disappearance
/ˌdɪsəˈpɪərəns/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌdɪsəˈpɪrəns/ (ame, ipa)
disappearance — 名詞
- disappearancesingular
- disappearancesplural
1. a situation in which someone or something can no longer be seen or found, either
消失；失蹤
人或事物不見了或不再存在
a situation in which someone or something can no longer be seen or found, either because they have gone to an unknown place or because they no longer exist.
The disappearance of the old lighthouse surprised everyone in the village.
村裡那座古老燈塔的消失讓所有人都很驚訝。
collocation: the disappearance of [something]
Police are investigating the disappearance of a young woman named Jisoo.
警方正在調查一位名叫 Jisoo 的年輕女子失蹤案。
collocation: investigate the disappearance of [someone]
Scientists are puzzled by the sudden disappearance of several fish species.
科學家對數種魚類突然消失感到困惑。
After the disappearance of her cat, Dewi put up posters all around the neighborhood.
在她的貓失蹤後，Dewi 在整個社區張貼了尋貓啟事。
The disappearance of handwritten letters has changed how families stay in touch.
手寫信件的消失改變了家人之間保持聯繫的方式。
- vanishing
more dramatic and sudden, often suggesting something happening right before one's eyes
- loss
broader in scope; includes things that are merely misplaced, not necessarily mysteriously gone
- extinction
specifically about a species, language, or custom that has completely ceased to exist
- appearance
the act of coming into view or becoming visible
- emergence
coming out from hiding or into existence
文法句型
the disappearance of + noun phrase
a disappearance / disappearances (when event-like)
用法筆記
Frequently followed by an of-phrase to specify what has vanished. Can be uncountable when referring to the general fact (e.g., 'the disappearance of the rainforests'), or countable when referring to a specific event (e.g., 'there have been three disappearances this year').