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

They had to work hard to allay the fears and dispel suspicions on both sides.
他们致力于消除双方的猜忌和疑虑。
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。
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。
Let's take a look at some ways to dispel negative energy and start thinking positively.
让我们来看一些消除负面能量，开始正向思考的方式吧。
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。
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。
This brief experiment would dispel any further doubts you might entertain.
这简单的实验定能祛除你尚存的一点怀疑。
The empty multi-phlegm, manage the spleen to dispel phlegm;
中虚多痰者，理脾以祛痰；
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。
I'm sorry to have to dispel your romantic notions.
很抱歉，我得消除你那些浪漫的想法。