Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 75
Dissidently (adv.) In a dissident manner. Dissilience
Dissilience (n.) Alt. of Dissiliency
Dissiliency (n.) The act of leaping or starting asunder. -- Johnson.
Dissilience (n.) The emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe.
Dissilient (a.) Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp.
Dissilient (a.) Bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels.
Dissilition (n.) The act of bursting or springing apart. [R.] -- Boyle.
Dissimilar (a.) 不同的；相異的 Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.
This part very dissimilar to any other. -- Boyle.
Dissimilar (a.) Not similar; "a group of very dissimilar people"; "a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm"; "their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own"; "took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem" [ant: {similar}].
Dissimilar (a.) Not alike or similar; "as unalike as two people could be" [syn: {unalike}, {dissimilar}] [ant: {alike(p)}, {like}, {similar}].
Dissimilar (a.) Marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different" [syn: {unlike}, {dissimilar}, {different}] [ant: {like}, {similar}].
Dissimilarity (n.) Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms. -- Sir W. Jones.
Dissimilarity (n.) The quality of being dissimilar [syn: {dissimilarity}, {unsimilarity}] [ant: {similarity}].
Dissimilarly (adv.) 不同地；相異地 In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style.
With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay. -- C. Smart.
Dissimilate (v. t.) (v. t.) (v. i.) 不同To render dissimilar.
Dissimilate (v.) Become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities; "These consonants dissimilate" [ant: {assimilate}].
Dissimilate (v.) Make dissimilar; cause to become less similar [ant: {assimilate}].
Dissimilate (v.) Become dissimilar or less similar; "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time" [ant: {assimilate}].
Dissimilation (n.) 異化；【生】異化作用；【語】異化 The act of making dissimilar. -- H. Sweet.
Dissimilation (n.) A linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other; "the Old French Marbre became the English Marble by dissimilation"
Dissimilation (n.) Breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy [syn: {catabolism}, {katabolism}, {dissimilation}, {destructive metabolism}] [ant: {anabolism}, {constructive metabolism}].
Dissimile (n.) (Rhet.) Comparison or illustration by contraries.
Dissimilitude (n.) 不同；不同之處 Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.
Dissimilitude between the Divinity and images. -- Stillingfleet.
Dissimilitude (n.) (Rhet.) A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.
Dissimilitude (n.) Dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness [syn: {unlikeness}, {dissimilitude}] [ant: {alikeness}, {likeness}, {similitude}].
Dissimulate (a.) 假裝的；偽稱的；嬌飾的 Feigning; simulating; pretending. [Obs.] -- Henryson.
Dissimulate (v. i.) (v. t.) 掩飾（感情、動機等）；(v. i.) 掩飾；裝假 To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
Dissimulate (v.) Hide (feelings) from other people.
Dissimulation (n.) 掩飾；裝糊塗；虛偽 The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.
Let love be without dissimulation. -- Rom. xii. 9.
Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that he is not that he is. -- Bacon.
Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is. -- Tatler.
Dissimulation (n.) The act of deceiving [syn: {deception}, {deceit}, {dissembling}, {dissimulation}].
Dissimulator (n.) [L.] 偽君子 One who dissimulates; a dissembler.
Dissimulator (n.) A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives [syn: {hypocrite}, {dissembler}, {dissimulator}, {phony}, {phoney}, {pretender}].
Dissimule (v. t. & i.) (v. t.) 掩飾；假裝 (v. i.) 隱藏真心 To dissemble. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Dissimuler (n.) 偽君子 A dissembler. [Obs.]
Dissimulour (n.) 偽君子 A dissembler. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Dissipable (a.) Capable of being scattered or dissipated. [R.]
The heat of those plants is very dissipable. -- Bacon.
Dissipated (imp. & p. p.) of Dissipate
Dissipating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissipate
Dissipate (v. t.) 驅散（霧等），使消散；消除，使消失；浪費，揮霍 To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.
Dissipated those foggy mists of error. -- Selden.
I soon dissipated his fears. -- Cook.
The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. -- Hazlitt.
Dissipate (v. t.) To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.
The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. -- Bp. Burnet.
Syn: To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish.
Dissipate (v. i.) 消散；消失；放蕩；耽於遊樂 To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates.
Dissipate (v. i.) To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
Dissipate (v.) To cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: {disperse}, {dissipate}, {dispel}, {break up}, {scatter}].
Dissipate (v.) Move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"; [syn: {disperse}, {dissipate}, {scatter}, {spread out}].
Dissipate (v.) Spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" [syn: {fritter}, {frivol away}, {dissipate}, {shoot}, {fritter away}, {fool}, {fool away}].
Dissipate (v.) Live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption.
Dissipated (a.) 沉迷於酒色的；閒遊浪蕩的；dissipate 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Squandered; scattered. "Dissipated wealth." -- Johnson.
Dissipated (a.) Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate.
A life irregular and dissipated. -- Johnson.
Dissipated (a.) Unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: {debauched}, {degenerate}, {degraded}, {dissipated}, {dissolute}, {libertine}, {profligate}, {riotous}, {fast}].
Dissipated (a.) Preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card- playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies" [syn: {dissipated}, {betting}, {card- playing}, {sporting}].
Dissipation (n.) 消散；浪費；放蕩 The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
Without loss or dissipation of the matter. -- Bacon.
The famous dissipation of mankind. -- Sir M. Hale.
Dissipation (n.) A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
To reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance. -- P. Henry.
Dissipation (n.) A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations. -- Swift.
{Dissipation of energy}. Same as {Degradation of energy}, under {Degradation}.
Dissipation (n.) Breaking up and scattering by dispersion; "the dissipation of the mist".
Dissipation (n.) Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: {profligacy}, {dissipation}, {dissolution}, {licentiousness}, {looseness}].
Dissipation (n.) Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources" [syn: {waste}, {wastefulness}, {dissipation}].
Dissipative (a.) 分散的；浪費的；放蕩的 Tending to dissipate.
Dissipativity (n.) 耗散度 The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.
Dissite (a.) Lying apart.
Disslander (v. t.) To slander.
Disslander (n.) Slander.
Disslanderous (a.) Slanderous.
Dissociability (n.) Want of sociability; unsociableness.
Dissociable (a.) Not /ell associated or assorted; incongruous.
Dissociable (a.) Having a tendency to dissolve social connections; unsuitable to society; unsociable.
Dissocial (v. t.) Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial feelings.
Dissocialize (v. t.) To render unsocial.
Dissociated (imp. & p. p.) of Dissociate
Dissociating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissociate
Dissociate (v. t.) 使分離；將……分開 To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.
Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly dissociated himself from the reformer. -- A. W. Ward.
Dissociate (v.) Part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" [syn: {disassociate}, {dissociate}, {divorce}, {disunite}, {disjoint}].
Dissociate (v.) Regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology" [syn: {decouple}, {dissociate}] [ant: {associate}, {colligate}, {connect}, {link}, {link up}, {relate}, {tie in}].
Dissociate (v.) To undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions".
Dissociation (n.) 分解；分離；游離；【心】分裂 The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.
It will add infinitely dissociation, distraction, and confusion of these confederate republics. -- Burke.
Dissociation (n.) (Chem.) The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; -- said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances; as, the dissociation of the sulphur molecules; the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia.
Dissociation (n.) The act of removing from association.
Dissociation (n.) A state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently [syn: {dissociation}, {disassociation}].
Dissociation (n.) (Chemistry) The temporary or reversible process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions.
Dissociative (a.) 【化】分離的；【心】分裂的；反社會的 Tending or leading to dissociation.
Dissociative (a.) Tending to produce dissociation.
Dissolubility (n.) 可溶性 The quality of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissolved by heat or moisture, and converted into a fluid.
Dissolubility (n.) The property of being dissoluble; "he measure the dissolubility of sugar in water" [syn: {dissolubility}, {solubleness}].
Dissoluble (a.) 可溶解的；可解除的 Capable of being dissolved; having its parts separable by heat or moisture; convertible into a fluid. -- Woodward.
Dissoluble (a.) Capable of being disunited.
Dissoluble (a.) Capable of dissolving [syn: {dissolvable}, {dissoluble}].
Dissolubleness (n.) The quality of being dissoluble; dissolubility. -- Boyle.
Dissolute (a.) 放蕩的；放縱的 With nerves unstrung; weak. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Dissolute (a.) Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched. "A wild and dissolute soldier." -- Motley.
Syn: Uncurbed; unbridled; disorderly; unrestrained; reckless; wild; wanton; vicious; lax; licentious; lewd; rakish; debauched; profligate.
Dissolute (a.) Unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: {debauched}, {degenerate}, {degraded}, {dissipated}, {dissolute}, {libertine}, {profligate}, {riotous}, {fast}].
Dissolutely (adv.) 放蕩地；荒淫地 In a dissolute manner.
Dissolutely (adv.) In a dissolute way [syn: {profligately}, {dissolutely}].
Dissoluteness (n.) State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of morals and manners; addictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery; dissipation.
Dissolution (n.) [U] [C] 分解；溶解；融化；（契約等的）解除；（議會等的）解散 The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.
Dissolutions of ancient amities. -- Shak.
Dissolution (n.) Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.
Dissolution (n.) Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution.
The dissolution of the compound. -- South.
Dissolution (n.) The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership.
Dissolution is the civil death of Parliament. -- Blackstone.
Dissolution (n.) The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death.
We expected Immediate dissolution. -- Milton.
Dissolution (n.) The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction.
A man of continual dissolution and thaw. -- Shak.
Dissolution (n.) The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution. -- Bacon.
Dissolution (n.) Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin.
To make a present dissolution of the world. -- Hooker.
Dissolution (n.) Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness. [Obs. or R.] -- Atterbury.
Dissolution (n.) Separation into component parts [syn: {dissolution}, {disintegration}].
Dissolution (n.) The process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water" [syn: {dissolving}, {dissolution}].
Dissolution (n.) Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: {profligacy}, {dissipation}, {dissolution}, {licentiousness}, {looseness}].
Dissolution (n.) The termination of a meeting [syn: {adjournment}, {dissolution}].
Dissolution (n.) The termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) [syn: {dissolution}, {breakup}].
Dissolution (n.), Contracts. The dissolution of a contract, is the annulling its effects between the contracting parties.
Dissolution (n.) This dissolution of a partnership, is the putting an end to the partnership. Its dissolution does not affect contracts made between the. partners and others; so that they are entitled to all their rights, and they are liable on their obligations, as if the partnership had not been dissolved. Vide article Partnership and 3 Kent, Com. 27 Dane's Ab. h.t.; Gow on Partn. Index, h.t.; Wats. on Partn. h.t.; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Dissolution (n.), Practice. The act of rendering a legal proceeding null, or changing its character; as, a foreign attachment in Pennsylvania is: dissolved by entering bail to the action. Injunctions are dissolved by the court.
Dissolution (n.) [ U ] （官方組織的）解散；（法律合約的）解除 The act or process of ending an official organization or legal agreement.
// The dissolution of parliament.
// The dissolution of their marriage.
Dissolvability (n.) Capacity of being dissolved; solubility.
Dissolvable (a.) 可溶解的；可解散的 Capable of being dissolved, or separated into component parts; capable of being liquefied; soluble. -- {Dis*solv"a*ble*ness}, n.
Though everything which is compacted be in its own nature dissolvable. -- Cudworth.
Such things as are not dissolvable by the moisture of the tongue. -- Sir I. Newton.
Dissolvable (a.) Capable of dissolving [syn: {dissolvable}, {dissoluble}].
Dissolvative (n.) Having the power to dissolve anything; solvent. [Obs.] -- Frampton.
Compare: Solvent
Solvent (a.) 有償付能力的；有溶解力的 Having assets in excess of liabilities; able to pay one's debts.
‘Interest rate rises have very severe effects on normally solvent companies.’
Solvent (a.) [Attributive] Able to dissolve other substances.
‘Osmotic, chemical, or solvent action.’
Solvent (n.) The liquid in which a solute is dissolved to form a solution.
‘If less solute is added to the solvent then the solution is said to be unsaturated.’
Solvent (n.) A liquid, typically one other than water, used for dissolving other substances.
‘They're used in petroleum refining, removal of water from organic solvents, and other industrial processes.’
Solvent (n.) Something that acts to weaken or dispel a particular attitude or situation.
‘An unrivaled solvent of social prejudices.’
Dissolved (imp. & p. p.) of Dissolve
Dissolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissolve
Dissolve (v. t.) 分解；使溶解；使融化；使液化 To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament.
Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life. -- Shak.
Dissolve (v. t.) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
Nothing can dissolve us. -- Shak.
Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder. -- Fairfax.
For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another. -- The Declaration of Independence.
Dissolve (v. t.) To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
As if the world were all dissolved to tears. -- Shak.
Dissolve (v. t.) To solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the mystery." -- Tennyson.
Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. -- Dan. v. 16.
Dissolve (v. t.) To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie. -- Dryden.
Dissolve (v. t.) (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
Syn: See {Adjourn}.
Dissolve (v. i.) 分解；溶解；融化；液化 To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.
Dissolve (v. i.) To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.
A figure Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat Dissolves to water, and doth lose his form. -- Shak.
Dissolve (v. i.) To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.
The charm dissolves apace. -- Shak.
Dissolve (n.) (Film) （電影，電視的）畫面的溶暗，疊化畫面 [U] A gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out.
Dissolve (v.) Become weaker; "The sound faded out" [syn: {dissolve}, {fade out}, {fade away}].
Dissolve (v.) Cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [syn: {dissolve}, {resolve}, {break up}].
Dissolve (v.) Come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up" [syn: {dissolve}, {break up}].
Dissolve (v.) Stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" [syn: {disband}, {dissolve}].
Dissolve (v.) Cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears".
Dissolve (v.) Lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme".
Dissolve (v.) Cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture".
Dissolve (v.) Pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee".
Dissolve (v.) Become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat" [syn: {dissolve}, {thaw}, {unfreeze}, {unthaw}, {dethaw}, {melt}].
Dissolve (v.) Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" [syn: {dissolve}, {break up}].
Dissolve (v.) Declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections" [syn: {dissolve}, {dismiss}].
Dissolvent (a.) 有溶解力的 Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach. -- Ray.
Dissolvent (n.) 溶劑 That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.
Melted in the crucible dissolvents. -- A. Smith.
The secret treaty of December acted as an immediate dissolvent to the truce. -- Mothley.
Dissolvent (n.) (Med.) A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.
Dissolvent (n.) A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution" [syn: {solvent}, {dissolvent}, {dissolver}, {dissolving agent}, {resolvent}].
Dissolver (n.) 溶解器；溶解裝置 One who, or that which, has power to dissolve or dissipate.
Thou kind dissolver of encroaching care. -- Otway.
Dissolver (n.) A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution" [syn: {solvent}, {dissolvent}, {dissolver}, {dissolving agent}, {resolvent}].
Dissolving (a.) 消溶的；dissolve的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Melting; breaking up; vanishing. -- {Dis*solv"ing*ly}, adv.
{Dissolving view}, A picture which grows dim and is gradually replaced by another on the same field; -- an effect produced by magic lanterns.
Dissolving (n.) 分解；溶解；融化 The process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water" [syn: {dissolving}, {dissolution}].
Dissonance (n.) 不和諧音；不一致 A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.
Filled the air with barbarous dissonance. -- Milton.
Dissonance (n.) Want of agreement; incongruity. -- Milton.
Dissonance (n.) A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters [syn: {disagreement}, {dissension}, {dissonance}] [ant: {accord}, {agreement}].
Dissonance (n.) The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" [syn: {noise}, {dissonance}, {racket}].
Dissonance (n.) Disagreeable sounds [ant: {harmony}].
Compare: Incongruity
Incongruity (n.) [Mass noun] 不調和；不一致 The state of being incongruous; incompatibility.
‘The incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her.’
[Count noun] ‘The movie presents numerous incongruities and reversals.’
Dissonancy (n.) 不和諧音；不一致 Discord; dissonance.
Dissonant (a.) 不和諧的；刺耳的；不一致的 Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.
With clamor of voices dissonant and loud. -- Longfellow.
Dissonant (a.) Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant, -- with from or to. "Anything dissonant to truth." -- South.
What can be dissonant from reason and nature than that a man, naturally inclined to clemency, should show himself unkind and inhuman? -- Hakewill.
Dissonant (a.) Characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved [syn: {unresolved}, {dissonant}].
Dissonant (a.) Lacking in harmony [syn: {discordant}, {disharmonious}, {dissonant}, {inharmonic}].
Dissonant (a.) Not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements" [syn: {at variance(p)}, {discrepant}, {dissonant}].
Disspirit (v. t.) 使無勇氣，使氣餒，使沮喪 (= dispirit) See {Dispirit}.
Dissuaded (imp. & p. p.) of Dissuade
Dissuading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissuade
Dissuade (v. t.) 勸（某人）勿做某事，勸阻 [（+from）] To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). [Obsolescent]
Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. -- Goldsmith.
War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades. -- Milton.
Dissuade (v. t.) To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose.
I have tried what is possible to dissuade him. -- Mad. D' Arblay.
Dissuade (v.) Turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people" [syn: {dissuade}, {deter}] [ant: {persuade}].
Compare: Exhort
Exhort (v.) [With object and infinitive] (v. t.) [+to-v] 規勸；告誡；敦促；激勵 (v. i.) 規勸；告誡 Strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.
‘I exhorted her to be a good child.’
[With direct speech] ‘‘Come on, you guys,’ exhorted Linda.’
Dissuader (n.) One who dissuades; a dehorter.
Dissuasion (n.) 勸阻；規勸 The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation.
In spite of all the dissuasions of his friends. -- Boyle.
Dissuasion (n.) A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive.
Dissuasion (n.) A communication that dissuades you.
Dissuasion (n.) Persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action [ant: {persuasion}, {suasion}].
Dissuasive (a.) 勸誡的 Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice.
Dissuasive (n.) A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation. {Dis*sua"sive*ly}, adv.
Dissuasive (a.) Deterring from action; "dissuasive advice"; "made a slight dissuasive gesture with her hand" [ant: {persuasive}].
Compare: Persuasive
Persuasive (a.) 勸說的；勸誘的；有說服力的 Good at persuading someone to do or believe something through reasoning or the use of temptation.
‘An informative and persuasive speech.’