dissolvent
/dɪˈzɒlvənt/noun
- a substance that dissolves something else溶剂, 溶媒：
the experience of death could strengthen family ties, rather than act as a dissolvent.
死亡的体验可以增强而不是瓦解家庭关系。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin dissolvent- 'dissolving'， from the verb dissolvere （see DISSOLVE）.