- 1分拆（公司）
To demerge is a business word. A large company has been one thing; now the people in charge split off a part and make that part into its own company. The opposite move is to merge: two companies become one. So demerge is merge, undone. You will almost only meet this in newspapers, company reports, and finance class. Ordinary people say split off or break up the company. Though actually, Latin has a verb demergo meaning “to sink under water.” That is not where this company word comes from. The English business verb is simply de- plus merge. It looks a little like emerge and submerge, which also have merge-like pieces, but those are about coming out or going under — not about companies.
組成de- (undo, reverse) + merge (join together). Built in English for company news. The old Latin demergo “sink under water” is a lookalike, not this word.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
demergeverb詞源 1
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businessTo separate companies that were formerly combined; to reverse a merger.
demergeverb詞源 2
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obsoleteTo plunge down into; to sink; to immerse.
- The water in which it was demerged. — Boyle.
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