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词汇 defused
释义 defused
past simple and past participle ofdefuse
defuse
verb[ T ]
uk /ˌdiːˈfjuːz/ us /ˌdiːˈfjuːz/

defuseverb[T] (BOMB)


to prevent a bomb from exploding: 卸除(炸弹的)引信
Bomb disposal experts have defused a 110-pound bomb at a subway station this afternoon.今天下午,排弹专家在一个地铁站拆除了一枚110磅的炸弹。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Calming and relaxing
appease
assuage
balls-to-the-wall
bask
bread
chill
compose
let/blow off steamidiom
lie down
lighten something up
lull
lull someone into something
melt
relaxation
self-soothe
settle
settle down
shirt
simmer
simmer down

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Bombs & missiles

defuseverb[T] (DIFFICULT SITUATION)


to make a difficult or dangerous situation calmer by reducing or removing its cause: 缓和;平息
The two groups will meet next week to try to defuse the crisis/situation/tension.双方将于下周会面以求缓和危机/局面/紧张局势。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Calm and relaxed
(as) cool as a cucumberidiom
at (your) leisureidiom
be at peace with the worldidiom
biddable
calmly
easy come, easy goidiom
easy-going
equilibrium
fluidly
free-flowing
non-hysterical
peaceably
peacefully
peacefulness
placable
unhysterically
uninhibited
unpressured
unpressurized
unruffled

Examples of defused


defused

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


But it can be defused by making a slight change that was required in any event.
The 1985 coup was much more swiftly defused.
However, this project was not notably successful and moreover the tensions, which it might have been expected to generate, were defused.
So the tension between the property-owner plaintiff's claim for remedy and the absence of fault on the imperilled-trespasser defendant's part is, on this account, defused.
They do not study the cases of serious ethnic tension which get successfully defused.
They are mainly moments of avoidance, when conflicts are defused, for, from our observation, it appears that in most cases, potentially conflicting social interactions eventually get defused.
However, this threat had now been defused.
Our troops have rebuilt bridges, reopened roads and defused dozens of small local crises that never reach the newspapers.
From the
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The growing frustration and resentment must be defused before they explode and damage the whole world.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
With this report, we have defused justified concerns about a reduction in the standard of passenger traffic with fixed priority regulations for freight traffic.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The prospect of enlargement has resolved centuries-old conflicts, settled border problems and defused minority issues.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
However, in a subsequent search of the store they found and defused a 100 lb.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
It enables problems to be defused; it enables standards to be maintained and, perhaps most importantly, it enables children to be protected.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
A substantial number of devices have been defused.
From the
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
The debate over who might be an honest brokerwas defused.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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