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To dispel something is to make it go away — almost always a belief, a , a fear, a doubt, or a feeling, not a chair or a person. You dispel worries, dispel the idea that…, dispel .
To dispel something is to make it go awaydispel某樣東西就是讓它消失 almost always a belief, a rumour, a fear, a doubt, or a feeling幾乎都是信念、謠言、恐懼、疑慮、或某種感覺 not a chair or a person而不是椅子或人 You dispel worries你可以dispel worries（消除擔憂） dispel the idea that…dispel the idea that…（打消…的想法） dispel rumoursdispel rumours（驅散謠言）
The word has a slightly formal, careful feel; in easy talk you might say clear up a doubt, or get rid of a fear.
The word has a slightly formal, careful feel這個字帶點正式、講究的感覺 in easy talk平常說話 you might say clear up a doubt, or get rid of a fear你可能會說clear up a doubt（解開疑慮）或get rid of a fear（擺脫恐懼）
Though actually, the old Latin behind it was about driving things apart, like a crowd; in the English you will meet, it is the mind-things that get driven off.
Though actually不過其實 the old Latin behind it was about driving things apart這個字背後古老的拉丁文原意是把東西趕散 like scattering a crowd就像驅散一群人 in the English you will meet在你會遇到的英文用法裡 it is the mind-things that get driven off被趕走的是心裡的那些念頭
You dispel something (it takes an object). A fog can be said to be dispelled in careful writing, but students will meet doubts and myths far more often.
You dispel something你dispel某樣東西 (it takes an object)（這個動詞後面一定要接受詞） A fog can be said to be dispelled in careful writing在講究的寫作裡可以說霧被dispelled（驅散了） but students will meet doubts and myths far more often但學生更常遇到的是疑慮和迷思被dispel
組成From Middle English dispelen, from Latin dispellere (to drive apart, to dispel): dis- (apart) + pellere (to drive).
原始詞典資料4 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。
dispelverb[dɪˈspɛɫ]
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To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
- The clouds and mist were soon enough dispelled by the sun.
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To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
- It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.[…]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
- The fate of the railway from Ballater to Braemar has been invested with an air of mystery, which has never been completely dispelled. It has been suggested that Queen Victoria was opposed to a railway in the vicinity of Balmoral Castle, and intervened personally to secure the abandonment of the line beyond Ballater.
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To get rid of or manage without.
dispelnoun[dɪˈspɛɫ]
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An act or instance of dispelling.
- “My dispel didn't work,” she said finally. “He wasn't a blood witch, Sunny,” I said.
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。