dissociate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dissociate | |
| he / she / it dissociates | |
| past simple dissociated | |
| past participle dissociated | |
| -ing form dissociating |
- (also disassociate)dissociate yourself/somebody from somebody/something
to say or do something to show that you are not connected with or do not support somebody/something; to make it clear that something is not connected with a particular plan, action, etc. 否认同…有关系；声明不支持；表明无关 He tried to dissociate himself from the party's more extreme views. 他极力表明自己并不赞成该党较为偏激的观点。 🔊🔊 They were determined to dissociate the UN from any agreement to impose sanctions. 他们决心阻止联合国同意实施制裁。 🔊🔊
- dissociate somebody/something (from something) (formal)
to think of two people or things as separate and not connected with each other 把…分开（或看作是无关联的） opposite associate
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin dissociat- ‘separated’, from the verb dissociare, from dis- (expressing reversal) + sociare ‘join together’ (from socius ‘companion’).