Detoxify



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 解毒
• ［英］ n. 解毒 ( remove poison)
• ［类］ detoxify : poison / dehydrate : water ( 解毒去除毒 / 脱水去除水)
• ［记］ de ( 去掉) +tox ( 毒) +ify -> 去掉毒

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-fied; -fying)

• Date: circa 1905
• 1.
  • a. to remove a harmful substance (as a poison or toxin) or the effect of such from
  • b. to render (a harmful substance) harmless
• 2. to free (as a drug user or an alcoholic) from an intoxicating or an addictive substance in the body or from dependence on or addiction to such a substance
• 3. neutralize 2
• ? detoxification noun

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