Definition of dissipate in English:

dissipate

verb ˈdɪsɪpeɪtˈdɪsəˌpeɪt

1(with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear.
no object the concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated
她对他的担心彻底消失了。
with object he wanted to dissipate his anger
他希望消消火。
Example sentencesExamples
- Rage suddenly takes control as the other emotions dissipated when he'd been pulled from his meal.
- At the same time, given the growth in household information, given integration, it's unlikely that the core for the housing market will evaporate or dissipate.
- Each time something like this happens, the anger dissipates slower and leaves a shadow behind.
- And if we say wait until May 2005 then we're dissipating all that anger.
- He felt his anger dissipating as he looked at her.
- It would attempt to lock future generations into a prejudice that has already dissipated and that someday may disappear.
- Once she'd gotten there in his presence, all her organized thoughts dissipated into a messily arranged array of emotions.
- I don't hold on to the anger, if I can just let it dissipate on its own.
- To her surprise, after their anger had dissipated, they were physically and emotionally more intimate.
- Brant's anger dissipated at Gemmel's anger with himself.
- By contrast, on film it looked like the mere aggregation of takes and cutaways; its timbres and its fluency dissipated and finally disappeared.
- I'll go and see it again to see if my disappointment might dissipate.
- So immediate emotion can dissipate before a country's population can make an important decision?
- Plus, these harsh emotions were already starting to dissipate, and I truly didn't want to unnerve my best friend.
- In minimum-security prisons, like the camp in Florence, Colorado where I currently am confined, racial tensions tend to dissipate, if not disappear.
- Too often, free flowing emotions of sympathy dissipate with the initial fascination, without confronting the long-term consequences of misfortune.
- Victims of those errors don't disappear, and their quest for justice doesn't dissipate.
- Heneghan's third free and fifth point of the game, coming in the 55th minute, barely stirred the emotion as the Roscommon cause began to dissipate.
- That sinking feeling we'd experienced as we watched the snow fall when it was supposed to be melting dissipated.
- My anger was slowly dissipating, but in its place was another emotion.
Synonyms
disappear, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, melt away, melt into thin air, be dispelled, dematerialize
disperse, scatter
drive away, dispel, banish
quell, allay, check
literary evanesce
1. 1.1 Disperse or scatter.
  the cloud of smoke dissipated
  Example sentencesExamples
  The clouds that had blocked the sun during the day had dissipated, scattered by the winds to reveal the stars sprawled in all their glory across the sky.
  A puff of green smoke glistened upward and dissipated.
  The fact that very few of the cathedral's stained-glass windows could be opened meant the smoke was slow to dissipate.
  The thin cloud of smoke rushed out and dissipated into the air.
  Gas bubbles that were trapped in the lines dissipated somewhat, but never completely disappeared.
  The blue matter floated in the air for a moment, then it dissipated and vanished.
  We continued to watch in silence as the smoke slowly dissipated, leaving only the cloudless, star-punctured sky.
  She disappeared in a flash of smoke, dissipating like a shaken cloud.
  Then the light dimmed until it disappeared and the wind dissipated.
  You see, in open areas - with plenty of fresh air and breeze going about - the smoke dissipates and goes off into the atmosphere.
  As the crowd scattered and dissipated, a few of us inched forward and managed to engage some of the sheriffs in conversation.
  These agents will evaporate and dissipate much more rapidly in hot, dry weather.
  A wave of defeat seemed to wash over the slaves, and they slumped, confidence and hope draining as the smoke dissipated into the night air.
  Coughing lightly several more times, the black-haired player rubbed at her eyes and leaned against a wall while the smoke slowly dissipated.
  The smoke has dissipated, and everything is all crystal clear now!
  The hydrogen dissipates quickly and disperses upward, while gasoline tends to pool fuel for an explosion.
  They were turning to the color of pale lemons as the smoke started to dissipate.
  He laughed out loud, and the wind carried his voice away, like a string of smoke dissipating.
  She sighed heavily, a plume of grey smoke and breath condensation dissipating in the air before her.
  I took a long, deep drag and watched the smoke rings dissipate in the cool evening sky.
  Synonyms
  disperse, break up, disband, separate, go in different directions, move in different directions, go separate ways
2with object Waste or fritter away (money, energy, or resources)
浪费；挥霍；消耗（金钱，能源，资源）
he inherited, but then dissipated, his father's fortune
Example sentencesExamples
- But what followed instead was a decline which saw all the flair and hope of the Keegan era dissipated as money flowed out of the coffers hand over fist, but for little return.
- Unfortunately, however, the modern puritans are dissipating and wasting this inspiring moral tradition.
- On the other hand those transferred resources could be dissipated in an array of outreach services seeking to stimulate demand.
- This trend suggests that some portion of the rent may have been dissipated in higher-than-necessary production costs.
- That the moral capital of all three parties has been dissipated is not lost on the public, whose contempt for the political process has grown.
- An important truth is that we need full and active participation in liturgy and you don't get that by dissipating your resources.
- To do otherwise is to dissipate resources in random spending.
- It meant resisting the temptation to chase off after secondary objectives and, in the process, dissipate resources.
- This fueled regional battles over property and influence, greatly dissipating the energy and resources of the OC.
- Given the current militancy of the public service unions, it is possible that much additional public spending will be dissipated in wage increases.
- The most negative rendering is that the steward is justly charged with intentionally dissipating the owner's resources.
- You dissipate resources by maintaining economically unviable units.
- Numerous winters have brought heavy snowfalls and low temperature and fortunes of stockmen have been dissipated in one season because of these adverse conditions.
- The monasteries had been dissolved and the proceeds dissipated in war.
- Edwardes said: ‘The Ryder remedy only produced a bureaucratic paperchase dissipating management resource and effort.’
- The enormous amount of savings has largely been dissipated by poor choices for investment.
- Thus by mid-1999 much of the positive effect of the devaluation on the real incomes of rural producers had been dissipated.
- But typically, the fortunes built by one generation will be completely dissipated by the second or third generation.
- Why, in such difficult times, are they dissipating their resources in this manner?
- It's likely to dissipate resources ineffectually and spread potential damage far.
Synonyms
squander, fritter (away), misspend, waste, throw away, make poor use of, be prodigal with
spend recklessly/freely, lavish, expend, spend like water, throw around like confetti
exhaust, drain, deplete, burn (up), use up, consume, run through, go through, lose
informal blow, splurge, pour/throw down the drain, spend money as if it grows on trees, spend money as if there were no tomorrow, spend money as if it were going out of style/fashion
British informal blue
vulgar slang piss away
1. 2.1Physics Cause (energy) to be lost through its conversion to heat.
  no power is dissipated in this sort of control element
  Example sentencesExamples
  On impact, most of the kinetic energy dissipates as heat.
  This kinetic energy will be dissipated in the form of heat on impact of the clip with the magnet.
  As the basal part of the stem was linearly elastic, there was no energy dissipated by viscous friction.
  There's a reduction in efficiency as energy is dissipated in heat.
  Water prevents dehydration and allows heat to be dissipated through evaporative cooling and urination.

Derivatives

dissipative

adjectiveˈdɪsɪpətɪvˈdɪsəˌpeɪdɪv

Geomorphological systems are open and dissipative.
Example sentencesExamples
- Surprisingly, the dissipative interactions decrease strongly after the first force peak occurring at a tip-sample distance of 25 nm.
- This fact assumes a particular quality when considering ecosystems or their major compartments from the viewpoint of self-organized dissipative structures.
- These biological metaphors also highlight the ‘selforganisation’ found in dissipative structures and open systems.
- This state may be associated with dissipative structures, i.e., structures resulting from a dissipation of energy rather than from conservative molecular forces.

dissipator

nounˈdɪsɪpeɪtəˈdɪsəˌpeɪdər

Based on these results we have further strengthened the hypothesis that CP43’ functions as a nonradiative dissipator of light energy, thus protecting photosystem II from excessive excitation under iron-deficient conditions.
Example sentencesExamples
- You can see pictures of these dissipators on the 737 webpage below.
- A study was made of a limited number of basic energy dissipation methods in order to design an improved energy dissipator.
- Cinder block dissipaters outside irrigation gates prevent floodwaters from eroding the floor.
- Indeed, the whole conflict is the greatest dissipator of energy across the region.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin dissipat- 'scattered', from the verb dissipare, from dis- 'apart, widely' + supare 'to throw'.

Rhymes

anticipate, participate

Definition of dissipate in US English:

dissipate

verbˈdɪsəˌpeɪtˈdisəˌpāt

1(with reference to a feeling or other intangible thing) disappear or cause to disappear.
no object the concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated
她对他的担心彻底消失了。
with object he wanted to dissipate his anger
他希望消消火。
Example sentencesExamples
- Victims of those errors don't disappear, and their quest for justice doesn't dissipate.
- And if we say wait until May 2005 then we're dissipating all that anger.
- That sinking feeling we'd experienced as we watched the snow fall when it was supposed to be melting dissipated.
- So immediate emotion can dissipate before a country's population can make an important decision?
- By contrast, on film it looked like the mere aggregation of takes and cutaways; its timbres and its fluency dissipated and finally disappeared.
- At the same time, given the growth in household information, given integration, it's unlikely that the core for the housing market will evaporate or dissipate.
- He felt his anger dissipating as he looked at her.
- Plus, these harsh emotions were already starting to dissipate, and I truly didn't want to unnerve my best friend.
- In minimum-security prisons, like the camp in Florence, Colorado where I currently am confined, racial tensions tend to dissipate, if not disappear.
- Rage suddenly takes control as the other emotions dissipated when he'd been pulled from his meal.
- To her surprise, after their anger had dissipated, they were physically and emotionally more intimate.
- Brant's anger dissipated at Gemmel's anger with himself.
- I don't hold on to the anger, if I can just let it dissipate on its own.
- Heneghan's third free and fifth point of the game, coming in the 55th minute, barely stirred the emotion as the Roscommon cause began to dissipate.
- It would attempt to lock future generations into a prejudice that has already dissipated and that someday may disappear.
- Too often, free flowing emotions of sympathy dissipate with the initial fascination, without confronting the long-term consequences of misfortune.
- My anger was slowly dissipating, but in its place was another emotion.
- Once she'd gotten there in his presence, all her organized thoughts dissipated into a messily arranged array of emotions.
- I'll go and see it again to see if my disappointment might dissipate.
- Each time something like this happens, the anger dissipates slower and leaves a shadow behind.
Synonyms
disappear, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, melt away, melt into thin air, be dispelled, dematerialize
1. 1.1no object Disperse or scatter.
  the cloud of smoke dissipated
  Example sentencesExamples
  A wave of defeat seemed to wash over the slaves, and they slumped, confidence and hope draining as the smoke dissipated into the night air.
  You see, in open areas - with plenty of fresh air and breeze going about - the smoke dissipates and goes off into the atmosphere.
  A puff of green smoke glistened upward and dissipated.
  We continued to watch in silence as the smoke slowly dissipated, leaving only the cloudless, star-punctured sky.
  The thin cloud of smoke rushed out and dissipated into the air.
  The smoke has dissipated, and everything is all crystal clear now!
  The fact that very few of the cathedral's stained-glass windows could be opened meant the smoke was slow to dissipate.
  The clouds that had blocked the sun during the day had dissipated, scattered by the winds to reveal the stars sprawled in all their glory across the sky.
  The hydrogen dissipates quickly and disperses upward, while gasoline tends to pool fuel for an explosion.
  She sighed heavily, a plume of grey smoke and breath condensation dissipating in the air before her.
  The blue matter floated in the air for a moment, then it dissipated and vanished.
  As the crowd scattered and dissipated, a few of us inched forward and managed to engage some of the sheriffs in conversation.
  She disappeared in a flash of smoke, dissipating like a shaken cloud.
  Gas bubbles that were trapped in the lines dissipated somewhat, but never completely disappeared.
  I took a long, deep drag and watched the smoke rings dissipate in the cool evening sky.
  They were turning to the color of pale lemons as the smoke started to dissipate.
  Then the light dimmed until it disappeared and the wind dissipated.
  These agents will evaporate and dissipate much more rapidly in hot, dry weather.
  Coughing lightly several more times, the black-haired player rubbed at her eyes and leaned against a wall while the smoke slowly dissipated.
  He laughed out loud, and the wind carried his voice away, like a string of smoke dissipating.
  Synonyms
  disperse, break up, disband, separate, go in different directions, move in different directions, go separate ways
2with object Squander or fritter away (money, energy, or resources)
浪费；挥霍；消耗（金钱，能源，资源）
he had dissipated his entire fortune
Example sentencesExamples
- It's likely to dissipate resources ineffectually and spread potential damage far.
- It meant resisting the temptation to chase off after secondary objectives and, in the process, dissipate resources.
- This trend suggests that some portion of the rent may have been dissipated in higher-than-necessary production costs.
- But what followed instead was a decline which saw all the flair and hope of the Keegan era dissipated as money flowed out of the coffers hand over fist, but for little return.
- Edwardes said: ‘The Ryder remedy only produced a bureaucratic paperchase dissipating management resource and effort.’
- The most negative rendering is that the steward is justly charged with intentionally dissipating the owner's resources.
- Why, in such difficult times, are they dissipating their resources in this manner?
- But typically, the fortunes built by one generation will be completely dissipated by the second or third generation.
- Numerous winters have brought heavy snowfalls and low temperature and fortunes of stockmen have been dissipated in one season because of these adverse conditions.
- You dissipate resources by maintaining economically unviable units.
- Thus by mid-1999 much of the positive effect of the devaluation on the real incomes of rural producers had been dissipated.
- On the other hand those transferred resources could be dissipated in an array of outreach services seeking to stimulate demand.
- The monasteries had been dissolved and the proceeds dissipated in war.
- Given the current militancy of the public service unions, it is possible that much additional public spending will be dissipated in wage increases.
- Unfortunately, however, the modern puritans are dissipating and wasting this inspiring moral tradition.
- That the moral capital of all three parties has been dissipated is not lost on the public, whose contempt for the political process has grown.
- An important truth is that we need full and active participation in liturgy and you don't get that by dissipating your resources.
- This fueled regional battles over property and influence, greatly dissipating the energy and resources of the OC.
- To do otherwise is to dissipate resources in random spending.
- The enormous amount of savings has largely been dissipated by poor choices for investment.
Synonyms
squander, fritter, fritter away, misspend, waste, throw away, make poor use of, be prodigal with
1. 2.1usually be dissipatedPhysics Cause (energy) to be lost, typically by converting it to heat.
  〔物理〕使耗散，使散逸
  Example sentencesExamples
  As the basal part of the stem was linearly elastic, there was no energy dissipated by viscous friction.
  On impact, most of the kinetic energy dissipates as heat.
  Water prevents dehydration and allows heat to be dissipated through evaporative cooling and urination.
  There's a reduction in efficiency as energy is dissipated in heat.
  This kinetic energy will be dissipated in the form of heat on impact of the clip with the magnet.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin dissipat- ‘scattered’, from the verb dissipare, from dis- ‘apart, widely’ + supare ‘to throw’.

词汇	dissipate
释义	Definition of dissipate in English: dissipate verb ˈdɪsɪpeɪtˈdɪsəˌpeɪt 1(with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear. no object the concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated 她对他的担心彻底消失了。 with object he wanted to dissipate his anger 他希望消消火。 Example sentencesExamples Rage suddenly takes control as the other emotions dissipated when he'd been pulled from his meal. At the same time, given the growth in household information, given integration, it's unlikely that the core for the housing market will evaporate or dissipate. Each time something like this happens, the anger dissipates slower and leaves a shadow behind. And if we say wait until May 2005 then we're dissipating all that anger. He felt his anger dissipating as he looked at her. It would attempt to lock future generations into a prejudice that has already dissipated and that someday may disappear. Once she'd gotten there in his presence, all her organized thoughts dissipated into a messily arranged array of emotions. I don't hold on to the anger, if I can just let it dissipate on its own. To her surprise, after their anger had dissipated, they were physically and emotionally more intimate. Brant's anger dissipated at Gemmel's anger with himself. By contrast, on film it looked like the mere aggregation of takes and cutaways; its timbres and its fluency dissipated and finally disappeared. I'll go and see it again to see if my disappointment might dissipate. So immediate emotion can dissipate before a country's population can make an important decision? Plus, these harsh emotions were already starting to dissipate, and I truly didn't want to unnerve my best friend. In minimum-security prisons, like the camp in Florence, Colorado where I currently am confined, racial tensions tend to dissipate, if not disappear. Too often, free flowing emotions of sympathy dissipate with the initial fascination, without confronting the long-term consequences of misfortune. Victims of those errors don't disappear, and their quest for justice doesn't dissipate. Heneghan's third free and fifth point of the game, coming in the 55th minute, barely stirred the emotion as the Roscommon cause began to dissipate. That sinking feeling we'd experienced as we watched the snow fall when it was supposed to be melting dissipated. My anger was slowly dissipating, but in its place was another emotion. Synonyms disappear, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, melt away, melt into thin air, be dispelled, dematerialize disperse, scatter drive away, dispel, banish quell, allay, check literary evanesce 1.1 Disperse or scatter. the cloud of smoke dissipated Example sentencesExamples The clouds that had blocked the sun during the day had dissipated, scattered by the winds to reveal the stars sprawled in all their glory across the sky. A puff of green smoke glistened upward and dissipated. The fact that very few of the cathedral's stained-glass windows could be opened meant the smoke was slow to dissipate. The thin cloud of smoke rushed out and dissipated into the air. Gas bubbles that were trapped in the lines dissipated somewhat, but never completely disappeared. The blue matter floated in the air for a moment, then it dissipated and vanished. We continued to watch in silence as the smoke slowly dissipated, leaving only the cloudless, star-punctured sky. She disappeared in a flash of smoke, dissipating like a shaken cloud. Then the light dimmed until it disappeared and the wind dissipated. You see, in open areas - with plenty of fresh air and breeze going about - the smoke dissipates and goes off into the atmosphere. As the crowd scattered and dissipated, a few of us inched forward and managed to engage some of the sheriffs in conversation. These agents will evaporate and dissipate much more rapidly in hot, dry weather. A wave of defeat seemed to wash over the slaves, and they slumped, confidence and hope draining as the smoke dissipated into the night air. Coughing lightly several more times, the black-haired player rubbed at her eyes and leaned against a wall while the smoke slowly dissipated. The smoke has dissipated, and everything is all crystal clear now! The hydrogen dissipates quickly and disperses upward, while gasoline tends to pool fuel for an explosion. They were turning to the color of pale lemons as the smoke started to dissipate. He laughed out loud, and the wind carried his voice away, like a string of smoke dissipating. She sighed heavily, a plume of grey smoke and breath condensation dissipating in the air before her. I took a long, deep drag and watched the smoke rings dissipate in the cool evening sky. Synonyms disperse, break up, disband, separate, go in different directions, move in different directions, go separate ways 2with object Waste or fritter away (money, energy, or resources) 浪费；挥霍；消耗（金钱，能源，资源） he inherited, but then dissipated, his father's fortune Example sentencesExamples But what followed instead was a decline which saw all the flair and hope of the Keegan era dissipated as money flowed out of the coffers hand over fist, but for little return. Unfortunately, however, the modern puritans are dissipating and wasting this inspiring moral tradition. On the other hand those transferred resources could be dissipated in an array of outreach services seeking to stimulate demand. This trend suggests that some portion of the rent may have been dissipated in higher-than-necessary production costs. That the moral capital of all three parties has been dissipated is not lost on the public, whose contempt for the political process has grown. An important truth is that we need full and active participation in liturgy and you don't get that by dissipating your resources. To do otherwise is to dissipate resources in random spending. It meant resisting the temptation to chase off after secondary objectives and, in the process, dissipate resources. This fueled regional battles over property and influence, greatly dissipating the energy and resources of the OC. Given the current militancy of the public service unions, it is possible that much additional public spending will be dissipated in wage increases. The most negative rendering is that the steward is justly charged with intentionally dissipating the owner's resources. You dissipate resources by maintaining economically unviable units. Numerous winters have brought heavy snowfalls and low temperature and fortunes of stockmen have been dissipated in one season because of these adverse conditions. The monasteries had been dissolved and the proceeds dissipated in war. Edwardes said: ‘The Ryder remedy only produced a bureaucratic paperchase dissipating management resource and effort.’ The enormous amount of savings has largely been dissipated by poor choices for investment. Thus by mid-1999 much of the positive effect of the devaluation on the real incomes of rural producers had been dissipated. But typically, the fortunes built by one generation will be completely dissipated by the second or third generation. Why, in such difficult times, are they dissipating their resources in this manner? It's likely to dissipate resources ineffectually and spread potential damage far. Synonyms squander, fritter (away), misspend, waste, throw away, make poor use of, be prodigal with spend recklessly/freely, lavish, expend, spend like water, throw around like confetti exhaust, drain, deplete, burn (up), use up, consume, run through, go through, lose informal blow, splurge, pour/throw down the drain, spend money as if it grows on trees, spend money as if there were no tomorrow, spend money as if it were going out of style/fashion British informal blue vulgar slang piss away 2.1Physics Cause (energy) to be lost through its conversion to heat. no power is dissipated in this sort of control element Example sentencesExamples On impact, most of the kinetic energy dissipates as heat. This kinetic energy will be dissipated in the form of heat on impact of the clip with the magnet. As the basal part of the stem was linearly elastic, there was no energy dissipated by viscous friction. There's a reduction in efficiency as energy is dissipated in heat. Water prevents dehydration and allows heat to be dissipated through evaporative cooling and urination. Derivatives dissipative adjectiveˈdɪsɪpətɪvˈdɪsəˌpeɪdɪv Geomorphological systems are open and dissipative. Example sentencesExamples Surprisingly, the dissipative interactions decrease strongly after the first force peak occurring at a tip-sample distance of 25 nm. This fact assumes a particular quality when considering ecosystems or their major compartments from the viewpoint of self-organized dissipative structures. These biological metaphors also highlight the ‘selforganisation’ found in dissipative structures and open systems. This state may be associated with dissipative structures, i.e., structures resulting from a dissipation of energy rather than from conservative molecular forces. dissipator nounˈdɪsɪpeɪtəˈdɪsəˌpeɪdər Based on these results we have further strengthened the hypothesis that CP43’ functions as a nonradiative dissipator of light energy, thus protecting photosystem II from excessive excitation under iron-deficient conditions. Example sentencesExamples You can see pictures of these dissipators on the 737 webpage below. A study was made of a limited number of basic energy dissipation methods in order to design an improved energy dissipator. Cinder block dissipaters outside irrigation gates prevent floodwaters from eroding the floor. Indeed, the whole conflict is the greatest dissipator of energy across the region. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin dissipat- 'scattered', from the verb dissipare, from dis- 'apart, widely' + supare 'to throw'. Rhymes anticipate, participate Definition of dissipate in US English: dissipate verbˈdɪsəˌpeɪtˈdisəˌpāt 1(with reference to a feeling or other intangible thing) disappear or cause to disappear. no object the concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated 她对他的担心彻底消失了。 with object he wanted to dissipate his anger 他希望消消火。 Example sentencesExamples Victims of those errors don't disappear, and their quest for justice doesn't dissipate. And if we say wait until May 2005 then we're dissipating all that anger. That sinking feeling we'd experienced as we watched the snow fall when it was supposed to be melting dissipated. So immediate emotion can dissipate before a country's population can make an important decision? By contrast, on film it looked like the mere aggregation of takes and cutaways; its timbres and its fluency dissipated and finally disappeared. At the same time, given the growth in household information, given integration, it's unlikely that the core for the housing market will evaporate or dissipate. He felt his anger dissipating as he looked at her. Plus, these harsh emotions were already starting to dissipate, and I truly didn't want to unnerve my best friend. In minimum-security prisons, like the camp in Florence, Colorado where I currently am confined, racial tensions tend to dissipate, if not disappear. Rage suddenly takes control as the other emotions dissipated when he'd been pulled from his meal. To her surprise, after their anger had dissipated, they were physically and emotionally more intimate. Brant's anger dissipated at Gemmel's anger with himself. I don't hold on to the anger, if I can just let it dissipate on its own. Heneghan's third free and fifth point of the game, coming in the 55th minute, barely stirred the emotion as the Roscommon cause began to dissipate. It would attempt to lock future generations into a prejudice that has already dissipated and that someday may disappear. Too often, free flowing emotions of sympathy dissipate with the initial fascination, without confronting the long-term consequences of misfortune. My anger was slowly dissipating, but in its place was another emotion. Once she'd gotten there in his presence, all her organized thoughts dissipated into a messily arranged array of emotions. I'll go and see it again to see if my disappointment might dissipate. Each time something like this happens, the anger dissipates slower and leaves a shadow behind. Synonyms disappear, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, melt away, melt into thin air, be dispelled, dematerialize 1.1no object Disperse or scatter. the cloud of smoke dissipated Example sentencesExamples A wave of defeat seemed to wash over the slaves, and they slumped, confidence and hope draining as the smoke dissipated into the night air. You see, in open areas - with plenty of fresh air and breeze going about - the smoke dissipates and goes off into the atmosphere. A puff of green smoke glistened upward and dissipated. We continued to watch in silence as the smoke slowly dissipated, leaving only the cloudless, star-punctured sky. The thin cloud of smoke rushed out and dissipated into the air. The smoke has dissipated, and everything is all crystal clear now! The fact that very few of the cathedral's stained-glass windows could be opened meant the smoke was slow to dissipate. The clouds that had blocked the sun during the day had dissipated, scattered by the winds to reveal the stars sprawled in all their glory across the sky. The hydrogen dissipates quickly and disperses upward, while gasoline tends to pool fuel for an explosion. She sighed heavily, a plume of grey smoke and breath condensation dissipating in the air before her. The blue matter floated in the air for a moment, then it dissipated and vanished. As the crowd scattered and dissipated, a few of us inched forward and managed to engage some of the sheriffs in conversation. She disappeared in a flash of smoke, dissipating like a shaken cloud. Gas bubbles that were trapped in the lines dissipated somewhat, but never completely disappeared. I took a long, deep drag and watched the smoke rings dissipate in the cool evening sky. They were turning to the color of pale lemons as the smoke started to dissipate. Then the light dimmed until it disappeared and the wind dissipated. These agents will evaporate and dissipate much more rapidly in hot, dry weather. Coughing lightly several more times, the black-haired player rubbed at her eyes and leaned against a wall while the smoke slowly dissipated. He laughed out loud, and the wind carried his voice away, like a string of smoke dissipating. Synonyms disperse, break up, disband, separate, go in different directions, move in different directions, go separate ways 2with object Squander or fritter away (money, energy, or resources) 浪费；挥霍；消耗（金钱，能源，资源） he had dissipated his entire fortune Example sentencesExamples It's likely to dissipate resources ineffectually and spread potential damage far. It meant resisting the temptation to chase off after secondary objectives and, in the process, dissipate resources. This trend suggests that some portion of the rent may have been dissipated in higher-than-necessary production costs. But what followed instead was a decline which saw all the flair and hope of the Keegan era dissipated as money flowed out of the coffers hand over fist, but for little return. Edwardes said: ‘The Ryder remedy only produced a bureaucratic paperchase dissipating management resource and effort.’ The most negative rendering is that the steward is justly charged with intentionally dissipating the owner's resources. Why, in such difficult times, are they dissipating their resources in this manner? But typically, the fortunes built by one generation will be completely dissipated by the second or third generation. Numerous winters have brought heavy snowfalls and low temperature and fortunes of stockmen have been dissipated in one season because of these adverse conditions. You dissipate resources by maintaining economically unviable units. Thus by mid-1999 much of the positive effect of the devaluation on the real incomes of rural producers had been dissipated. On the other hand those transferred resources could be dissipated in an array of outreach services seeking to stimulate demand. The monasteries had been dissolved and the proceeds dissipated in war. Given the current militancy of the public service unions, it is possible that much additional public spending will be dissipated in wage increases. Unfortunately, however, the modern puritans are dissipating and wasting this inspiring moral tradition. That the moral capital of all three parties has been dissipated is not lost on the public, whose contempt for the political process has grown. An important truth is that we need full and active participation in liturgy and you don't get that by dissipating your resources. This fueled regional battles over property and influence, greatly dissipating the energy and resources of the OC. To do otherwise is to dissipate resources in random spending. The enormous amount of savings has largely been dissipated by poor choices for investment. Synonyms squander, fritter, fritter away, misspend, waste, throw away, make poor use of, be prodigal with 2.1usually be dissipatedPhysics Cause (energy) to be lost, typically by converting it to heat. 〔物理〕使耗散，使散逸 Example sentencesExamples As the basal part of the stem was linearly elastic, there was no energy dissipated by viscous friction. On impact, most of the kinetic energy dissipates as heat. Water prevents dehydration and allows heat to be dissipated through evaporative cooling and urination. There's a reduction in efficiency as energy is dissipated in heat. This kinetic energy will be dissipated in the form of heat on impact of the clip with the magnet. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin dissipat- ‘scattered’, from the verb dissipare, from dis- ‘apart, widely’ + supare ‘to throw’.
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