disengage

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dis·en·gage /ˌdɪsənˈɡeɪdʒ/ verb

1 [transitiveT]SEPARATE to move so that you are not touching or holding someone 使脱离，使解脱，摆脱

disengage yourself

Sally found it difficult to disengage herself from his embrace.

萨莉感到很难挣脱他的拥抱。

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TEMTTC if you disengage something, especially a part of a machine, or if it disengages, you make it move away from another part that it was connected to （使）〔机器的某一部分与另一相连部分〕分离，移开，松开 OPP engage

Disengage the gears when you park the car.

停车时要松开排挡。

He tapped in the code and the lock disengaged.

他输入密码，锁就开了。

3 [intransitiveI] to stop being involved or interested in something 脱离；不再感兴趣

disengage from

Too many young people disengage from learning.

太多的年轻人对学习不感兴趣。

4. [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PMA if two armies disengage, they stop fighting （使）〔两军〕停止战斗 OPP engage

—disengagement noun [uncountableU]

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disengage• No need for anything, only gears and lever to disengage.• He disengaged and scratched the back of his neck.• Reason that is disengaged and tightly regulated would starve other human faculties, they believed.• So they could either stay or disengage, as it suited them.• They will have disengaged from many activities in the community long before then.• Whatever we do, we must avoid the illusory solution of disengaging from the world by abandoning peace operations.• After the Gulf War, the U.S. disengaged quickly from the Middle East.• In the struggle the autopilot was accidentally disengaged, sending the aircraft into a dive.• He removed the screws and disengaged the back panel.• Disengage the gears before you start the car.• Troops moved in Thursday to disengage the two warring factions.• The cruise control does not disengage when it should.

disengage yourself• But it is not only to the institutionalised abuse of animals that we must turn if we are progressively to disengage ourselves.• The new deviance writers were naturally anxious to disengage themselves from association with such conservative goals.• But when he quite gently disengaged himself from her embrace she looked at him, and knew he wasn't.• Charles Harvey disengaged himself from his constituency chairman.• Every 10 feet, there are would-be climbers disengaging themselves from the chain and sitting down the side to rest.• Adam Pender disengaged himself from the throng and came to join the two detectives.• The Ford behind had also disengaged itself, not caring about the shriek of metal.• One by one they disengage themselves, probably realizing for the first time just what they are leaving behind.

disengage from• The council pressured Pike to disengage from the project.

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