Disintegrate



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.分裂成小片, 瓦解
• ［英］ v.分裂成小片, 瓦解 ( to separate into parts or fragments)
• ［记］ dis+integr ( 完整) +ate -> 使不完整 -> 瓦解
• ［同］ 同根词: integrity ( 完整, 正直) ;integral ( 完整的)

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Date: 1796
• transitive verb
  • 1. to break or decompose into constituent elements, parts, or small particles
  • 2. to destroy the unity or integrity of
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to break or separate into constituent elements or parts
  • 2. to lose unity or integrity by or as if by breaking into parts
  • 3. to undergo a change in composition <an atomic nucleus that disintegrates because of radioactivity>
• ? disintegration noun
• ? disintegrative adjective
• ? disintegrator noun

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