If you defuse a dangerous or tense situation, you calm it.
例句
The organization helped defuse potentially violent situations...该组织帮忙化解了可能出现的暴力局面。Officials will hold four days of talks aimed at defusing tensions over trade.官员们将举行为期 4 天旨在消除贸易紧张关系的会谈。
VERB
拆除(炸弹等)的引信
If someone defuses a bomb, they remove the fuse so that it cannot explode.
例句
Police have defused a bomb found in a building in London.警方已经拆除了一枚在伦敦一所大楼内发现的炸弹的引信。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)