inactivate
verb (specialist)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they inactivate | |
he / she / it inactivates | |
past simple inactivated | |
past participle inactivated | |
-ing form inactivating |
- inactivate something
to make something stop doing something; to make something no longer active 使灭活;使停止活动 The disinfection units destroy bacteria and inactivate viruses but do not remove chemical pollutants. 消毒单位消灭细菌和灭活病毒,但不清除化学污染物。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInactivate is used with these nouns as the object:- virus