disappear ♦︎ vanish ♦︎ fade ♦︎ die out ♦︎ dissolve ♦︎ clear ♦︎ meltThese words all mean to stop existing or being in a place.這些詞均表示消失、消逝、絕迹。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to disappear / vanish / fade / dissolve / melt into sth◆to fade / melt away◆anger / hope disappears / vanishes / fades / melts◆a smile disappears / vanishes / fades◆cloud / smoke / mist disappears / clears◆a species disappears / vanishes / dies out◆a tradition / custom disappears / dies out◆disappear / vanish / fade / die out / dissolve / clear completely◆disappear / fade / die out / dissolve / clear gradually◆to disappear / vanish / fade from view / sight◆to disappear / vanish / melt into thin air■disappear [intransitive] to become impossible to see; to stop existing; to be lost or impossible to find消失;不複存在;失蹤◆The plane disappeared behind a cloud.飛機消失在雲層裏。◆The problem won't just disappear.這個問題不會就這樣不了了之。◆Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.我們的鄉村地區正以驚人的速度消亡。◆The child disappeared from his home some time after four.那孩子4點多鐘就離家不見了。OPPappear ⇨ appear▸disappearance
noun
[uncountable, countable] ◆Police are investigating the disappearance of a young woman.警方正在調查一名年輕女子的失蹤案。OPPappearance ⇨ arrival1■vanish ˈvænɪʃ [intransitive] to disappear suddenly and/or in a way that you cannot explain; to stop existing(莫名其妙地)突然消失;不複存在;絕迹◆The magician vanished in a puff of smoke.魔術師在一陣煙霧中突然不見了。◆My glasses seem to have vanished.我的眼鏡似乎不翼而飛了。◆The boys vanished without trace during a snowstorm.那些男孩在一次暴風雪中消失得無影無蹤。◆All hopes of a peaceful settlement had now vanished.和平解決的一切希望現在都已化作泡影。■fade [intransitive] to disappear gradually逐漸消失;逐漸消逝◆Her smile faded.她的笑容漸漸消失了。◆The laughter faded away.笑聲逐漸消逝了。◆His voice faded to a whisper(= gradually became quieter).他的聲音越來越低,漸漸地變成了耳語。◆All other issues fade into insignificance compared with the struggle for survival.與掙紮求生相比,所有其他問題都顯得不重要了。■ˌdie ˈout
phrasal verb
(of types of animal or plant; of customs and traditions) to stop existing(動植物)滅絕;(習俗和傳統)消失◆The report estimates that up to 40 000 species will have died out by the end of the century.報告估計到本世紀末將有多達4萬個物種滅絕。◆Most of these traditions died out during the 19th century.這些傳統大多數在19世紀就消失了。■dissolvedɪˈzɒlv; NAmEdɪˈzɑːlv [intransitive, transitive] (ratherformalorliterary) to disappear; to make sth disappear消除;(使)消失,消散◆When the ambulance had gone, the crowd dissolved.救護車開走後人群便散去了。◆His calm response dissolved her confusion.他平靜的回答消除了她的困惑。■clear [intransitive](of the sky or weather) to become brighter and free of cloud or rain; (of smoke or fog) to disappear so that it is easier to see things(天空或天氣)放晴,轉晴;(煙或霧)消散,散去◆The sky cleared after the storm.暴風雨後,天晴了。◆The rain is clearing slowly.雨漸漸停下來。◆As the smoke cleared, two fighter planes came into view.随着煙霧的消散,兩架戰鬥機進入了視線。OPPcloud ⇨ darken■melt [intransitive] (usually used with an adverb or preposition通常與副詞或介詞連用) (of people or feelings) to disappear gradually(人)逐漸散去;(感覺)漸漸消失◆At the first sign of trouble, his supporters melted away.一見到有麻煩的迹象,他的支持者便逐漸散去。◆All her anger and hurt melted away in his embrace.他的擁抱使她的怒氣和委屈漸漸消失了。