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

Truthful reports by the media can help dispel their doubts.
媒体真实的报道会打消他们的疑虑。
To start with we need to dispel seven common misconceptions about language learning.
首先我们必须消除关于语言学习的7个普遍的误解。
Strong tea can help to dispel the effects of alcohol.
浓茶可以醒酒。
The empty multi-phlegm, manage the spleen to dispel phlegm;
中虚多痰者，理脾以祛痰；
We organized a feminist assembly to raise conscious-ness about women's issues and to dispel the myths surrounding feminism.
我们组织一群男女平等主义者去唤起人们对女性问题的关注和驱散女权主义的迷雾。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Clear information in mass media will dispel myths and combat fear and stigmas.
大众媒体的清晰信息将驱散荒诞的说法，并与恐惧和污名作斗争。