詞彙精選：vanish的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

【語】消失音，弱化音 [C]

v.

（使）不見，消失 [I,T]

例句：

He seemed to vanish into thin air.

他不留痕跡地消失了。

例句：

Americans know economic security can vanish in an instant without health security.

美國人知道，如果沒有健康的身體，經濟安全馬上就會消失。

消亡，消滅 [I]

例句：

The morning will surely come, the darkness will vanish.

黎明必將到來，黑夜終將消亡。

例句：

The supremacy of the proletariat will cause them to vanish still faster.

無產階級的統治將使它們更快地消亡。

【數】成爲零 [I]

例句：

In a dynamic situation the vector sum of the forces acting on the body vanished as in the static case.

在動力學狀態下，作用在物體上的力和矢量和與靜力學情形一樣化爲零。

二、詞義辨析：

vanish,disappear,fade,evaporate

這些動詞均有“消失”之意。vanish語氣強，指完全、往往是神祕而突然的消失，不留任何蛛絲馬跡。disappear普通用詞，強調從視線或腦海中消失。這消失可能是暫時的、突然的或永久的，視上下文而定。 fade側重逐漸消失。evaporate指像水蒸發時那樣悄然逝去，也指某人悄悄地、突然退出或離去。

三、參考例句：

He seemed to vanish into thin air.

他不留痕跡地消失了。

How could a plane just vanish into thin air

一架飛機怎麼會消失的無影無蹤？

Americans know economic security can vanish in an instant without health security.

美國人知道，如果沒有健康的身體，經濟安全馬上就會消失。

Any chance of success seemed to vanish in a puff of smoke.

成功的機會猶如一縷青煙，瞬息即逝。

With a wave of his hand, the magician made the rabbit vanish.

魔術師手一揮兔子便不見了。

The supremacy of the proletariat will cause them to vanish still faster.

無產階級的統治將使它們更快地消亡。

It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

如果勇敢地正視困難，困難就會消失，這一直是我的人生哲學。

As a rule, where the broom does not reach the dust will not vanish of itself.

掃帚不到，灰塵照例不會自己跑掉。

Even if they don't vanish completely, books will become a niche item a la long-playing records.

即使紙質書籍不會完全消失，也會隨着時間變成小衆產品。

For the grim alternative affects all nations -- more severe storms, more famine and floods, new waves of refugees, coastlines that vanish, oceans that rise.

因爲不這麼做的嚴峻後果影響到所有國家——更多強烈風暴、更多饑荒和洪水、新的難民潮、海岸線消失和海平面上升。