unhinge

• vt. 使分开；取下…的铰链；使发狂或错乱

un-, 不，非，使相反，hinge, 铰链，门合页。即门合页松开的，引申词义精神错乱。

unhinge (v.)

recorded earlier in the mental sense of "to disorder" the mind, etc. (1612) than in the literal one of "to take (a door, etc.) off its hinges" (1616); from un- (2) "opposite of" + hinge (n.). Hinge as a verb meaning "to attach by a hinge" is recorded only from 1758. Related: Unhinged; unhinging.

1. Of course, political upheaval could unhinge all the above.

当然, 政治上的巨变可以使以上说的东西支离破碎.

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