dispel
verb- 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) Extra ExamplesTalking to Pam helped to dispel my doubts about the holiday. 和帕姆交谈有助于消除我对假期的疑虑。 The chairman quickly dispelled rumours that he was planning to resign. 主席很快消除了他打算辞职的谣言。 This report dispels the notion that boys learn more quickly than girls. 这份报告消除了男孩比女孩学得更快的观念。 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’.