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单词 dispel
释义
dispel
verb[T]
uk
/dɪˈspel/us
/dɪˈspel/
-ll-
toremovefears,doubts, andfalseideas, usually byprovingthemwrongorunnecessary:
消除（恐惧）；扫除（疑虑）；打消（错误念头）
I'd like tostartthespeechby dispelling a fewrumoursthat have beenspreadingrecently.我想在演讲的开头先澄清一些近期流传的谣言。
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(Definition ofdispelfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

dispel| American Dictionary

dispel
verb[T]
us
/dɪˈspel/
-ll-
toremovefears,doubts, orfalseideas, usually byprovingthemwrongorunnecessary:
We need to dispel themythsandestablishrealfacts.
(Definition ofdispelfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdispel

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And the ' grand illusion ' - if it ever existed - is dispelled.
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It also shows that even radical writers were often unable todispelthe monarchy from their imaginations.
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The author had done little to helpdispelthis confusion, other than intimating his discomfort by putting the term ' peripheral ' within quotes.
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The filmmakers, however, went out of their way todispelsuch associations.
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With this interpretation, the masking rule says that in some restricted cases the doubt should be dispelled even if classical inference was used locally.
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With neither patients nor family members present, laughter erupted, dispelling the tension, and creating an unexpected and welcome sense of relief.
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The second theme of the study findings identifies a rhythmical pattern of dispelling and embracing mystery.
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His previous concern as to competition amongst peers has also been dispelled, and he appears happy with life at the college's self-catering hall of residence.
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How ironic that it was the war that was likely todispelat least some of this apathy, whether real or presumed.
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The economics of the bamboo tubewell: dispelling some myths about appropriate technology.
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Object-verb order and adjective-noun order : dispelling a myth.
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Page has performed an important service to the connectionist and cognitive science community by dispelling several myths and misconceptions concerning the localist approach.
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The study findings identify a rhythmical pattern of dispelling and embracing mystery.
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Does this volume in effect reproduce some stereotypes - changelessness, for example - even as it tries todispelothers?
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They needed todispelmuch more state patronage in order to keep their electoral majorities.
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