亚洲网紅露点

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dissipate

[ dis-uh-peyt ]

verb (used with object)

dissipated, dissipating.
  1. to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.

    Antonyms:

  2. to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly; squander; deplete:

    to dissipate one's talents; to dissipate a fortune on high living.



verb (used without object)

dissipated, dissipating.
  1. to become scattered or dispersed; be dispelled; disintegrate:

    The sun shone and the mist dissipated.

    Synonyms: ,

    Antonyms:

  2. to indulge in extravagant, intemperate, or dissolute pleasure.

dissipate

/ 藞诲瑟蝉瑟藢辫别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. to exhaust or be exhausted by dispersion
  2. tr to scatter or break up
  3. intr to indulge in the pursuit of pleasure
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞诲颈蝉蝉颈藢辫补迟颈惫别, adjective
  • 藞诲颈蝉蝉颈藢辫补迟别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲颈蝉顎僺颈路辫补迟顎卐谤 诲颈蝉顎僺颈路辫补顎卼辞谤 noun
  • 诲颈蝉顎僺颈路辫补顎卼颈惫别 adjective
  • 诲颈蝉路蝉颈路辫补路迟颈惫路颈路迟测 [dis-, uh, -p, uh, -, tiv, -i-tee], noun
  • non路诲颈蝉顎僺颈路辫补顎卼颈惫别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of dissipate1

First recorded in 1525鈥35; from Latin 诲颈蝉蝉颈辫腻迟耻蝉 (past participle of 诲颈蝉蝉颈辫腻谤别, dis蝉耻辫腻谤别 鈥渢o scatter鈥); -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of dissipate1

C15: from Latin 诲颈蝉蝉颈辫腻谤别 to disperse, from dis- 1+ 蝉耻辫腻谤别 to throw
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Synonym Study

See scatter.
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鈥淲hile California enjoys a high GDP, it dissipates the effective purchasing power through high and increasing costs of living,鈥 the California Center for Jobs and the Economy observed after the latest announcement.

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Saturday鈥檚 rain should dissipate around noon, and 鈥渟potty and sparse鈥 showers will continue throughout the day, said National Weather Service meteorologist Bryan Lewis.

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鈥淚 was really terrified to look at it,鈥 says Tony Gilroy, but that soon dissipated.

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Now, the utility is exploring it as a leading theory and also ensuring that similar idle equipment is properly grounded, so that sudden power surges can be safely dissipated into the earth.

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Transmission towers must be grounded 鈥 or carefully connected to the earth 鈥 to safely dissipate energy from lightning strikes and voltage surges.

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