dishonour [ dis- = lack of 无;honour n .名誉→] n. lack of honour or reputation; shame 不名誉;耻辱 / The robber brought dishonour to his family. 那个盗贼使自己的家门蒙羞。
dishonourable a. 不名誉的;耻辱的
disarm [ dis- = to remove 去掉;arm n.武器“to remove one's arm去掉某人的武器”—]vt. take weapons away from缴…的 械 / The policemen captured the robbers and disarmed them.警察 抓住强盗并缴了他们的械.
disarmament n .解除武器;裁军
discourage [dis- = to remove 消除;courage n. 勇气=>“to remove one’s courage消除某人的勇气”→] n. take away the courage or confidence of使泄气,使失去信心/ Failing again and again discourages them all. 连连失利使他们全都灰心丧气了。
最后,我们来观察几个以派生前缀dis-开头的形容词。
dishonest [dis - = not 不;honest a. 诚实的→]a . not honest; not fair play 不诚实的;不正直的 / Lying, cheating and stealing are dishonest.撒谎、欺诈与偷盗都是不诚实的行为。 dishonesty n. 不诚实;不正直,欺诈
disloyal [dis- = not 不;loyal a. 忠诚的→]a. not loyal; unfaithful 不忠诚的 / A disloyal servant let robbers into the house. 一个不忠的仆人把强盗引进门。
disoyalty n. 不忠
disloyalist n. 不忠的人
dissimilar [dis- = not 不;similar a. 相似的→]a . not similar; unlike 不一样的;不同的 / The brothers had markedly dissimilar characteristics.这些兄弟性格各不相同。
dissimilarity n. 不一样,不同;异点