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To demystify a subject is to explain it so it no longer feels locked away or only for specialists. You take something that looks hard — law, science, a computer, even cooking — and you show its simple shape. Teachers and popular writers do this on purpose. It is a fairly formal verb, but a kind one: it says you can understand this too. It does not mean “make it childish”; it means “make it clear.”
揭開神秘、講明白
組成From French démystifier, or de- (undo) + mystify.
同家族的字
- mystifyto make something puzzling — the other direction
- mysteryshares the myst- piece
- demystificationthe noun for this act
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。
demystifyverb/diːˈmɪstɪfaɪ/
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To remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.
- The article was written to demystify the mechanics of the internal combustion engine.
- “Our goal is to demystify and hold accountable those new technologies to avoid some of the mistakes of the past,” Mr. Blumenthal said. “Congress failed to meet the moment on social media.”
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。