Dissipate

['dɪsɪpeɪt] or ['dɪsɪpet]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption.

卡莱尔編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.

(v. t.) To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.

(v. i.) To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates.

(v. i.) To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.

錄入:梅利特

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Disperse, dispel, scatter, drive away.[2]. Waste, squander, lavish, spend lavishly, run out, throw away.

v. n. [1]. Vanish, disappear, scatter, disperse.[2]. Live dissolutely, practise dissipation, be dissolute.

校對:凯特

同義詞及反義詞：

[See SQUANDER]

克劳斯編輯

解釋/意思:

v.t. to scatter: to squander: to waste.—v.i. to separate and disappear: to waste away: (coll.) to be dissolute in conduct.—adj. Diss′ipable that may be dissipated.—p.adj. Diss′ipated dissolute esp. addicted to drinking.—n. Dissipā′tion dispersion: state of being dispersed: scattered attention: a dissolute course of life esp. hard drinking.—adj. Diss′ipative tending to dissipate or disperse: connected with the dissipation of energy.

校對:谢尔比