burn one's bridges

短语

过河拆桥

发音

AU

词形变化

burned one's bridges burning one's bridges burns one's bridges 三单 burns one's bridges burnt one's bridges burning one's bridges 现在分词 burned one's bridges 过去式 burned one's bridges 过去分词 burnt one's bridges 过去式 burnt one's bridges 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc., particularly intentionally.

    过河拆桥

    破釜沉舟

    习语

    Even if you are dismissed from a job in the worst way, take care not to burn your bridges with unseemly comments on the way out, since you never know who you will meet again.

词源

Originally in military sense of intentionally cutting off one's own retreat (burning a bridge one has crossed) to commit oneself to a course of action, later used primarily to mean “alienate former friends”.

来源：wiktionary