disarm

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dis·arm /dɪsˈɑːm $ -ˈɑːrm/ verb  1  [intransitive]PM to reduce the size of your army, navy etc, and the number of your weapons 裁军，裁减军备，解除武装 OPP arm Getting the rebels to disarm will not be easy. 要让叛乱分子解除武装并非易事。2  [transitive]PMW to take away someone’s weapons 缴〔某人〕的械，解除〔某人〕的武装 OPP arm Captured soldiers were disarmed and put into camps. 俘获的士兵被缴械后关进了战俘营。3  [transitive]SATISFIED to make someone feel less angry or disapproving of you, and more friendly 使消解怒气，使消除敌意 → disarming His tact and political skills disarmed his critics. 他凭借自己的机敏圆通和政治手腕平息了批评者的怒气。4. [transitive]SCBPMW to take the explosives out of a bomb, missile etc 拆除，取出〔炸弹、导弹等〕的起爆药→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

disarm• There at very close range he shot a man he had disarmed.• Both sides must disarm before the peace talks.• U.N. peacekeepers will disarm both forces.• All were disarmed by police demolition experts.• But his winning manner easily made friends and disarmed foes.• He'd disarmed her earlier on by profusely apologising for his role in the near-collision with the Kestrel.• But the sight of her in tears disarmed him in the strangest way.• The effectivity of the duty to disarm is probably the most crucial issue in international law and international relations of this era.• She uses humor to disarm people.• Police then evacuated the basement mailroom while they set about disarming the device.

dis·arm verbChineseSyllable  

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disarm
dis‧arm /dɪsˈɑːm $ -ˈɑːrm/ verb
1. [intransitive] to reduce the size of your army, navy etc, and the number of your weapons
   OPP  arm:
    Getting the rebels to disarm will not be easy.
2. [transitive] to take away someone’s weapons
   OPP  arm:
    Captured soldiers were disarmed and put into camps.
3. [transitive] to make someone feel less angry or disapproving of you, and more friendly ⇨ disarming:
    His tact and political skills disarmed his critics.
4. [transitive] to take the explosives out of a bomb, missile etc

dis·armBrE /dɪsˈɑːm/ 🔊NAmE /dɪsˈɑːrm/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they disarm BrE /dɪsˈɑːm/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪsˈɑːrm/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it disarms BrE /dɪsˈɑːmz/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪsˈɑːrmz/ 🔊past simple disarmed BrE /dɪsˈɑːmd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪsˈɑːrmd/ 🔊past participle disarmed BrE /dɪsˈɑːmd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪsˈɑːrmd/ 🔊 -ing form disarming BrE /dɪsˈɑːmɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪsˈɑːrmɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive] ~ sb to take a weapon or weapons away from sb 缴（某人）的械；解除（某人）的武装◆Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. 大部分叛乱分子被俘获并解除了武装。🔊🔊 [intransitive] (of a country or a group of people 国家或集体) to reduce the size of an army or to give up some or all weapons, especially nuclear weapons 裁军；裁减军备（尤指核武器） [transitive] ~ sb to make sb feel less angry or critical 消释（某人）的怒气（或批评）◆He disarmed her immediately by apologizing profusely. 他一再向她道歉，很快便消解了她的怒气。🔊🔊  ➡  compare arm verb