dissipation
/ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃən/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
- squandering of money, energy, or resources浪费; 挥霍; 消耗：
the dissipation of the country's mineral wealth.
对国家矿产资源的浪费。
2.1
- 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很少。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'complete disintegration'）： from Latin dissipatio（n-）， from the verb dissipare （see DISSIPATE）.