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dissipation

/dis-uh-pey-shuhn/US // ˌdɪs əˈpeɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃən) //

耗散,耗损,耗费,消散

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of dissipating.
    • : the state of being dissipated; dispersion; disintegration.
    • : a wasting by misuse: the dissipation of a fortune.
    • : mental distraction; amusement; diversion.
    • : dissolute way of living, especially excessive drinking of liquor; intemperance.
    • : Physics, Mechanics. a process in which energy is used or lost without accomplishing useful work, as friction causing loss of mechanical energy.

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Examples

  • It’s perfect for storing in a utility closet or tool shed and reserving for quick sweeping and cleanup of leaves and dirt in small, confined areas, and it has a wide exhaust area that allows for quick heat dissipation.

  • William Thomson may have inadvertently set people thinking in the wrong way when he spoke about universal dissipation of mechanical energy.

  • Kelvin, the first to recognize its significance, called it “a universal tendency in nature to the dissipation of mechanical energy.”

  • So the chemical dissipation is accelerating toward a likely outcome, which is that I have more bacteria in my future than I had in my past.

  • I met with a ludicrous instance of the dissipation of even latter days, a few months after my marriage.

  • M. Phlippon now began to advance more rapidly in the career of dissipation.

  • Her father now began to advance with more rapid footsteps in the career of dissipation.

  • His countenance showed marks of dissipation, for he was a heavy drinker, and this served to further brutalize his nature.

  • My serious turn and studious habits have preserved me alike from the follies of dissipation and from the bustle of intrigue.