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disarm sb/sth
及物动词，本义为‘缴械、解除…的武装’。
The soldiers disarmed the rebels before leading them away.
士兵们在带走叛军之前解除了他们的武装。
解除武装；缴械
disarming — present participle of disarm
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解除武装；缴械
take away weapons from; render harmless
The soldiers disarmed the rebels before leading them away.
士兵们在带走叛军之前解除了他们的武装。
解除武器；剥夺攻防手段；使失去防御能力
To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
消除危害的手段或意图；使无害
To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous.
放下武器；解除戒备
To lay down arms; to stand down.
裁减军事力量
To reduce one's own military forces.
disarm
Base
原形
disarms
3rd person
第三人称单数
disarming
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现在分词
disarmed
Past
过去式
disarmed
Past participle
过去分词
The soldier disarms the enemy before questioning him.
士兵在审讯敌人前先缴了他的械。
The police disarmed the suspect.
警察缴了嫌疑人的械。
The team has disarmed the device.
小组已经使这个装置失效了。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为 disarmed；可指解除武装，也可引申为消除敌意、缓和气氛。
Her warm smile disarmed the angry customer immediately.
她温暖的微笑立刻消除了那位愤怒顾客的敌意。
The manager's honest apology disarmed the team and ended the argument.
经理诚恳的道歉化解了团队的怒气，结束了争论。
His sense of humor disarms people in tense meetings.
他的幽默感在紧张的会议中能让人放下戒心。
及物动词，本义为‘缴械、解除…的武装’。
The soldiers disarmed the rebels before leading them away.
士兵们在带走叛军之前解除了他们的武装。
不及物动词，指放下武器或削减军备。
The rebels refused to disarm.
叛军拒绝放下武器。
被动结构，表示‘被…消除敌意’；主动形式为 sb/sth disarms sb。
I was completely disarmed by her warm smile.
她温暖的微笑让我完全放下了戒心。
Not this
The disarm of the rebels took a long time.
Use this
The disarmament of the rebels took a long time.
disarm 是动词，表示“解除武装”；表示“解除武装”这一行为或过程的名词是 disarmament。句中作主语需要名词，因此要用 disarmament，而不能直接用动词 disarm。
Not this
The police disarmed the robber's gun.
Use this
The police disarmed the robber of his gun.
disarm 的宾语应是人或武装力量，而不是武器本身；要表达“缴掉某人的枪”需用 disarm + 人 + of + 武器。原句把 gun 当宾语，语义不合，改成 of his gun 结构后才是正确的。
Not this
The troops disarmed their weapons after the ceasefire.
Use this
The troops disarmed after the ceasefire.
当句子主语是军队/士兵时，disarm 作不及物动词，意为“放下武器、解除武装”，后面不能再接 their weapons 作宾语。删去宾语后句子才符合该词的用法。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
拆除炸弹引信；使炸弹失效
The bomb squad arrived to disarm the bomb safely.
拆弹小组赶到现场，安全地拆除了炸弹。
解除叛军的武装
Peacekeepers were sent to disarm the rebels and collect their weapons.
维和人员被派去解除叛军的武装并收缴他们的武器。
消除批评者的敌意
The mayor's apology did little to disarm his critics.
市长的道歉几乎没有消除批评者的敌意。
消除怀疑
She spoke calmly to disarm the guards' suspicion.
她平静地说话，以消除卫兵的怀疑。
让人消除戒心的微笑；迷人的微笑
He had a disarming smile that made everyone trust him.
他有着让人消除戒心的微笑，使每个人都信任他。
令人放下戒备的微笑
She greeted everyone with a disarming smile, and the tension in the room melted away.
她用令人放下戒备的微笑向大家问好，房间里的紧张气氛一下子就消失了。
令人卸下防备的坦诚
His disarming honesty made it impossible to stay angry with him.
他那令人卸下防备的坦诚让人没法继续生他的气。
用一个微笑让你放下戒备
The Smashing Pumpkins' 1993 song 'Disarm' uses the lyric 'Disarm you with a smile' to describe the power of a gentle gesture to overcome hostility.
碎南瓜乐队1993年的歌曲《Disarm》用歌词“Disarm you with a smile”来描述温柔的举动化解敌意的力量。
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dis-（去掉）+ arm（武器），想象把对方手里的武器卸掉，就是“缴械、解除武装”；引申为消除敌意，让人放下戒心。
语域：mixed 常见场景：international diplomacy、security/news reports、interpersonal or literary use disarm 的字面义（缴械、解除武装）多用于军事、政治、警务等较正式语境；比喻义（消除敌意、使人放下戒备）则常见于日常交流或文学描写。整体语域随用法变化，通常需根据搭配和场合判断。
以上词与 disarm 的重读元音 /ɑː/ 和尾音 /m/ 相同，构成真押韵；其中 arm、farm、harm、charm、alarm 拼为 -arm，calm 虽拼为 -alm 但读音相同。注意 warm /wɔːm/ 和 swarm /swɔːm/ 虽以 -arm 结尾，却读 /ɔː/，不与 /ɑːm/ 押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.