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dissolution

noun
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈluːʃn/
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈluːʃn/
 [uncountable] (formal)
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  1. dissolution (of something) the act of officially ending a marriage, a business agreement or a parliament; the act of breaking up an organization, etc.（婚姻关系的）解除；（商业协议的）终止；（议会的）解散
    • The company was set up following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.这家公司是在苏联解体之后成立的。
    Topics Discussion and agreementc2, Family and relationshipsc2
  2. dissolution (of something) the process in which something gradually disappears消失；消亡
    • the dissolution of barriers of class and race阶级和种族隔阂的消除
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin dissolutio(n-), from the verb dissolvere, from dis- ‘apart’ + solvere ‘loosen or solve’.