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单词 dissolution
释义
dissolution
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1n 2n 3n

The dissolution of a relationship means that it's broken up or ended. The dissolution of your band means you better get started on your solo album.
Dissolution comes from the Latin word dissolutio, meaning "a dissolving of something." Dissolution looks very similar to "dissolve," so to help you remember the meaning, think about what happens if you put paper in water — it breaks apart. A dissolution of a marriage is the same thing as divorce. Although it sounds like disillusion, if you try to use them interchangeably, your logic will fall apart.
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disillusion / dissolution

To disillusion someone is to rid her of an illusion, like lifting up the curtain to show that the wizard is just a man. Dissolution, on the other hand, is when everything falls apart. Both are disappointing.

The verb disillusion needs an object, as in you have to disillusion someone. Toto accidently disillusions Dorothy of her belief in the magical wizard. (The word is more common as an adjective, as in poor disillusioned Dorothy.) It's also a noun, when it's a feeling of disillusion, a loss of enchantment. Here are two examples:

He has raised expectations so high that whatever he does as PM is bound to disillusion some.  (Ottawa Sun)

My disillusion was growing and I was relieved when they laid me off with a generous severance. (New Internationalist Magazine)

Dissolution, always a noun, is like disintegration. There could be the dissolution of a marriage, band, political party — and if you're Edgar Allan Poe — human body. In "Masque of the Red Death," Poe describes the symptoms of the Red Death: "There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution." Yikes. Most examples of dissolution aren't as exciting:

The singer's wife had filed for dissolution of marriage in September last year, according to San Diego Superior Court documents. (BBC)

Until its dissolution in January 1994, the Christian Democratic Party dominated, furnishing all but three postwar prime ministers. (New York Times)

Although the words sound alike, the difference is after the "dis" (meaning "not"): disillusion is not an illusion, and dissolution is not a solid solution, it breaks up like paper in water.

WORD FAMILY
dissolution: dissolutions+/dissolve: dissolution, dissolvable, dissolved, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolves, dissolving/dissolved: undissolved/dissolvent: dissolvents/dissolver: dissolvers
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Cook County court records show that Jesse Jackson Jr. filed a petition for dissolution of marriage Monday citing “irreconcilable differences.”
Washington Times(Dec 12, 2016)
The protests led to the dissolution of the SDP government.
Wall Street Journal(Dec 11, 2016)
With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Mr. Castro faced one of his biggest challenges: surviving without huge Communist subsidies.
New York Times(Nov 26, 2016)
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1n separation into component parts
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
disintegration
fibrinolysis
a normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots
lysis
(biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria
autolysis, self-digestion
lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process
bacteriolysis
dissolution or destruction of bacteria
cytolysis
pathological breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane
haematolysis, haemolysis, hematolysis, hemolysis
lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin
karyolysis
disintegration and dissolution of a cell nucleus when a cell dies
necrolysis
disintegration and dissolution of dead tissue
osteolysis
lysis of bone caused by disease or infection or inadequate blood supply
radiolysis
molecular disintegration resulting from radiation
thrombolysis
the process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots
action, activity, natural action, natural process
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
2n the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
breakup
splitsville
separation or breakup or divorce
annulment, invalidation
(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)
dissolution of marriage
an annulment of a marriage
conclusion, ending, termination
the act of ending something
3n the termination of a meeting
Syn|Hyper
adjournment
conclusion, ending, termination
the act of ending something
2
n dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
Syn|Hyper
dissipation, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy
intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence
excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence
3
n the process of going into solution
Syn|Hyper
dissolving
liquefaction
the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid
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