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sth disintegrates
不及物用法，主语自行碎裂。
The paper disintegrated when it became wet.
纸变湿后碎裂了。
分解；碎裂；瓦解
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分解；碎裂；瓦解
break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
The paper disintegrated when it became wet.
纸变湿后碎裂了。
破坏完整性；分解成部分
To undo the integrity of; to break into parts.
分裂；分解成部分
To fall apart; to break up into parts.
disintegrate
Base
原形
disintegrates
3rd person
第三人称单数
disintegrating
-ing
现在分词
disintegrated
Past
过去式
disintegrated
Past participle
过去分词
The wood disintegrates over time.
木头随着时间的推移而分解。
The old paper disintegrated when I touched it.
我一碰那旧纸，它就碎裂了。
Over time, the cliffs are slowly disintegrating into sand.
久而久之，悬崖正慢慢碎裂成沙子。
If you soak the biscuit in tea, it will disintegrate quickly.
如果你把饼干泡在茶里，它会很快散开。
不及物用法，主语自行碎裂。
The paper disintegrated when it became wet.
纸变湿后碎裂了。
及物用法，宾语被分解或碎裂。
The acid disintegrated the metal.
酸分解了金属。
强调分解后的结果状态。
The empire disintegrated into several small states.
帝国分裂成几个小国。
Not this
The cake disintegrated to pieces.
Use this
The cake disintegrated into pieces.
描述物体碎裂成小部分时，应使用介词 'into' 而非 'to'，'into' 表示转变的结果状态。
Not this
The paper is disintegrate.
Use this
The paper is disintegrated.
作为形容词表示状态时，需用过去分词形式 'disintegrated'，而非动词原形。
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完全碎裂
The old documents completely disintegrated when I touched them.
这些旧文件我一碰就完全碎裂了。
开始解体
Under the intense heat, the spacecraft began to disintegrate.
在高温下，宇宙飞船开始解体。
碎裂成
The paper disintegrated into dust in my hands.
那张纸在我手里碎裂成粉末。
慢慢碎裂
The ancient walls slowly disintegrated over time.
古老的墙壁随着时间慢慢碎裂。
在压力下解体
The coalition began to disintegrate under pressure from internal disputes.
由于内部争端带来的压力，该联盟开始解体。
关系破裂
Their relationship disintegrated after the argument.
争吵之后，他们的关系破裂了。
土崩瓦解，陷入混乱
The meeting disintegrated into chaos when the manager announced the layoffs.
经理宣布裁员时，会议陷入一片混乱。
在压力下崩溃；压力下瓦解
His confidence disintegrated under pressure from the interviewers.
面对面试官的压力，他的信心崩溃了。
化为尘土；彻底破灭
All her childhood dreams disintegrated into dust after the business failed.
生意失败后，她童年的梦想全部化为尘土。
我从未注意到那条界线有多脆弱，直到我看见她分崩离析。
This line is from The Cure's 1989 song 'Disintegration', in which the singer watches a relationship disintegrate.
这句歌词出自治疗乐队1989年的歌曲《Disintegration》，歌曲中歌手目睹一段关系分崩离析。
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dis（分开）+ integrate（整合）→ 整合不了，就碎裂瓦解。
语域：neutral 常见场景：physical/chemical breakdown、figurative collapse of systems or groups、formal writing and news reports 该词属中性偏书面，常用来描述物体碎裂或制度、体系等瓦解；在正式写作和新闻报道中比较常见，日常口语中通常改用 fall apart 或 break up。
Can be used both transitively (e.g., disintegrate something) and intransitively (e.g., something disintegrates).
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