| 单词 | dismantle |
| 释义 | dismantle (once / 1761 pages) v To take something apart or down is to dismantle it. If you dismantle a computer to see what it looks like inside, you better know how to put it back together, or you might be looking at the inside of your room for awhile. Dismantle is a verb used for both physical things and ideas. You can dismantle a campground by taking down the tents and breaking apart the fire logs, or you can dismantle a government by going against its leadership and bringing down its rule. Often when you dismantle something, you take away its ability to work, as with a nuclear warhead, but you can also take apart decorative or non-working things, as when you dismantle a science-fair display or a city made of blocks. WORD FAMILYdismantle: dismantled, dismantlement, dismantles, dismantling+/dismantling: dismantlings USAGE EXAMPLESWednesday, he will meet with Democratic lawmakers to discuss ways to protect the Affordable Care Act from efforts by Trump and Republicans to dismantle it. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Amid pressure from the mayors, Democrats in Washington and civil rights groups, the Obama administration moved last week to dismantle the program. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) “I confess I am on a mission to dismantle certain truisms . . . about nature, nurture, genes, twin studies, and the ‘hardwired’ brain,” she writes. Washington Post(Dec 13, 2016) 1v take off or remove Syn|Hyper strip remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 2v take apart into its constituent pieces Syn|Ant|Hyper break apart, break up, disassemble, take apart assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together create by putting components or members together destroy, destruct do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of 3v tear down so as to make flat with the ground Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down erect, put up, raise, rear, set up construct, build, or erect bulldoze flatten with or as if with a bulldozer destroy, destruct do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
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