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inactivate

🇬🇧 UK/in'æktiveit/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To make something inactive or unable to function; to deactivate.

使失去活性;使不活动;灭活

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
innot, opposite of
+
actdo, act, drive
+
ivconnector
+
ateto make, having
=inactivate

Common Collocations

  • 1.inactivate virus使病毒失活
  • 2.inactivate enzyme使酶失活

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The vaccine inactivates the virus before injecting it into patients.

  • 2.

    Heat can inactivate certain enzymes in the food.

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