DISAPPEAR1 to become impossible to find2 to become impossible to see3 to stop being heard, felt etc4 to stop existingRELATED WORDSsee alsoLEAVESEELOSEFINDLOOK FOR1 to become impossible to find 变得找不到，消失了disappear /ˌdɪsəˈpɪəʳ/ [intransitive verb]if someone or somethingdisappears, you do not know where they are and cannot find them 消失；失踪 Where are my keys? They seem to have disappeared. 我的钥匙到哪里去了？好像失踪了。 By the time of the trial, the tape had mysteriously disappeared. 到庭审时，这盘磁带已神秘消失了。disappear from Thirteen-year-old Nicola disappeared from her home on Saturday night. 周六夜晚，13岁的尼古拉离家失踪了。disappear with something When I turned round, I discovered the man had disappeared with my bag. 我转身时，发现那男子拿了我的包消失得无影无踪了。disappearance [uncountable noun] The mysterious disappearance of Lord Lucan has never been solved. 卢肯勋爵的神秘失踪一直没有找到原因。vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/ [intransitive verb]if someone or somethingvanishes, they disappear and you cannot understand what has happened to them 〔莫名其妙地〕消失，突然不见 When she returned, her car had vanished. 她回来时，她的汽车不见了。vanish from Smith vanished from Heathrow Airport in 1969 and is believed to be living in Florida. 1969年史密斯从希思罗机场失踪，有人认为他生活在佛罗里达。vanish into thin airvanish quickly, leaving no sign 消失得无影无踪 The company that supplied the missing cargo seems to have vanished into thin air. 那家提供那些下落不明的货物的公司似乎人间蒸发了。go missing /gəʊ ˈmɪsɪŋ/ [verb phrase]Britishif an object goes missing, it is no longer in the place where it should be and may have been stolen; if a persongoes missing, they cannot be found, and may be in danger 【英】失踪；不明去向 Security was tightened up at the embassy after a number of important files went missing. 几份重要文件不见了以后，使馆加强了保安措施。 He's a strange man -- sometimes he goes missing for days and doesn't tell a soul. 他是个怪人——有时候他跟谁也不说一声，就一连几天都不知去向。go missing from Stock has been going missing from the stock room, and we're trying to find out who is responsible. 仓库里不断丢失货物，我们在设法查出是谁干的。disappear/vanish without traceBritish/without a traceAmerican /dɪsəˌpɪəʳ, ˌvænɪʃ wɪðˌaʊt (ə) ˈtreɪs/ [verb phrase not in progressive]disappear/vanish/sink without traceto disappear completely without leaving any sign of what happened 消失得无影无踪；失踪 A father and son have disappeared without trace while on a walking expedition in the mountains. 一对父子在山里远足探险时失踪了，下落不明。 Several aircraft and ships have vanished without trace in the notorious Bermuda Triangle. 几架飞机和几艘轮船在恶名远扬的百慕大三角消失得无影无踪。2 to become impossible to see 变得无法看见disappear /ˌdɪsəˈpɪəʳ/ [intransitive verb]if someone or somethingdisappears, you cannot see them any more 消失；失踪disappear behind/under/into/over etc The sun disappeared behind a cloud. 太阳消失在云后。 She watched the boat sail out to sea until it disappeared over the horizon. 她看着小船扬帆驶向大海，直至在地平线上消失。disappear from view/sight Sheila's car turned the corner and disappeared from view. 希拉的车拐了弯就消失不见了。vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/ [intransitive verb]if someone or somethingvanishes, you suddenly cannot see them any more - used especially when this is unexpected or strange 〔尤指意料之外或奇怪地〕消失，突然不见 The snowflakes vanished as they touched the ground. 雪花一碰到地上就消失了。vanish into/behind/under etc The last of the police cars sped past and vanished into the storm. 最后一辆警车疾驰而过，消失在暴风雨中。vanish from The plane vanished from radar screens soon after taking off. 这架飞机刚起飞不久就从雷达屏幕上消失了。out of sight /aʊt əv ˈsaɪt/ [adverb]if something or someone goes out of sight, they gradually move away from you until you cannot see them any more 从眼前消失，逐渐看不见 Just as she went out of sight, he remembered he hadn't given her his number. 她刚从眼前消失，他才想起忘了把自己的电话号码给她。 The yacht sailed away into the distance and out of sight. 帆船驶往远处，逐渐看不见了。 We watched his car as it rounded the bend and sped off out of sight. 我们看着他的汽车转了弯，加速开走直至看不到了。fade away /ˌfeɪd əˈweɪ/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if a mark or light fades away, it slowly becomes less clear or less bright until you cannot see it any more 〔标记或光〕慢慢消失 The light faded away and the tunnel became completely black. 灯光渐暗，隧道变得一片漆黑。 The bruises will fade away over time. 瘀青过段时间会消退的。blend into/blend in with /ˌblend ˈɪntuː, ˌblend ˈɪn wɪð/ [transitive verb not in passive]if something or someone blends into the place where they are they are like it in appearance, and you cannot see them easily 融入；混入 These creatures can change colour in order to blend into their surroundings. 这些动物能变色，这样就能与其周围环境融为一体。 Bruno was hoping to blend in with the crowd and escape unnoticed. 布鲁诺希望混进人群里，然后悄悄地溜走。3 to stop being heard, felt etc 不再被听到、感觉到等disappear /ˌdɪsəˈpɪəʳ/ [intransitive verb]if a feelingdisappears, you stop feeling it 〔感觉〕消失 Drugs won't make the pain disappear altogether, but they will help. 药物不会使疼痛完全消失，但能帮助减轻疼痛。 Your grief won't disappear overnight. It takes time to get over the death of someone close to you. 你的悲痛不会一夜间消失，要从亲人去世这种痛苦中解脱出来是需要时间的。fade away /ˌfeɪd əˈweɪ/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if a sound, a feeling, or a memoryfades away, it gradually becomes less loud, less strong, or less clear, until you cannot hear, feel, or remember it any longer 〔声音、感觉或记忆〕慢慢消失 As the last notes of the song faded away, the audience began to applaud. 随着这首歌最后的几个音符渐逝，听众开始鼓掌。 For the first two years after the divorce, he was permanently angry, but then the anger faded away. 离婚后头两年他一直是怒气冲冲的，但后来愤怒慢慢消失了。 The memory of the attack will fade away in time. 这次受袭击的记忆会随着时间消逝逐渐淡忘。wear off /ˌweər ˈɒf/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if something, especially the effect of something,wears off, it gradually disappears 〔某事物，尤指效果〕逐渐消失 The pain got worse as the anaesthetic wore off. 麻醉剂药效渐渐消退，疼痛越来越厉害了。 The effects of child abuse never wear off. 儿童遭受虐待后其影响永远不会消失。 Once the initial shock has worn off you'll realize that things aren't as bad as you first thought. 一旦最初所受的打击过去了，你会发觉事情并非如你起初所想的那么糟。go away /ˌgəʊ əˈweɪ/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if an unpleasant feeling, situation etcgoes away, it disappears, especially when you have been trying to get rid of it for a long time 〔尤指你长期以来都在试图摆脱的不快情感或情况等〕消失 I wish I could make this headache go away. 但愿我能够使这头痛消失。 His shyness soon went away when he started school. 他开始上学后不久就不再害羞了。die away /ˌdaɪ əˈweɪ/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if a sounddies away, it gradually becomes less loud and less clear until you cannot hear it any longer 〔声音〕逐渐消失 The sound of his footsteps grew fainter and eventually died away. 他的脚步声渐渐变弱，最后消失了。 As the rhythm of the music died away, screams could be heard in the distance. 乐曲的旋律逐渐消失时，可以听到远处传来了尖叫声。4 to stop existing 不复存在disappear /ˌdɪsəˈpɪəʳ/ [intransitive verb]if somethingdisappears, it stops existing, and cannot be seen any more 不复存在；消亡 Thousands of square miles of rainforest are disappearing each year. 每年有数千平方英里的热带雨林在消失。 The dolphin has just about disappeared from the coasts of Britain. 英国海岸的海豚已濒临灭绝。 Once you start drinking too heavily, the beneficial effects of alcohol disappear. 你一旦开始过度饮酒，酒的有益效果就不再有了。disappearance [uncountable noun]disappear of The increase in tourism may result in the disappearance of the islanders’ traditional way of life. 旅游业的增长可能会导致岛上居民的传统生活方式消失。vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/ [intransitive verb]to stop existing, especially because of a sudden or quick process 完全消失〔尤因突然或迅速的过程〕 All hopes of finding the boy alive have vanished. 男孩生还的希望已彻底破灭。 The Shatin rice fields have long vanished beneath a new town of skyscrapers and motorways. 沙田的稻田早已被摩天大楼林立、高速公路交错的新市镇所淹没了。vanish without a traceso that nothing remains 消失得无影无踪 Like so many dance crazes, the "moonwalk' was popular for a while in the clubs, then vanished without a trace. 和许多红极一时的舞蹈一样，“太空步”在俱乐部里也曾风靡一时，后来又消失得无影无踪。become extinct /bɪˌkʌm ɪkˈstɪŋkt/ [verb phrase]if a type of animal or plantbecomes extinct, all the animals or plants of that type die, so that the type does not exist any more 〔一类动物或植物〕灭绝 Dinosaurs became extinct millions of years ago. 恐龙在数百万年以前就灭绝了。 If nothing is done to save the whales now, the species will soon become extinct. 如果现在不采取措施拯救鲸鱼，这一物种很快就会消失。extinction /ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən/ [uncountable noun]when all the animals or plants of a particular type die, so that the type no longer exists 灭绝，绝种 The Scarlet Macaw is in imminent danger of extinction. 绯红金刚鹦鹉已处于濒临绝种的境地。face/be threatened with extinctionlikely to soon become extinct 面临灭绝 Out of 329 parrot species, 30 now face extinction. 329种鹦鹉中现已有30种濒临绝种。 Large numbers of rare and beautiful Alpine plants are threatened with extinction. 大量珍稀而美丽的高山植物面临着灭绝的威胁。save something from extinction attempts to save the elephant from extinction 拯救大象免于灭绝的努力die out /ˌdaɪ ˈaʊt/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to gradually become rarer and then stop existing - use this about a type of animal or plant, a disease, or a custom 〔动植物〕灭绝；〔疾病、风俗〕消失，不复存在〔尤指逐渐地〕 Diseases such as leprosy and polio have almost completely died out. 麻疯病和小儿麻痹症这样的疾病几乎已绝迹了。 The country is changing very quickly and many of the old traditions are dying out. 该国正迅速地变化，许多旧传统已渐渐消失了。 The nearest common ancestor of man and the modern great apes died out about 30 million years ago. 人类和现代类人猿最近的共同祖先大约是在3000万年前从地球上消失的。cease to exist /ˌsiːs tʊ ɪgˈzɪst/ [verb phrase]to stop existing 不复存在 The town which Joyce wrote about has long since ceased to exist. 乔伊斯笔下的那个小镇早已不复存在。 As of 1991, the Russian Communist Party effectively ceased to exist. 自1981年以来，该党实际上已不复存在。