The dispersal of pupils militates against the neighbourhood school.是什么意思？

The dispersal of pupils militates against the neighbourhood school.

把学生分散对邻近学校起阻碍作用.

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

dispersal

n. 散布，分散，消散，驱散；

例句
Plants have different mechanisms of dispersal for their spores.
植物传播孢子的方法各不相同。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

Pupils

n. 学生( pupil的名词复数 )，瞳孔，弟子，门生；

例句
The selection of pupils for grammar schools was biased in favour of the middle-class child of a small family from a good area...
文法学校招生时偏向于录取来自好地段的中产阶级小家庭的孩子。

militates

v. 产生作用或影响( militate的第三人称单数 )；

例句
Her background militates against her...
她的背景对她不利。

against

prep. 反对，对…不利，紧靠，以防；

例句
His hand brushed against hers; it could have been either accidental or deliberate.
就在有意无意间，他的手轻轻拂过她的手。

neighbourhood

n. 居住区，周边地区，大约，在…附近；

例句
...your friendly neighbourhood copper.
你们友善的社区警察

school

n. 学校，上学，学院，群；vt. 训练，锻炼，教育，教导，约束，给…上学；

例句
I was terrible at school and left with few academic qualifications...
我的学习成绩一塌糊涂，离校时几乎没有学历。