disintegrate

disintegrate
[dɪsˈɪntɪgreɪt]
verb
[no obj.]
  1. break up into small parts, typically as the result of impact or decay
    （尤指因冲击或腐败而）碎裂，分裂
    when the missile struck, the car disintegrated in a sheet of searing flame.
    被导弹击中后，汽车在一片火海中碎裂。
    the marriage disintegrated amid allegations that she was having an affair.
    据说她有外遇，婚姻因此破裂。
    ■(informal)suffer from a mental breakdown
    (非正式)（精神）崩溃
    I thought that when I finished working on the book I'd disintegrate.
    我想等我完成这本书的工作时，我也该精神崩溃了。
    ■(Physics)undergo or cause to undergo disintegration at a subatomic level
    (物理)蜕变，衰变
    [no obj.]a meson can spontaneously disintegrate.
    介子可以自然蜕变。
    [with obj.]it has become a relatively easy matter to disintegrate almost any atom.
    让几乎任何原子蜕变都变得相对容易了。
    ■lose strength or cohesion and gradually fail
    逐步瓦解；衰败
    their marriage disintegrated.
    他们的婚姻逐步破裂了。
派生
disintegrative
adjective
disintegrator
noun
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