evaporate

Compared meaning: to no longer be seen; to vanish (verb).

比较义项：消失，不再看得见（动词）。

• disappear

  General, everyday word for something ceasing to be visible in any way at all — suddenly, by magic, by hiding, or even by evaporating — with no implication of a specific physical process.

  “disappear”是最普通、最常用的说法，指某物以任何方式变得看不见——可以是突然地、变魔术般地、藏起来，甚至是蒸发掉——并不暗示具体的物理过程。

  The magician made the coin disappear right before our eyes.

  魔术师在我们眼前让硬币消失了。

• evaporate 本词

  Specifically means a liquid turns into vapor, usually from heat, and so disappears; it names the actual physical process, so it sounds wrong for something like a coin that simply vanishes without turning to vapor.

  “evaporate”特指液体因受热等原因变成水蒸气从而消失，指的是具体的物理过程；用它来形容像硬币那样凭空不见（并非蒸发）的东西会显得很奇怪。

  The water will evaporate quickly in this hot weather.

  在这种炎热的天气里，水很快就会蒸发。

Disappear and evaporate can both mean to vanish, but evaporate is more specific. Disappear is the general, everyday word for something no longer visible, for any reason. Evaporate means a liquid turns into vapor, usually from heat; it sounds wrong for something solid that vanishes.

这两个词在“消失”这个意思上容易混用，但语气和侧重不同：disappear 是最普通、最通用的说法，不涉及具体原因或过程；evaporate 则专指液体因受热等原因变成水蒸气从而消失，带有明确的物理过程含义，一般不用于描述固体物品凭空不见。