词汇精选：vanish的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

【语】消失音，弱化音 [C]

v.

（使）不见，消失 [I,T]

例句：

He seemed to vanish into thin air.

他不留痕迹地消失了。

例句：

Americans know economic security can vanish in an instant without health security.

美国人知道，如果没有健康的身体，经济安全马上就会消失。

消亡，消灭 [I]

例句：

The morning will surely come, the darkness will vanish.

黎明必将到来，黑夜终将消亡。

例句：

The supremacy of the proletariat will cause them to vanish still faster.

无产阶级的统治将使它们更快地消亡。

【数】成为零 [I]

例句：

In a dynamic situation the vector sum of the forces acting on the body vanished as in the static case.

在动力学状态下，作用在物体上的力和矢量和与静力学情形一样化为零。

二、词义辨析：

vanish,disappear,fade,evaporate

这些动词均有“消失”之意。vanish语气强，指完全、往往是神秘而突然的消失，不留任何蛛丝马迹。disappear普通用词，强调从视线或脑海中消失。这消失可能是暂时的、突然的或永久的，视上下文而定。 fade侧重逐渐消失。evaporate指像水蒸发时那样悄然逝去，也指某人悄悄地、突然退出或离去。

三、参考例句：

He seemed to vanish into thin air.

他不留痕迹地消失了。

How could a plane just vanish into thin air

一架飞机怎么会消失的无影无踪？

Americans know economic security can vanish in an instant without health security.

美国人知道，如果没有健康的身体，经济安全马上就会消失。

Any chance of success seemed to vanish in a puff of smoke.

成功的机会犹如一缕青烟，瞬息即逝。

With a wave of his hand, the magician made the rabbit vanish.

魔术师手一挥兔子便不见了。

The supremacy of the proletariat will cause them to vanish still faster.

无产阶级的统治将使它们更快地消亡。

It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

如果勇敢地正视困难，困难就会消失，这一直是我的人生哲学。

As a rule, where the broom does not reach the dust will not vanish of itself.

扫帚不到，灰尘照例不会自己跑掉。

Even if they don't vanish completely, books will become a niche item a la long-playing records.

即使纸质书籍不会完全消失，也会随着时间变成小众产品。

For the grim alternative affects all nations -- more severe storms, more famine and floods, new waves of refugees, coastlines that vanish, oceans that rise.

因为不这么做的严峻后果影响到所有国家——更多强烈风暴、更多饥荒和洪水、新的难民潮、海岸线消失和海平面上升。