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inactivate 音标拼音: [ɪn'æktɪv ,et] v. 使不活泼;阻止活动 使不活泼;阻止活动 inactivate v 1: release from military service or remove from the active list of military service [ synonym: { demobilize}, { inactivate}, { demobilise}] [ ant: { call up}, { mobilise}, { mobilize}, { rally}] 2: make inactive; " they deactivated the file" [ synonym: { inactivate}, { deactivate}] [ ant: { activate}] inactivate \ inactivate\ v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { inactivated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { inactivating}.] to make inactive; as, boiling will inactivate most enzymes; acetylation of the antibiotic inactivated it. Syn: deactivate. [ WordNet 1. 5 PJC] Note: To inactivate an enzyme or chemical usually renders it permanently inactive; to inactivate a machine ( as by turning a switch) may be reversible, and for machines and devices, the term { deactivate} is usually used. The distinction is worth preserving. [ PJC] 23 Moby Thesaurus words for " inactivate": bugger, cripple, de- energize, debilitate, disable, disenable, drain, enfeeble, hamstring, hors de combat, incapacitate, kibosh, lame, maim, put, queer, queer the works, sabotage, spike, unfit, weaken, wing, wreck
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