v.驅散；消散；散去；浪費；揮霍；放蕩

The sun dissipated the mist. 太陽驅散了霧。

Her son's letter dissipated all her fears and anxiety. 她兒子的來信消除了她一切恐懼和焦慮。

The crowd dissipated soon after the police arrived. 在警察到達之后，人群很快散去了。

He soon dissipated his fortune. 他很快就把財產(chǎn)浪費光了。

Francis dissipated his large fortune inherited from his grandfather in a few years. 弗朗西斯在幾年里就把他從祖父那里繼承下來的一大筆財產(chǎn)揮霍光了。

dissipate的基本意思是“驅散”,表示使一群、一團、聚集在一起的人或一個組件體分開或散開。明確表示徹底分解、分開、分化,最后消失。

dissipate還可指“浪費”“揮霍”,指將錢財撒向四面八方,消耗殆盡。

dissipate可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,可接名詞或代詞作賓語。