destroy
英 [d?'str??]
美[d?'str??]
- vt. 破壞；消滅；毀壞
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?destroys;過去式:?destroyed;過去分詞:?destroyed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?destroying;
中文詞源
destroy 破壞
de-, 奪去，損毀。-stroy, 建造，詞源同structure,destruct.
英英釋意
- 1. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of;
- "The fire destroyed the house"
- 2. destroy completely; damage irreparably;
- "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"
- "The tears ruined her make-up"
- 3. defeat soundly;
- "The home team demolished the visitors"
- 4. as of animals;
- "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"
英文詞源
- destroy
- destroy: [13] As in the case of demolish, to destroy something is almost literally to ‘unbuild’ it. The word comes via Old French destruire from *dēstrūgere, a Vulgar Latin alteration of Latin dēstrūere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē-, denoting reversal of a previous state, and strūere ‘pile up, build’ (source of English construct and structure). Its past participle, dēstructus, has produced English destruction [14], destructive [15], and the verb destruct (recorded once in the 17th century but revived in the 1950s by backformation from destruction).
=> construct, destruction, structure - destroy (v.)
- early 13c., from Old French destruire (12c., Modern French détruire) "destroy, ravage, lay waste," from Vulgar Latin *destrugere (source of Italian distruggere), refashioned (influenced by destructus), from Latin destruere "tear down, demolish," literally "un-build," from de- "un-, down" (see de-) + struere "to pile, build" (see structure (n.)). Related: Destroyed; destroying.
同義詞辨析
break, destroy, ruin, wreck, damage, spoil
這些動詞均有"破壞，損壞"之意。
break： 普通用詞，指某物因被打破或撕破而受到破壞，可指有形或無形的破壞。
destroy： 多指徹底地、毀滅性地破壞，含導(dǎo)致無用，不能或很難再修復(fù)的意味。
ruin： 多指因外部原因而受到嚴重破壞或毀滅，側(cè)重破壞的徹底性，也可用于引申意義。
wreck： 側(cè)重指船只、車輛、房屋等受到嚴重破壞或完全毀壞，也可指計劃、健康受到損害。
damage： 多指對無生命物體的損害，造成降低價值、破壞功能等后果。
spoil： 強調(diào)不僅會削弱力量、精力或價值，而且會導(dǎo)致不可避免的毀滅。
destroy, exterminate, extinguish
這3個動詞均有"消滅"之意。
destroy： 指通過殺戮或終止某人某物的機能，使之無用或毀滅。
exterminate： 指大量地、成批地殺害、消滅。
extinguish： 原義指滅火，轉(zhuǎn)義后暗示生命、希望等像火一樣地消滅、熄滅。
考試真題
- The danger is that although some rules need to be updated to protect consumers from harm, existing rental businesses will try to destroy competition
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
- Cheating destroys self-respect and integrity, leaving the cheater ashamed, guilty and afraid of getting caught.
出自-2011年12月閱讀原文
- They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil.
出自-2010年6月閱讀原文
- And it would take an average of 65 years for the reduced carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources lost by destroying an old one.
出自-2010年6月閱讀原文
- It was fortunate that the family didn't try to dig up the fossil because that could destroy the specimen; they did the right thing by calling someone who would know what to do.
2019年12月四級真題（第二套）聽力 Section C
- Marine life may be affected too: El ni?os can reduce the rising of the cold, nutrient-rich water that supports large fish 35 populations, and the unusually warm ocean temperatures can destroy coral.
2015年12月四級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section A
- Brazil opened a research station in 1984, but it was largely destroyed by a fire that killed two members of the navy in 2012, the same year that a diesel-laden Brazilian barge sank near the base.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- Inequality is dangerous, he argued, not merely because it doesn't look good to have a large gap between the rich and the poor, but because inequality itself destroys upward mobility, making it harder for the poor to escape from poverty.
出自-2015年12月閱讀原文
- Understand what she's trying to accomplish and propose a Plan B that will make it happen without destroying what you've done so far.
出自-2011年6月閱讀原文
- It destroys the patient's ability to think.
出自-2013年12月聽力原文
- Disaster movies often portray catastrophes that destroy, or at least threaten to destroy earth's entire population.
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
- Without the assistance, the victim can destroy his life
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
- So when they collide, they destroy each other?
2018年12月六級真題（第一套）聽力 Section A
- By the time she was 13, her company was worth millions of dollars with the invention of a super-sweet treat that could save kids' teeth, instead of destroying them.
2019年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
- Full-sun coffee growers destroy this forest home.
2015年高考英語陜西卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
- Improper use of them can destroy the apartment.
2018年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 選項
- It is eating all the vegetables and destroying everything in its path.
2015年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
- Light pollution has destroyed some of the world heritages.
2015年高考英語浙江卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 選項
- Machines with specific purposes are associated with living things partly because they might be able to prevent themselves from being destroyed.
2017年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 題設(shè)
- The digital age cannot destroy it.
2015年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文
- When Natalie returned to rockaway after the hurricane, she found her neighborhood was destroyed.
2016年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 題設(shè)
- When the war was near, Alia was worried that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more precious to her than mountain of gold.
2017年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 完形填空 原文
- The Industrial Revolution didn't go so well for Luddites whose jobs were displaced by mechanized looms, but it eventually raised living standards and created more jobs than it destroyed.
出自-2018年考研閱讀原文
- Destroying the machines that are coming for our jobs would be nuts.
出自-2018年考研閱讀原文
實用場景例句
- The building was completely destroyed by fire.
- 這棟建筑物被大火徹底焚毀了。
牛津詞典
- They've destroyed all the evidence.
- 他們銷毀了一切證據(jù)。
牛津詞典
- Heat gradually destroys vitamin C.
- 加熱會逐漸破壞維生素C。
牛津詞典
- You have destroyed my hopes of happiness.
- 你毀掉了我得到幸福的希望。
牛津詞典
- Failure was slowly destroying him (= making him less and less confident and happy) .
- 失敗漸漸地把他毀了。
牛津詞典
- The injured horse had to be destroyed.
- 這匹馬受了傷，只好送它回老家了。
牛津詞典
- That's a sure recipe for destroying the economy and creating chaos...
- 那樣做肯定會破壞經(jīng)濟、制造混亂。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- No one was injured in the explosion, but the building was completely destroyed...
- 沒有人在爆炸中受傷，但大樓遭到了徹底毀壞。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- If I was younger or more naive, the criticism would have destroyed me.
- 如果我再年輕一些，或是再單純一些，那些批評可能就會把我給毀了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Lindsay was unhurt but the horse had to be destroyed.
- 林賽沒有受傷，但那匹馬卻不得不被人道毀滅。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Destroy the nozzles to bring it to the ground.
- 摧毀它的噴氣口,使之墜落到地面.
期刊摘選
- Airfield: 4 Firehawks, which is enough to destroy an opposing Tech are optional.
- 機場: 4個火鷹, 這足夠您摧毀敵人得高科了,云層推進升級可選.
期刊摘選
- Most have come to destroy us.
- 他們絕大部分是來毀滅我們的.
期刊摘選
- Do not destroy oil wells , a source of wealth that belongs to the Iraqi people.
- 不要燒毀油井, 這是屬于伊拉克人民的財富.
期刊摘選
- Bombardments of such density will destroy any defensive works built by the enemy.
- 這樣大密度的轟炸會摧毀敵人的所有防御工事.
期刊摘選
- Once France was prostrate, he must if possible conquer or destroy Great Britain.
- 法國一經(jīng)投降,只要可能, 他就必然要征服或毀滅大不列顛.
辭典例句
- More specifically, advocates attempted to show how unjust social systems can destroy basic values.
- 更具體, 主張試圖說明如何不公正的社會制度,破壞基本價值觀念.
期刊摘選
- Let's not destroy it with our own hands.
- 可不要讓它在我們的手中斷送掉呵!
期刊摘選
- Ice, nature, and God, will change the poles, to destroy the negativity.
- 也即自然界 、 上帝會改變磁極去抵消負面性.
期刊摘選
- Ofnir Squadron: After we destroy you, we'll open up the tunnel to the south!
- Ofnir中隊: “消滅你們之后, 我們會打開通往南方的隧道! ”.
期刊摘選
- Humans as the creator began to destroy.
- 人類作為創(chuàng)造者開始去破壞.
期刊摘選
- It is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct.
- 誰都知道破壞容易建設(shè)難.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Destroy the old world and build a new one.
- 破壞舊世界,建設(shè)新世界.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- To hedge around a partnership of love with control by law would be to destroy its base of trust in one another.
- 以法律限制來束縛愛情的結(jié)合將毀掉彼此信任的基礎(chǔ).
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The raiders continued on their mission — to seek out and destroy American air and sea forces.
- 突擊隊員繼續(xù)執(zhí)行著他們的任務(wù)——搜尋并摧毀美國空軍、海軍力量。
柯林斯例句
- They can't destroy truth without destroying each and every one of us.
- 除非他們將我們趕盡殺絕，否則真理不滅。
柯林斯例句