| 单词 | disengage |
| 释义 | disengage (once / 1300 pages) v To disengage means to "free or disentangle" yourself or some object from another person or object. No, it doesn't mean breaking off your engagement to your beloved — that's "chickening out." Does your mind wander when someone (your fiancé, for example) talks to you? Well, your mind can disengage as well, that is, stop paying attention. Disengage has quite a formal, intellectual ring to it, even if used about a situation as physical as two armies "disengaging from combat." It's a technical term, and faintly clinical; the kind of word frequently used by politicians and diplomats. WORD FAMILYdisengage: disengaged, disengagement, disengages, disengaging+/disengagement: disengagements/engage: disengage, engaged, engagement, engages, engaging/engaged: unengaged/engagement: engagements, non-engagement/engaging: engagingly USAGE EXAMPLESEducation Secretary John B. King Jr. will visit Connecticut Monday for a roundtable discussion on programs that address disengaged youth. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) Where the international community disengages, dictators and armed gangs fill the vacuum. The Guardian(Dec 15, 2016) We spent less and less time together and when we did, she seemed disengaged. The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016) 1v release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles I want to disengage myself from his influence disengage the gears Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper withdraw engage, lock, mesh, operate keep engaged unlock set free or release let go, let go of, release, relinquish release, as from one's grip 2v free or remove obstruction from Syn|Ant|Hypo free block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude block passage through dig out dig out from underneath earth or snow unclogbecome or cause to become unobstructed loosen up, unstuffcause to become unblocked disencumber, disentangle, extricate, untanglerelease from entanglement of difficulty unblockclear or remove an obstruction from 3v become free in neutral, the gears disengage Ant|Hypo|Hyper engage get caught unlock become unlocked declutchdisengage the clutch of a car change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
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