the process of disappearing or of making something disappear 消散；驱散 the dissipation of energy in the form of heat 以热量形式耗散的能量
the act of wasting money or spending money until there is none left 挥霍；浪费 concerns about the dissipation of the country’s wealth 对挥霍国家财富的忧虑
- (disapproving)
behaviour that is fun but has a harmful effect on you 放荡；纵情遂欲
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘complete disintegration’): from Latin dissipatio(n-), from the verb dissipare, from dis- ‘apart, widely’ + supare ‘to throw’.