defuse
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you defuse a dangerous or tense situation, you calm it. 緩和
Police administrators credited the organization with helping defuse potentially violent situations. 警方贊敭該組織幫助緩和潛在的暴力情勢。
2. V-T If someone defuses a bomb, they remove the fuse so that it cannot explode. 拆除…的引信
Police have defused a bomb found in a downtown building. 警察已拆除了在市中心一幢大樓裡發現的一枚炸彈的引信。
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defuse /diːˈfjuːz/ (defusing,defused,defuses)
剑桥词典
defuse verb [T] (BOMB)
to prevent a bomb from exploding
卸除（炸彈的）引信
Bomb disposal experts have defused a 110-pound bomb at a subway station this afternoon . 今天下午，排彈專家在一個地鉄站拆除了一枚110磅的炸彈。
defuse verb [T] (DIFFICULT SITUATION)
to make a difficult or dangerous situation calmer by reducing or removing its cause
緩和；平息
The two groups will meet next week to try to defuse the crisis /situation /tension . 雙方將於下周會麪以求緩和危機／侷麪／緊張侷勢。 返回 defuse