dismantle

动词 v.
中文释义
英 [dɪsˈmæntʰəɫ]    美 [dɪsˈmæ̃nɾɫ̩]|[dɪsˈmæ̃nɫ̩]

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces. transitive
    — In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax.
  2. To disprove a discourse, claim or argument. transitive
    — If we can dismantle hate rhetoric and explain why it is, in fact, illogical, is the language no longer dangerous?
  3. To divest, strip of dress or covering. transitive
    — This is most ſtrange, that ſhe, who even but now Was your beſt object, the argument of your praiſe, Balme of your age, moſt beſt, moſt deereſt, Should in this trice of time commit a thing So monſtrous, to diſmantell ſo many foulds of fauour, […]
  4. To remove fittings or furnishings from. transitive

词形变化

dismantles present,singular,third-person dismantling participle,present dismantled participle,past dismantled past

词汇关系

衍生词
dismantlability dismantlable dismantleable dismantlement dismantler undismantled use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house

词源

From Middle French desmanteler, itself from des- (“dis-”), mantel (“coat”) + -er (verbal suffix).
Compare typologically uncloak, reveal, unmask.
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