单词 | inactivation |
释义 | inactivationn. 1. The action or process of making something inactive or non-functional; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > [noun] > making inactive paralysation1846 inactivation1903 1903 K. W. Goadby Mycol. of Mouth xi. 180 It is quite possible therefore that some inactivation of the toxine produced occurs. 1946 Nature 27 July 121/1 The primary factor in heat damage seems to be an inactivation of the cell. 1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 8 Feb. 325/1 Hyperestrogenism traceable to impaired hepatic inactivation of estrogens is responsible for the endocrine signs of liver damage. 2011 S. Mukherjee Emperor of all Maladies 368 It is the inactivation of such a gene..that unleashes cell division. 2. U.S. Military. Withdrawal (of a force, base, etc.) from active service or operational use. Cf. activate v. 3.In quot. 1968 euphemistic. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [noun] > retreat > withdrawal pull-out1825 withdrawal1838 inactivation1943 bug-out1950 exfiltration1968 1943 Daily News (Huntingdon, Pa.) 24 July 6/7 The..announcement yesterday of the inactivation of certain spotter posts of the aircraft warning service. 1945 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune 23 Dec. 1/5 Complete inactivation of the Sarasota Army Air field is scheduled for Jan. 31. 1968 Economist 6 July 16/3 Does the splendid nonsense word coined by the Americans, the ‘inactivation’ of Khe Sanh, signal another step in de-escalation? 2008 F. R. Douglas U.S., NATO, & New Multilateral Relationship 88 The first phase [of closing of an air base] was inactivation, meaning the end of operations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1903 |
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