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Picture a link being broken: two things were joined, something flowed along the join, and now the join is gone. Disconnect is that breaking. The thing that stops flowing decides the sense — electricity, water, a phone call, or the feeling of belonging that runs between people.

可以想成：一條連結被切斷了——本來兩邊接著，有東西沿著這條連結在流動，現在連結沒了。disconnect 就是這個「…更多收起可以想成：一條連結被切斷了——本來兩邊接著，有東西沿著這條連結在流動，現在連結沒了。disconnect 就是這個「切斷」。停下來的是什麼，決定了它是哪個意思：可能是電、是水、是一通電話，也可能是人和人之間那份歸屬感。抓住「本來通、現在不通」，六個用法就是同一件事的不同對象。

From the picture

停掉一項服務

切斷的是一條服務線路：由業者那一端動手，用戶就用不到了。

cut off service · verb · B2

To officially stop supplying a place with electricity, water, gas, or phone service.

停話；停水電；切斷服務

人與人之間斷了聯繫

斷掉的是一條看不見的線：情感、歸屬、理解，本來在兩邊之間流動，現在流不過去了。

feel disconnected · verb · B2

to stop feeling close to your feelings, family, friends, or a group, as if you no longer belong.

疏離；脫節

Also in this word

separate/disconnect · verb · B1

To separate two things that were joined together, or to come apart.

分開；拆開；脫離

cut off (power/utility) · verb · B1

to stop power, gas, or water from reaching a machine or piece of equipment.

切斷；斷開電源

原始詞典資料7 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。

disconnectverb/dɪskəˈnɛkt/

  • 1

    To sever or interrupt a connection.

    • My wi-fi got disconnected.
    • Accordingly, Mitchell and his fireman, apparently without removing the engine from the up line, set to work and disconnected the motion on the defective side, after which Fireman Richardson, who probably had done the lion's share of the work, betook himself to the refreshment room and had a cup of coffee.
  • 2

    To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source.

  • 3

    Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn.

disconnectnoun/dɪskəˈnɛkt/

  • 1

    A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.

  • 2

    A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.

  • 3

    A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.

    • There's a disconnect between what they think is happening and what is really going on.
    • Some of the disconnect between the economy’s problems and the solutions offered by Washington stem from the nature of the current political debate.
  • 4

    ScientologylifestylereligionThe deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.

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。