the closing down or dismissal of an assembly, partnership, or official body, especially a parliament 关闭;解散(集会、合伙企业或官方团体,尤指议会) the dissolution of their marriage. 他们婚姻的解体。 [count noun]the Queen would have to decide whether to grant a dissolution. 女王必须决定是否同意解散议会。 ■(technical)the action or process of dissolving or being dissolved (技)溶解;融化 minerals susceptible to dissolution. 易于溶解的矿物质。 ■disintegration; decomposition 瓦解;分解 the dissolution of the flesh. 肉的腐烂。 ■(formal)death (正式)死亡
debauched living; dissipation 放荡的生活;挥霍浪费 an advanced state of dissolution. 更进一步的堕落。
语源
late Middle English: from Latin dissolutio(n-), from the verb dissolvere (see dissolve)