请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 dissociate
释义

dissociate

/dɪˈsəʊʃɪeɪt / /dɪˈsəʊsɪeɪt/
verb [with object]
1(Especially in abstract contexts) disconnect or separate: the word ‘spiritual’ has become for many dissociated from religion...
  • I learned a lot in the recovery movement about respectful boundaries, effective communication, and accountability, but the recovery movement is dissociated from political context.
  • But is it really better to see Campbell in this context, wholly dissociated from those who shared his rise to fame?
  • I was dissociated from it at one level, though I wouldn't say I was distanced.

Synonyms

separate, detach, disconnect, sever, cut off, divorce, set apart, segregate, distinguish;
isolate, alienate
1.1 (dissociate oneself from) Declare that one is not connected with or a supporter of (someone or something): he took pains to dissociate himself from the religious radicals...
  • Collins' healthy longevity is due in part to dissociating herself from what she endearingly calls ‘drains’.
  • One couldn't help, however, be further reminded of how much AFL has seemingly dissociated itself from its grass roots support.
  • In the letter, they say they are writing to dissociate themselves from the Institute's support for a Yes vote in the forthcoming referendum.

Synonyms

break away from, break off relations with, end relations with, sever connections with;
withdraw from, delink from, quit, leave, disaffiliate from, resign from, pull out of, drop out of, have nothing more to do with, part company with, defect, desert, secede from, take one's leave of, become estranged from
denounce, disown, reject, condemn, disagree with, wash one's hands of, distance oneself from
1.2 Psychiatry Split off (a component of mental activity) to act as an independent part of mental life.Each character and object in the dream is a split off or dissociated component of the self - but the dreamer is not fully aware of this....
  • This includes dissociating memories of trauma, hypnotic regression to recover ‘repressed’ memories and the idea that elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol can shrink the hippocampus, a brain region associated with memory.
  • More commonly, individuals dissociate parts of themselves from their primary relationship.
2 Chemistry (With reference to a molecule) split into separate smaller atoms, ions, or molecules, especially reversibly: [with object]: these compounds are dissociated by solar radiation to yield atoms of chlorine...
  • ‘With laser spark spectroscopy, the higher energy laser beam dissociates the metal-containing molecules and particles into a plasma of atoms and ions,’ notes one researcher.
  • Helicases are protein motors that use the energy of NTP hydrolysis to dissociate the hydrogen bonding between the nucleic acid duplexes and also to disrupt other non-covalent interactions between complementary base pairs.
  • Ideas being considered include the use of hot water or steam flooding to decompose the hydrate, or by using methods that dissociate the gas by reducing reservoir pressure.

Derivatives

dissociative

/dɪˈsəʊʃɪətɪv / /dɪˈsəʊsɪətɪv / adjective ...
  • Helen suffers from dissociative identity disorder, or multiple personality disorder, and switches between personas at a second's notice.
  • Regarding dissociative phenomena, most of these workers focused on degeneration, pathology, and maladjustment and were generally hostile to the concept of normal dissociation.
  • Psychiatric and neurophysiological research and theory development are better directed towards individual components that contribute to dissociative experience.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin dissociat- 'separated', from the verb dissociare, from dis- (expressing reversal) + sociare 'join together' (from socius 'companion').

Rhymes

随便看

 

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/24 8:22:45