disengage
verb /ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
/ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they disengage | /ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/ |
he / she / it disengages | /ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪz/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪz/ |
past simple disengaged | /ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ |
past participle disengaged | /ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ |
-ing form disengaging | /ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] (formal) to free somebody/something from the person or thing that is holding them or it; to become free
(使)脱离,松开;解脱 - disengage yourself (from somebody/something) She gently disengaged herself from her sleeping son.
她轻轻地放下怀中熟睡的儿子。 - (figurative) They wished to disengage themselves from these policies.
他们希望能摆脱这些政策的束缚。 - disengage (something/somebody) (from something/somebody) to disengage the clutch (= when driving a car)
(开车时)松开离合器 - We saw the booster rockets disengage and fall into the sea.
我们看到火箭助推器脱落后坠入大海。
- disengage yourself (from somebody/something) She gently disengaged herself from her sleeping son.
- [intransitive, transitive] disengage (something) (specialist) if an army disengages or somebody disengages it, it stops fighting and moves away
Topics War and conflictc2(使)停止交战,脱离接触 compare engage
Wordfinder
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