dissipation

dissipation
noun
[mass noun]
  1. dissipated living
    浪荡生活
    a descent into drunkenness and sexual dissipation.
    堕落到沉迷酒色。
  2. the squandering of money, energy, or resources
    挥霍;消耗
    the dissipation of the country's mineral wealth.
    对国家矿产资源的浪费。
    ■(Physics)loss of energy, especially by its conversion into heat
    (物理)耗散,散逸;损耗
    energy dissipation.
    能量损耗。
    [count noun]the dissipations in the switch and diode are small.
    开关和二极管损耗的能量极少。
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'complete disintegration'): from Latin dissipatio(n-), from the verb dissipare (see dissipate)
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