disempower

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dɪsɪmˈpaʊ(w)ə(ɹ)/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To strip power from (someone or some group), as:; To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
    — A powerful head can sometimes disempower the teaching staff, and create among them a sort of passivity that is close to inertia.
  2. To strip power from (someone or some group), as:; To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group.
    — The reformation disempowered the established church and thus roiled the aristocracy.

词形变化

disempowers present,singular,third-person disempowering participle,present disempowered participle,past disempowered past

词汇关系

衍生词
disempowerment
相关词
deenergize disenergize depower power down power off

词源

Etymology tree
Latin dis-
Old French des-bor.
Latin dis-bor.
Middle English dis-
English dis-
English empower
English disempower
From dis- + empower.
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