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单词 dissipate
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dissipate
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Dissipate means "disperse" or "fade away" — as a bad smell will dissipate (usually) if you wait long enough.
Dissipate can also mean “spend or use wastefully.” If you win the lottery, you might suddenly find yourself with a group of new friends encouraging you to dissipate your money (on them). Note that dissipate can be used with or without an object: "Once you dissipate your wealth, your new group of friends will dissipate without a trace."
WORD FAMILY
dissipate: dissipated, dissipates, dissipating, dissipation+/dissipated: dissipateder, dissipatedly/dissipation: dissipations
USAGE EXAMPLES
If some of these inclinations suggest a West Coast flavor, it is dissipating.
New York Times(Dec 30, 2016)
But that quickly dissipated as the teams started rolling up points.
Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016)
But that quickly dissipated as the teams started rolling up points. 
Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016)
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1v cause to separate and go in different directions
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
break up, dispel, disperse, scatter
disband
cause to break up or cease to function
divide, separate
make a division or separation
2v move away from each other
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
disperse, scatter, spread out
aerosolise, aerosolize
become dispersed as an aerosol
break
scatter or part
volley
be dispersed in a volley
part, separate, split
go one's own way; move apart
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1v spend frivolously and unwisely
Syn|Hyper
fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot
consume, squander, ware, waste
spend extravagantly
2v live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
Hyper
live
lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
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