disconnect

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Related topics: Electricity, Telephone, telegraph

dis·con·nect1 /ˌdɪskəˈnekt/ verb

1 TPESWITCH ON OR OFF[transitiveT] to remove the supply of power, gas, water etc from a machine or piece of equipment 切斷〔機器或設備〕的電力[煤氣，水]等供應 OPP connect

disconnect something from something

Always disconnect the machine from the mains first.

一定要先切斷機器的電源。

The family agreed to disconnect her life support system.

家人同意切斷她的生命維持系統。

2 JOIN something TOGETHER[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to separate something from the thing it is connected to, or to become separated （使）分離，（使）脫離 OPP connect

disconnect from

Two freight cars disconnected from the train engine.

兩節貨車車廂與火車頭脫開了。

disconnect something from something

Disconnect part A from part D.

把A部分與D部分分開。

3 [transitiveT] to officially stop supplying a service, such as water, telephone, electricity, or gas, to a house or other building 停止〔住宅等〕的水[電話，電，煤氣]等供應 OPP connect

Eleven percent of households were disconnected for non-payment of bills.

百分之十一的住戶因爲未付賬單被切斷了服務。

4 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] if you disconnect or become disconnected from your feelings, family, society etc, you no longer feel as though you belong or have a relationship with them （使）脫離〔關系〕，（使）不聯系

disconnect from

Divorced men can too easily become disconnected from their children.

離異男士很容易和子女斷了聯系。

5. TCT[transitiveT] to break the telephone connection between two people 使〔通話〕斷線 OPP connect

—disconnection /-ˈnekʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

disconnect• I'll have to call him back - we got disconnected.• I tried to call the company, but the phone number had been disconnected.• The cell phone that allows you to connect, makes it impossible to disconnect.• Fortunately, many types of pump can be restarted without having to be disconnected and dismantled.• We exhort you to disconnect, discard and move on, acquire a certain agility as consumers.• Is it possible to disconnect each thing from itself and still arrive at a recognisable record?• Unlike other memory chips, flash does not lose the stored contents when the computer is disconnected from a power supply.• To operate, always fill the water tank while the machine is disconnected from the mains socket.• Hauserman said people are disconnecting or ignoring the devices.• Disconnect the battery and recharge it.• Once a car has started, the engine would continue to run even if you disconnected the battery.• Salazar's family agreed to disconnect the life support system.

disconnect from• Two freight cars disconnected from the train engine and fell into a river near Dhaka.

disconnect2 noun [singular]

when two people or groups no longer understand or have a relationship with each other 脫節；不相幹

the disconnect between the ordinary public and the concerns of politicians

普通民衆與政治家關心的問題之間的脫節

From Longman Business Dictionary

disconnectdis·con·nect /ˌdɪskəˈnekt/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

COMPUTINGto end the connection between a computer and the Internet

disconnect from

To read the posting offline, just double click on it and then disconnect from the Internet.

I kept trying to disconnect my Internet connection, but in the end I gave up and just switched the machine off.

dis·con·nect1 verbdisconnect2 noun