demobilize
verb /diːˈməʊbəlaɪz/
/diːˈməʊbəlaɪz/
(British English also demobilise)
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they demobilize | /diːˈməʊbəlaɪz/ /diːˈməʊbəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it demobilizes | /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzɪz/ /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple demobilized | /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle demobilized | /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form demobilizing | /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzɪŋ/ /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- (also British English, informal demob)[transitive] demobilize somebody to release somebody from military service, especially at the end of a war
（尤指战后）使退伍，使复员 - We were waiting to be demobilized.
我们在等着被遣散。 - The army has demobilized 200 000 soldiers in the last two years.
在过去的两年里，军队已经遣散了20万名士兵。
- We were waiting to be demobilized.
- [intransitive] (of a country or group of soldiers) to stop military activities
（尤指战后）使退伍，使复员 - The president insisted the rebels must disarm and demobilize.
总统坚持叛军必须解除武装并复员。
- The president insisted the rebels must disarm and demobilize.
词源late 19th cent.: from French démobiliser, from dé- (expressing reversal) + mobiliser ‘mobilize’.