| 单词 | disconnection |
| 释义 | disconnection (once / 39663 pages) n When you're detached or have lost your link to something (or someone), that's disconnection. If you live in Alaska and your family lives in Florida, you may feel a sense of disconnection. There's emotional disconnection, when you're separated from people you care about, and there's also the disconnection that occurs when a cord is unplugged or a source of energy or information is broken. This kind of disconnection happens when you lose your internet connection or your game console isn't plugged into the TV. Disconnection adds the "not" prefix dis- to connection, which comes from the Latin connexionem, "a joining together." WORD FAMILYdisconnection: disconnections+/connect: connected, connecter, connecting, connection, connective, connector, connects, connexion, disconnect, interconnect/connected: connectedly, connectedness, unconnected/connection: connections/connective: connectively, connectives, connectivity/connector: connectors/connexion: connexions/disconnect: disconnected, disconnecting, disconnection, disconnects/disconnected: disconnectedly, disconnectedness/disconnectedness: disconnectednesses/interconnect: interconnected, interconnecting, interconnection, interconnects/interconnected: interconnectedness/interconnection: interconnections/unconnected: unconnectedly, unconnectedness USAGE EXAMPLESThey were able to conclude brainstem disconnection syndrome was genetic. Washington Times(Dec 16, 2016) But Sean Baker’s electrifying low-budget feature, shot entirely on iPhones, turns Christmas into a poignant marker of their disconnection from family and society at large. The Guardian(Dec 14, 2016) Remini notes that the church’s biggest weapon is “disconnection,” when you have to cut off contact with someone who is critical of the church. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) 1n state of being disconnected Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper disconnectedness, disjunction, disjuncture connectedness, connection, link the state of being connected separability the capability of being separated incoherence, incoherencylack of cohesion or clarity or organization disjointednesslacking order or coherence separation the state of lacking unity 2n the act of breaking a connection Syn|Hyper disjunction separation the act of dividing or disconnecting 3n an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) Syn|Hyper disconnect, gulf disparity inequality or difference in some respect |
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