dis·pel
verb/dɪˈspel/
/dɪˈspel/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dispel | /dɪˈspel/ /dɪˈspel/ |
| he / she / it dispels | /dɪˈspelz/ /dɪˈspelz/ |
| past simple dispelled | /dɪˈspeld/ /dɪˈspeld/ |
| past participle dispelled | /dɪˈspeld/ /dɪˈspeld/ |
| -ing form dispelling | /dɪˈspelɪŋ/ /dɪˈspelɪŋ/ |
- dispel something to make something, especially a feeling or belief, go away or disappear
驱散，消除（尤指感觉或信仰） - His speech dispelled any fears about his health.
他的发言消除了人们对他身体健康的担心。
Extra Examples- Talking to Pam helped to dispel my doubts about the holiday.
与帕姆的交谈消除了我对假期的疑虑。 - The chairman quickly dispelled rumours that he was planning to resign.
董事长很快就辟谣了他打算辞职的传言。 - This report dispels the notion that boys learn more quickly than girls.
这份报告驳斥了男孩比女孩学得更快的观点。 - We need some good news to dispel the gloom.
我们需要一些好消息来驱散阴霾。 - trying to dispel some of the myths about old age
试图消除一些关于老年的神话
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDispel is used with these nouns as the object:- anxiety
- confusion
- doubt
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin dispellere, from dis- ‘apart’ + pellere ‘to drive’. - His speech dispelled any fears about his health.