dis-, 分开，散开。-pel, 驱动，驱赶，词源同expel, impel.

1. We hope the programme will dispel certain misconceptions about the disease.

我们希望这个节目能消除对这种疾病的一些误解.

2. I tried in vain to dispel her misgivings.

我试图消除她的疑虑,但没有成功.

3. The President is attempting to dispel the notion that he has neglected the economy.

有人认为总统忽视了经济，总统正试图消除这种看法。

4. It would take an ingrate great courage to work on ways to dispel such measures.

一个不知感激为何物的人理直气壮的否定这些措施.

5. The main aim of inbreeding is to standardise, to fix desirable inherited characteristics and to dispel undesirable ones.

同系交配的主要目的就是实现标准化，保持理想的遗传特性，并消除不良的特性。