mindmap root((分散)) scatter implies the action of a force that drives parts or units irregularly in many directions: the bowling ball ~ed the pins. （又如after dinner, everyone scattered用餐后，大家各奔东西，如scatter the grass seed over the lawn把草籽撒到草坪上，如they scattered his ashes at sea他们把他的骨灰撒向大海，如he who is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters不和我一起的就是反对我的，不和我聚集的必将分散） disperse implies a wider separation of units and a complete breaking up of the mass or group: police ~d the crowd. dissipate stresses a complete disintegration or dissolution and final disappearance: the fog was ~d by the morning sun. dispel stresses a driving away or getting rid of by or as if by scattering: an authoritative statement that ~led all doubt.