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单词 detach
释义 de·tach
\də̇ˈtach, dēˈ-\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: French détacher, from Old French destachier, from des- de- + -tachier (as in atachier to attach) — more at attach
1. : to separate especially from a larger mass and usually without violence or damage
 < detach a stamp from a sheet >
— opposed to attach
2. : disengage, withdraw
 < detached himself from the embrace >
3. : to separate from a parent organization for a special object or use
 < detach a ship from a fleet >
Synonyms:
 disengage, abstract, prescind: detach stresses the fact of separation, parting, removal, or isolation; it is unlikely to suggest forcible action
  < I rose, and detaching the silver ornament from my cloak presented it to him — W.H.Hudson †1922 >
  < I brought my face close and aroused no sign of life. Then I reached up and slowly detached the butterfly from its resting place — William Beebe >
  disengage suggests an extricating or freeing of something involved, enmeshed, or entangled, literally or figuratively
  < gently disengaging himself from her enfolding arms — Charles Dickens >
  < the taxi disengaged itself from the traffic — Dan Wickenden >
  < psychology, also, was beginning to disengage itself from its dependence on general philosophy — A.N.Whitehead >
  abstract indicates a withdrawing, gathering, or separating out from a mass or body; it is used more often of intangibles than tangibles
  < I suspect that some of these early chapters will be abstracted from the autobiography and be reprinted again and again — Book-of-the-Month Club News >
  < the Church of England, which might be supposed able to abstract the question from its worldly confusions, is of two minds also — Virginia Woolf >
  prescind indicates a separating or detaching mentally for purposes of consideration or philosophic analysis
  < can anyone forget the great and gentle Buddha who, prescinding from any belief in soul or self, gave to thousands of millions of people a code of conduct? — Times Literary Supplement >
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