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单词 detachment
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Definition of detachment in English:

detachment

noun dɪˈtatʃm(ə)ntdəˈtætʃmənt
  • 1mass noun The state of being objective or aloof.

    客观;超然

    he felt a sense of detachment from what was going on

    他对正在发生的事情有一种与己无关的感觉。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As the direction demands, they stay on point, rendering Beckett's dark humour with an appropriate sense of impersonality and detachment.
    • The intellectual's obligation to detachment and objectivity is never lost sight of.
    • For the thinking designer, cool detachment seems to be the only note that can be struck with any conviction.
    • John F. Kennedy, with his cool detachment, humor and irony, was the supreme example.
    • Journalistic norms call for the same attempt at objectivity and detachment.
    • These functions must be carried out with objectivity and detachment and the institution must therefore be structured in such a way as to facilitate this goal.
    • Po imparts the sense of detachment that allows one to remain in the moment.
    • Collins always seemed to play the game with an air of detachment, a cool aloofness in his comfortable possession of the ball and passing that was as smooth as soul music.
    • But attitudes of detachment and objectivity are as necessary to the work of the pathology laboratory as sympathy and compassion are to the conduct of a funeral service.
    • ‘I come to this post with experience of showing detachment and objectivity’, he said.
    • Instead, the film-makers create an ever-expanding universe of accidental characters and sub-plot lines that perpetuate a sense of futility and detachment.
    • While watching ‘The Passion’ I felt a sense of detachment even as I was being emotionally pummeled by the images on the screen.
    • The epistemological ideals of clarity, detachment and objectivity have silenced nature's voice.
    • With this disillusionment came a sense of elated detachment.
    • In truth, we envy his capacity for cool detachment - this is not a luxury we can enjoy.
    • Paradoxically, by presenting events with cool detachment even during moments of great danger, audience involvement becomes more and more intense.
    • They do not claim to be objective, of course, because they know that real objectivity is impossible, nor do they confuse distance with detachment.
    • She talks about her past with a certain amount of detachment, even objectivity.
    • I wish I could approach this with the cool detachment that I view the new series of Enterprise, or the next episode of Desperate Housewives.
    • In the effort to avoid the charge of elitist arrogance they are in danger of abandoning the only commodities which they have to sell: detachment and objective judgment.
    Synonyms
    objectivity, dispassion, dispassionateness, disinterest, indifference, aloofness, remoteness, distance, open-mindedness, neutrality, lack of bias, lack of prejudice, impartiality, fairness, fair-mindedness, equitability, even-handedness, unselfishness
  • 2Military
    A group of troops, aircraft, or ships sent away on a separate mission.

    〔军〕独立小分队;特遣飞行队;特遣舰队

    a detachment of Marines

    一支海军陆战队特遣队。

    mass noun the Squadron went on detachment to Malta

    飞行中队被派遣到马耳他执行独立任务。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • U.S. Central Command sent a detachment of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division to control the facility's gate.
    • The detachment accomplished its objective with no casualties, returning on May 26, 1883.
    • The Special Operations division deployed missions and detachments in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Burma, Siam (now Thailand), and China.
    • The four Kidd-class destroyers will become the flag ships of separate detachments of the task force,’ he said.
    • The Japanese garrison, which included two infantry battalions and naval detachments, resisted tenaciously and the islands were not declared secure until 18 May.
    Synonyms
    unit, detail, squad, troop, contingent, outfit, task force, crew, patrol, section, formation
    squadron, flight, division, platoon, company, corps, regiment, brigade, battalion, force, garrison, legion
    1. 2.1 A party of people separated from a larger group.
      (从大队中分出的)小队人员
      a truck containing a detachment of villagers

      一辆载着一小批村民的卡车。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Last but not least, a detachment of Democratic delegates will dare to step outside the protection of the Staples bubble to join some of the protests.
      • Pickel said the accused were ‘nothing more nor less than a detachment of international fascism.’
      • Already, a detachment of Vanguards was on its way to intercept the Wings.
      • A short time later, a large detachment of early teens, including William's daughter Rachel, arrived home after roaming nearby streets for most of the evening.
      • May I suggest a special detachment of NYC blogfesters to help out?
      • Thiessen said hundreds of grow-ops are currently under surveillance by the detachment's dedicated pot-busting five-man unit.
      • Special detachments of Jews, who were called Sonderkommando were forced by the SS to remove corpses from the gas chambers and burn them.
      • A small group of RAAF photo-interpreters was based in Saudi Arabia, together with a detachment from the Defence Intelligence Organisation.
      • While neither excessive speed nor alcohol was a factor in this crash, police from both detachments were still urging drivers to slow down because of generally poor road conditions.
      • The most unlikely volunteers recently joined with the PMG's small engineering detachment to assist in emergency airfield repairs.
      • This, of course, does not factor any of the weapons seized by any of the other municipal police forces or any of the RCMP detachments in the Lower Mainland in the same period.
      • While he says he thoroughly enjoyed working with members at the detachment, especially those who worked for him in Highway Patrol, he says there are aspects of the job he definitely won't miss.
      Synonyms
      body, body of people, group, outfit, party, team
  • 3mass noun The action or process of detaching; separation.

    分开;分离

    structural problems resulted in cracking and detachment of the wall

    结构问题导致墙壁断裂。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Among the Aeromonas spp. tested in this study, cell detachment and shrinkage were observed as cytopathic change.
    • Retinal detachment (separation of the retina from the pigment epithelium behind it) is a rarer cause of blindness.
    • If the vitreous is exceptionally adherent to a weak point on the retina, a tear, hole, or detachment may develop.
    • For thick coatings the mode of release was a broad peel front that led to detachment, whereas removal on thin coatings occurred by localized peeling and coalescence.
    • The scarring and bleeding caused by the excess growth of these blood vessels can lead to retinal detachment, resulting in vision loss.
    • This can lead to retinal detachment, in which the retina and optic nerve separate - a bit like pulling the plug on the whole system.
    • Interlinked systems of predominantly sinistral detachment faults are developed lying parallel to or at low angles to bedding.
    • The process of abortion, consists of two parts, detachment and expulsion; but these do not always bear an uniform relation to each other, in their duration or severity.
    • The implications of this idea extend beyond vascular disease to other matrix remodeling and detachment processes such as cancer.
    • These vessels leak fluid and blood and scar the nerve tissue inside the eye, increasing the risk of retinal detachment and severe vision loss in infants.
    • He subsequently developed a left retinal detachment and was referred to the vitreoretinal unit for surgery.
    • The parameters of this model are the rate constants f and g for myosin binding and detachment, and the free and bound variance levels VI and VZ.
    • In contrast, bead detachment during the initial ramp-up period was almost instantaneous and usually occurred without visible deformation of the cell body.
    • Blunt injury to the eyeball tends to be less dangerous, but, if severe, may cause rupture and collapse of the globe, loss of contents and detachment of the retina.
    • A second form of retinal detachment may develop when new blood vessels grow on the surface of the retina.
    • Cell detachment and shrinkage of Vero cells were recorded as toxic changes.
    • Application of pressures above - 25 mm Hg resulted in detachment of the aspirated projection forming a separate vesicle.
    • Movement along the P detachment may have resulted in the final separation of the crust and the exposure of mantle at the sea floor in the south of the study area, although here the nature of basement has not yet been determined.
    • During the final stages of fruit development, detachment of the valves from the replum proceeds.
    • Ven mutants exhibit gross anatomical defects in the nerve cords, including their complete detachment from the body wall.
    Synonyms
    loosening, disconnection, unfastening, disengagement, parting, separation, uncoupling, removal, loosing, untying, unhitching, undoing, unhooking, unbuttoning, unzipping, freeing, severing, pulling off, cutting off, hacking off, chopping off, pruning, breaking off, disuniting

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French détachement, from détacher 'to detach' (see detach).

Definition of detachment in US English:

detachment

noundəˈtætʃməntdəˈtaCHmənt
  • 1The state of being objective or aloof.

    客观;超然

    he felt a sense of detachment from what was going on

    他对正在发生的事情有一种与己无关的感觉。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • With this disillusionment came a sense of elated detachment.
    • I wish I could approach this with the cool detachment that I view the new series of Enterprise, or the next episode of Desperate Housewives.
    • Collins always seemed to play the game with an air of detachment, a cool aloofness in his comfortable possession of the ball and passing that was as smooth as soul music.
    • For the thinking designer, cool detachment seems to be the only note that can be struck with any conviction.
    • In truth, we envy his capacity for cool detachment - this is not a luxury we can enjoy.
    • They do not claim to be objective, of course, because they know that real objectivity is impossible, nor do they confuse distance with detachment.
    • These functions must be carried out with objectivity and detachment and the institution must therefore be structured in such a way as to facilitate this goal.
    • As the direction demands, they stay on point, rendering Beckett's dark humour with an appropriate sense of impersonality and detachment.
    • In the effort to avoid the charge of elitist arrogance they are in danger of abandoning the only commodities which they have to sell: detachment and objective judgment.
    • John F. Kennedy, with his cool detachment, humor and irony, was the supreme example.
    • Journalistic norms call for the same attempt at objectivity and detachment.
    • She talks about her past with a certain amount of detachment, even objectivity.
    • The epistemological ideals of clarity, detachment and objectivity have silenced nature's voice.
    • Paradoxically, by presenting events with cool detachment even during moments of great danger, audience involvement becomes more and more intense.
    • The intellectual's obligation to detachment and objectivity is never lost sight of.
    • But attitudes of detachment and objectivity are as necessary to the work of the pathology laboratory as sympathy and compassion are to the conduct of a funeral service.
    • While watching ‘The Passion’ I felt a sense of detachment even as I was being emotionally pummeled by the images on the screen.
    • ‘I come to this post with experience of showing detachment and objectivity’, he said.
    • Instead, the film-makers create an ever-expanding universe of accidental characters and sub-plot lines that perpetuate a sense of futility and detachment.
    • Po imparts the sense of detachment that allows one to remain in the moment.
    Synonyms
    objectivity, dispassion, dispassionateness, disinterest, indifference, aloofness, remoteness, distance, open-mindedness, neutrality, lack of bias, lack of prejudice, impartiality, fairness, fair-mindedness, equitability, even-handedness, unselfishness
  • 2Military
    A group of troops, aircraft, or ships sent away on a separate mission.

    〔军〕独立小分队;特遣飞行队;特遣舰队

    a detachment of Marines

    一支海军陆战队特遣队。

    the battalion went on detachment to Florida

    飞行中队被派遣到马耳他执行独立任务。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Japanese garrison, which included two infantry battalions and naval detachments, resisted tenaciously and the islands were not declared secure until 18 May.
    • The four Kidd-class destroyers will become the flag ships of separate detachments of the task force,’ he said.
    • The detachment accomplished its objective with no casualties, returning on May 26, 1883.
    • The Special Operations division deployed missions and detachments in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Burma, Siam (now Thailand), and China.
    • U.S. Central Command sent a detachment of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division to control the facility's gate.
    Synonyms
    unit, detail, squad, troop, contingent, outfit, task force, crew, patrol, section, formation
    1. 2.1 A party of people similarly separated from a larger group.
      (从大队中分出的)小队人员
      a truck containing a detachment of villagers

      一辆载着一小批村民的卡车。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • May I suggest a special detachment of NYC blogfesters to help out?
      • Pickel said the accused were ‘nothing more nor less than a detachment of international fascism.’
      • A small group of RAAF photo-interpreters was based in Saudi Arabia, together with a detachment from the Defence Intelligence Organisation.
      • This, of course, does not factor any of the weapons seized by any of the other municipal police forces or any of the RCMP detachments in the Lower Mainland in the same period.
      • While he says he thoroughly enjoyed working with members at the detachment, especially those who worked for him in Highway Patrol, he says there are aspects of the job he definitely won't miss.
      • Last but not least, a detachment of Democratic delegates will dare to step outside the protection of the Staples bubble to join some of the protests.
      • The most unlikely volunteers recently joined with the PMG's small engineering detachment to assist in emergency airfield repairs.
      • While neither excessive speed nor alcohol was a factor in this crash, police from both detachments were still urging drivers to slow down because of generally poor road conditions.
      • Special detachments of Jews, who were called Sonderkommando were forced by the SS to remove corpses from the gas chambers and burn them.
      • Thiessen said hundreds of grow-ops are currently under surveillance by the detachment's dedicated pot-busting five-man unit.
      • Already, a detachment of Vanguards was on its way to intercept the Wings.
      • A short time later, a large detachment of early teens, including William's daughter Rachel, arrived home after roaming nearby streets for most of the evening.
      Synonyms
      body, body of people, group, outfit, party, team
  • 3The action or process of detaching; separation.

    分开;分离

    structural problems resulted in cracking and detachment of the wall

    结构问题导致墙壁断裂。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If the vitreous is exceptionally adherent to a weak point on the retina, a tear, hole, or detachment may develop.
    • Movement along the P detachment may have resulted in the final separation of the crust and the exposure of mantle at the sea floor in the south of the study area, although here the nature of basement has not yet been determined.
    • The scarring and bleeding caused by the excess growth of these blood vessels can lead to retinal detachment, resulting in vision loss.
    • Blunt injury to the eyeball tends to be less dangerous, but, if severe, may cause rupture and collapse of the globe, loss of contents and detachment of the retina.
    • The implications of this idea extend beyond vascular disease to other matrix remodeling and detachment processes such as cancer.
    • In contrast, bead detachment during the initial ramp-up period was almost instantaneous and usually occurred without visible deformation of the cell body.
    • Among the Aeromonas spp. tested in this study, cell detachment and shrinkage were observed as cytopathic change.
    • These vessels leak fluid and blood and scar the nerve tissue inside the eye, increasing the risk of retinal detachment and severe vision loss in infants.
    • He subsequently developed a left retinal detachment and was referred to the vitreoretinal unit for surgery.
    • Ven mutants exhibit gross anatomical defects in the nerve cords, including their complete detachment from the body wall.
    • Interlinked systems of predominantly sinistral detachment faults are developed lying parallel to or at low angles to bedding.
    • Application of pressures above - 25 mm Hg resulted in detachment of the aspirated projection forming a separate vesicle.
    • For thick coatings the mode of release was a broad peel front that led to detachment, whereas removal on thin coatings occurred by localized peeling and coalescence.
    • During the final stages of fruit development, detachment of the valves from the replum proceeds.
    • This can lead to retinal detachment, in which the retina and optic nerve separate - a bit like pulling the plug on the whole system.
    • The parameters of this model are the rate constants f and g for myosin binding and detachment, and the free and bound variance levels VI and VZ.
    • Cell detachment and shrinkage of Vero cells were recorded as toxic changes.
    • The process of abortion, consists of two parts, detachment and expulsion; but these do not always bear an uniform relation to each other, in their duration or severity.
    • Retinal detachment (separation of the retina from the pigment epithelium behind it) is a rarer cause of blindness.
    • A second form of retinal detachment may develop when new blood vessels grow on the surface of the retina.
    Synonyms
    loosening, disconnection, unfastening, disengagement, parting, separation, uncoupling, removal, loosing, untying, unhitching, undoing, unhooking, unbuttoning, unzipping, freeing, severing, pulling off, cutting off, hacking off, chopping off, pruning, breaking off, disuniting

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French détachement, from détacher ‘to detach’ (see detach).

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