| 单词 | dissipated |
| 释义 | dissipated (once / 1499 pages) adj If your Great Aunt Maude tells you you've become a dissipated bum, she means you don't think of anything but how much fun you're having. If you got a summer job and stopped playing skee ball all day, she might change her tune. The adjective dissipated is used to describe people who've lost their moral center, and instead of following the rules of conventional morals, prefer to be utterly self-indulgent. The word comes from the verb dissipate, which means to disperse, but as an adjective it's always used for people who've gone wrong in some way. If you really want to lay into someone, use these synonyms and call him a "dissipated, dissolute, debauched, degenerate jerk." WORD FAMILYdissipated: dissipateder, dissipatedly+/dissipate: dissipated, dissipates, dissipating, dissipation/dissipation: dissipations USAGE EXAMPLESBut 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) Any jitters quickly dissipated as the quartet began the hourlong show: two 20-minute sets and an intermission. New York Times(Dec 04, 2016) 1adj unrestrained by convention or morality Syn debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous immoral deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong 2adj preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance led a dissipated life Syn betting, card-playing, sporting indulgent characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone |
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