| 释义 |
disiˈllusionize, v.
[f. disillusion n. + -ize.]
trans. = disillusion v.
1861G. J. Whyte-Melville Good for Nothing I. 236 It was..disillusionizing him..of the romance in which he had chosen to wrap himself up. 1890Times 27 Jan. 5/2 A free discussion of Social Democracy would do more to..disillusionize its votaries than all the police repression in the world.
Hence disiˈllusionizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.; disiˈllusionizer, one who disillusionizes.
1864Sat. Rev. 10 Dec. 708/2 There is something disillusionizing in the sumptuous returns of a successful poem or novel. 1869Echo 7 Sept., A somewhat similar disillusionising is taking place in the United States with respect to President Grant. 1881Public Opinion (N.Y.) 2 Apr. 559 The latest literary disillusioniser. 1890Pictorial World 4 Sept. 293/3 The wife is not always so loyal to the disillusioniser. |