dissipate
v
1 [I, Tn] (cause sth to) scatter or vanish (使某事物)消散, 消失
The mist quickly dissipated as the sun rose. 太陽升起時霧很快就消散了.
Her son's letter dissipated all her fears and anxiety. 她兒子的來信消除了她一切恐懼和焦慮.
2 [Tn] waste (time, money, etc) foolishly 浪費(時間、 金錢等)
dissipate one's efforts, energies, fortune 浪費自己的精力、 體力、 財產.
I'm afraid I can't agree with you. That's a good way of giving information, but it's not a good way of persuading people. For one thing, it's boring, and people aren't going to read an ad that looks boring. For another thing, one computer looks very like