disperse ♦︎ break (sth) up ♦︎ separate ♦︎ scatter ♦︎ partThese words all refer to people or things moving apart in different directions.这些词均表示向四周散开。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a crowd disperses / scatters / parts◆clouds disperse / part◆police disperse sb / break sth up■disperse dɪˈspɜːs; NAmEdɪˈspɜːrs [intransitive, transitive] (ratherformal, written) to move apart and go away in different directions; to make sb/sth do this疏散;散开;驱散◆The fog began to disperse.雾开始散去。◆The crowd dispersed quickly.人群很快便散开了。◆Police dispersed the protesters with tear gas.警方用催泪弹驱散了抗议者。◆They dispersed the chemicals with a sheet of water.他们用一大滩水把那些化学剂冲走。◆The community was dispersed by the war.这个群体因战争而分散了。ⓘ Disperse can be used to talk about groups of people, clouds or substances in the air. * disperse可与表示人群、云彩或空气中的物质的词搭配。■ˌbreak ˈup■ˌbreak sth ˈup
phrasal verb
(broke, broken) [intransitive](of a meeting) to finish, with the people going away in different directions; to make people leave a meeting or stop fighting, especially by using force(会议)散会;(尤指用武力)驱散,制止◆The meeting broke up at eleven o' clock.那次会议在11点散会。◆Police broke up the demonstration.警方制止了那次示威游行。◆A woman was hurt as she tried to break up a fight.一个女人在试图制止斗殴时受了伤。NOTE辨析 disperse or break up?A meetingbreaks up but the people, group or crowd at the meeting disperse(s).表示会议结束,break up的主语是meeting,disperse的主语是与会的人(people、group、crowd等)◆The meeting dispersed at eleven o'clock.◆The crowd broke up quickly.You can break up a demonstration or a fight, but policedisperse the crowds or protesters at the demonstration. * break up可接demonstration或fight作宾语,disperse可接crowd或protester作宾语◆Police dispersed the demonstration.◆Police broke up the protesters with tear gas.■separateˈsepəreɪt [intransitive, transitive] to stop being a group or one whole thing and move apart in different directions; to make people move apart分开;分离;使离散◆We separated into several different search parties.我们分成了几个搜索小组。◆Two men separated from the others and walked towards me.两名男子与其他人分开,朝我走了过来。◆South America and Africa separated 200 million years ago.2亿年前南美洲和非洲分离。◆The war separated many families.这场战争使许多家庭离散。 see also isolate ⇨ isolate, separate ⇨ separate1, separation ⇨ division1■scatter [intransitive, transitive](of a group of people, animals or things) to move apart very quickly in different directions; to make people or animals do this(人群、动物或事物)迅速散开;使分散;驱散◆At the first gunshot, the crowd scattered.枪一响,人群便四散奔逃了。◆He banged his fist on the table and the chess pieces scattered over the floor.他在桌子上猛击一拳,象棋子纷纷散落到地上。◆The explosion scattered a flock of birds roosting in the trees.爆炸声把栖息在树丛中的鸟群惊飞了。■part [intransitive, transitive] (ratherformal, written) (of two things or two parts of sth) to move apart; to make two things or two parts of sth move apart(两件东西或某物的两个部分)分开;使分开;解散◆The crowds parted in front of them.人群在他们面前分开了。◆The elevator doors parted and out stepped the President.电梯门打开了,总统从里面走了出来。◆Her lips were slightly parted.她的嘴唇微微张开。◆She parted the curtains a little and looked out.她把窗帘扒开个缝向外张望。