deactivate
verb🔊/diːˈæktɪveɪt/
🔊/diːˈæktɪveɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deactivate | 🔊/diːˈæktɪveɪt/ 🔊/diːˈæktɪveɪt/ |
| he / she / it deactivates | 🔊/diːˈæktɪveɪts/ 🔊/diːˈæktɪveɪts/ |
| past simple deactivated | 🔊/diːˈæktɪveɪtɪd/ 🔊/diːˈæktɪveɪtɪd/ |
| past participle deactivated | 🔊/diːˈæktɪveɪtɪd/ 🔊/diːˈæktɪveɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form deactivating | 🔊/diːˈæktɪveɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/diːˈæktɪveɪtɪŋ/ |
- deactivate something
to make something such as a device or chemical process stop working 使（仪器等）停止工作；使失活；使（化学过程）灭活化（或减活化、钝化）