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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary dis·so·ci·ate (-at·ed ; -at·ing) ETYMOLOGY Latin dissociatus, past participle of dissociare,from dis- + sociare to join, from socius companion — more at social DATE 1582 transitive verb 1. to separate from association or union with another attempts to dissociate herself from her past 2. disunite ; specifically : to subject to chemical dissociationintransitive verb 1. to undergo dissociation 2. to mutate especially reversibly English Etymology dissociate 1623, verb use of adj. meaning "separated" (1548), from L.dissociatus, pp. of dissociare "to separate from companionship," from dis- "apart" + sociare "to join," from socius "companion." Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 dissociate dis·so·ci·ate / di5sEuFieit; -5sEus-; NAmE -5sou- / verb[VN] 1. (also dis·as·so·ci·ate) ~ yourself / sb from sb / sth to say or do sth to show that you are not connected with or do not support sb / sth; to make it clear that sth is not connected with a particular plan, action, etc. 否认同…有关系；声明不支持；表明无关: He tried to dissociate himself from the party's more extreme views. 他极力表明自己并不赞成该党较为偏激的观点。 They were determined to dissociate the UN from any agreement to impose sanctions. 他们决心阻止联合国同意实施制裁。 2. ~ sb / sth (from sth) (formal) to think of two people or things as separate and not connected with each other 把…分开(或看作是无关联的): She tried to dissociate the two events in her mind. 她试图从思想上将这两件事分开。 OPP associate • dis·so·ci·ation / di7sEuFi5eiFn; -7sEus-; NAmE -7sou- / noun [U] Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged dissociate I. dis·so·ciate \dəˈsōs(h)ēə̇]t, (ˈ)di|sō-, -ōshə̇], -ōs(h)ēˌā], usu ]d.+V\adjective Etymology: Latin dissociatus, past participle : dissociated < perched on the edge of the old sofa in the living room … she would appear oddly dissociate from her surroundings — Frances G. Patton > II. dis·so·ci·ate \-ōs(h)ēˌāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin dissociatus, past participle of dissociare to separate from fellowship, disunite, estrange, from dis- dis- (I) + sociare to join, share, from socius companion — more at social transitive verb 1. : to cut off (as from society) : separate especially from association or union with another : disconnect from association with another < dissociates him from the company of cynics — Marya Mannes > < modern architecture cannot be dissociated from town or community planning — Report: (Canadian) Royal Commission on National Development > < dissociated themselves from the saloons and the distillers — M.R.Cohen > < never possible to dissociate the meaning of words from the words themselves — Samuel Alexander > 2. : to separate into discrete units or parts : disunite < those two elements of feeling which Freud says have become dissociated in the life of modern man — Irving Howe > < nor are Joyce's characters merely the sum of the particles into which their experience has been dissociated — Edmund Wilson > specifically : to subject to chemical dissociation intransitive verb 1. : to undergo dissociation 2. of bacteria : to mutate especially reversibly |
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