dispel

英 [dɪˈspel]

美 [dɪˈspel]

v. 驱散，消除(尤指感觉或信仰)

过去分词：dispelled　现在分词：dispelling　过去式：dispelled　第三人称单数：dispels　

Collins.1 / BNC.8525 / COCA.10643

牛津词典

verb

驱散，消除（尤指感觉或信仰）
to make sth, especially a feeling or belief, go away or disappear
1. His speech dispelled any fears about his health.
  他的发言消除了人们对他身体健康的担心。

VERB 驱散;消除
Todispelan idea or feeling that people have means to stop them having it.
1. The President is attempting to dispel the notion that he has neglected the economy.
  有人认为总统忽视了经济，总统正试图消除这种看法。

verb

force to go away
1. Drive away potential burglars
2. drive away bad thoughts
3. dispel doubts
4. The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
Synonym:chase awaydrive outturn backdrive awaydrive offrun off
to cause to separate and go in different directions
1. She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
Synonym:dispersedissipatebreak upscatter

Teacher, preach, teach, dispel doubt also.
师者，传道，授业，解惑也。
The main aim of inbreeding is to standardise, to fix desirable inherited characteristics and to dispel undesirable ones.
同系交配的主要目的就是实现标准化，保持理想的遗传特性，并消除不良的特性。
With a Mormon in the White House, that confusion would be harder to dispel.
如果白宫里坐着一个摩门教徒，将很更难消除这种混淆。
Yet this alone will not dispel the risks of contagion.
不过，仅靠上述措施还不足以消除危机蔓延的风险。
It is time to dispel the myth of a classless society.
该消除那种无阶级社会的神话了。
This change was taken to make people dispel their guess.
采取这种转变是为了打消人们心中的猜测。
If you want to dispel uncertainty, you have to do better than that.
如果你想驱散不确定性，说这种话还远远不够。
He was keen to dispel any illusions we might have had.
他急于打消我们可能存有的幻想。
It is interesting that doubting your doubt can work to dispel the original doubt.
有趣的是，怀疑你的怀疑恰恰是驱散你原始怀疑的有效方法。
If you know your lover is loyal to you, you will also be competitive to dispel other opponents.
如果你清楚你的爱人对你很忠诚，你也会尽全力赶跑其他对手。