dissociate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dissociate | |
| he / she / it dissociates | |
| past simple dissociated | |
| past participle dissociated | |
| -ing form dissociating |
- (also disassociate)dissociate yourself/somebody from somebody/something
to say or do something to show that you are not connected with or do not support somebody/something; to make it clear that something is not connected with a particular plan, action, etc. 否认同…有关系；声明不支持；表明无关 He tried to dissociate himself from the party's more extreme views. 他极力表明自己并不赞成该党较为偏激的观点。 They were determined to dissociate the UN from any agreement to impose sanctions. 他们决心阻止联合国同意实施制裁。
- dissociate somebody/something (from something) (formal)
to think of two people or things as separate and not connected with each other 把…分开（或看作是无关联的） opposite associate
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin dissociat- ‘separated’, from the verb dissociare, from dis- (expressing reversal) + sociare ‘join together’ (from socius ‘companion’).