deactivate的解释

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- O) K- j  j) x" B8 i( W1. 使无效，使失去效果；使失去活力；使停止作用；停止使用(工厂等)
8 y& w6 c* B1 z- k( R# C7 U2. 【军事】撤销，遣散(军队、军事单位)；使(一个师、团等)处于瘫痪状态；使复员
* _4 O, O+ i7 ~& E3. 断开(或拆除、卸除)(炸弹等)的引信，使(炸弹、炮弹等)不能爆炸
, s5 G& P8 x: P; Q4. 【化学】使(化学品催化剂、神经等)灭活化，使减活化，使钝化
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1 to remove (a group of soldiers) from active service; demobilize:
; w2 y6 A; a& r3 o% W➾They said they also intend to mothball 375 naval vessels, deactivate three air divisions, cut armaments and military budgets (Time).

2 to make inactive:
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➾to deactivate a nerve or a solution.

➾Sleep comes when this waking center is deactivated, probably by enzymes (Time).

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# q6 |) D5 M4 k( G➾to deactivate a factory.

使无效这个翻译，不知道是不是根据make inactive来的。
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使无效 似乎应该对应 invalidate，make ineffective这种词

dongmai

多查几个英英字典，大家都说是使无效那就是使无效了。
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deactivate something： to make something such as a device or chemical process stop working
Do you know how to deactivate the alarm?

shiruxue

deactivate = de- + activate 与activate构成一对反义词。
  W  W. R. C! _1 M  y1 O& ]* y同时，activate又是make active的意思。所以词典里用to make inactive解释deactive的方式很常见。