ,
revel ,
roister ,
run riot ,
run through ,
run to seed ,
run to waste ,
scatter ,
seize the day ,
shrink ,
sink ,
sink away ,
slather ,
sleep around ,
sow ,
sow broadcast ,
spread out ,
squander ,
suffer an eclipse ,
swing ,
thin ,
thin out ,
throw away ,
throw money around ,
use up ,
vanish ,
vanish from sight ,
vaporize ,
volatilize ,
wallow ,
wanton ,
waste ,
waste away ,
wear ,
wear away ,
whore ,
womanize
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