destroy

音标[di'strɒi] 读音

汉语翻译

vt. 破坏, 毁坏, 消灭

词型变化:

动词过去式:destroyed 过去分词:destroyed 现在分词:destroying 第三人称单数:destroys 

词意辨析:

break, destroy, ruin, wreck, damage, spoil
这些动词均有“破坏,损坏”之意。
break: 普通用词,指某物因被打破或撕破而受到破坏,可指有形或无形的破坏。
destroy: 多指彻底地、毁灭性地破坏,含导致无用,不能或很难再修复的意味。
ruin: 多指因外部原因而受到严重破坏或毁灭,侧重破坏的彻底性,也可用于引申意义。
wreck: 侧重指船只、车辆、房屋等受到严重破坏或完全毁坏,也可指计划、健康受到损害。
damage: 多指对无生命物体的损害,造成降低价值、破坏功能等后果。
spoil: 强调不仅会削弱力量、精力或价值,而且会导致不可避免的毁灭。
destroy, exterminate, extinguish
这3个动词均有“消灭”之意。
destroy: 指通过杀戮或终止某人某物的机能,使之无用或毁灭。
exterminate: 指大量地、成批地杀害、消灭。
extinguish: 原义指灭火,转义后暗示生命、希望等像灭火一样地被消灭、熄灭。

英语解释:

动词 destroy:

  1. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
    同义词:destruct
  2. destroy completely; damage irreparably
    同义词:ruin
  3. defeat soundly
    同义词:demolish
  4. put to death

例句:

  1. If the tree falls that way, it will destroy the house.
    这棵树向那边倒下就会把那所房子压坏。
  2. Before they fled the country, the enemy vainly attempted to destroy all the factories.
    敌人在逃往国外前,妄图把所有工厂都毁掉。
  3. The new law operates to destroy our advantages.
    这项新法律损害我们的利益。
  4. A tunnel dug to intercept and destroy an enemy's mine.
    对抗地道截断或破坏敌人坑道而挖的地道
  5. We want to nurture the new project, not destroy it.
    我们要支持这个新工程,不要破坏它。
  6. An atom bomb would destroy a city.
    一颗原 * 能摧毁一座城市。

详细解释:


de.stroy

v.(动词)
de.stroyed,de.stroy.ing,de.stroys
v.tr.(及物动词)
To ruin completely; spoil:
完全破坏;消灭:
例句:
The ancient manuscripts were destroyed by fire.
古代手稿被大火吞噬了

To tear down or break up; demolish.See Synonyms at ruin
摧毁:推翻,解体;拆毁参见 ruin
To do away with; put an end to:
使终结:
例句:
.In crowded populations, poverty destroys the possibility of cleanliness.(George Bernard Shaw)
.在人口拥挤的地方,贫困使清洁毫无可能.(乔治·萧伯纳)

To kill:
杀死:
例句:
destroy a rabid dog.
杀死疯狗

To subdue or defeat completely; crush:
打垮:完全屈服,完全被打败;压服:
例句:
The rebel forces were destroyed in battle.
反叛力量在战争中被打垮了

To render useless or ineffective:
使无用;使无效:
例句:
destroyed the testimony of the prosecution`s chief witness.
使原告及其律师的主要证人的证据无效

v.intr.(不及物动词)
To be destructive; cause destruction:
被摧毁;导致破坏:
例句:
.Too much money destroys as surely as too little.(John Simon)
.过多的钱和过少的钱一样会带来破坏作用.(约翰·西蒙)


来源:
Middle English destroien
中古英语 destroien
from Old French destruire
源自 古法语 destruire
from Vulgar Latin *dôstrôgere
源自 俗拉丁语 *dôstrôgere
from Latin struere
源自 拉丁语 struere
- [de-]
- [前缀,表.降低.]
struere [to pile up] * see ster- 2
struere [堆积] *参见 ster- 2


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