decouple
verb [ I or T ] uk/ˌdiːˈkʌp.əl/ us/ˌdiːˈkʌp.əl/
使分开,使脱离
to separate from someone or something else; to separate something from something else that it was joined to or part of
Tractors that haul Mexican-made goods to American consumers must decouple from their trailers on the Mexican side. 向美国消费者运送墨西哥制造商品的拖拉机必须与墨西哥方面的拖车脱钩。
The optimists thought the rest of the world would be able to decouple from the problems of the American housing market. 乐观主义者认为,世界其他地区将能够与美国房地产市场的问题脱钩。
Some people hope to decouple migration policy from party politics. 一些人希望将移民政策与政党政治分离开来。
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- There used to be a theory of decoupling, where the emerging economies of developing nations would decouple from the United States' economy.
- The numbers again raise the question of whether Japan is managing to decouple its economy from dependence on the US.