annihilate

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vt. 消灭, 废止

发音

US
UK /əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/

词形变化

annihilated annihilates 三单 annihilates annihilateth annihilating annihilating 现在分词 annihilated 过去式 annihilated 过去分词

别名

anihilate

教材释义与例句

动词

歼灭；战胜；废止

动词

湮灭；湮没

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

    歼灭

    毁灭

    An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city.

  2. 2.

    To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation and (for higher-mass reactants, especially composite particles such as protons) lighter particles (such as pions, muons, and neutrinos).

    湮灭

    物理
  3. 3.

    To treat as worthless, to vilify.

    古体
  4. 4.

    To render null and void; to abrogate.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To cause to become zero by means of an annihilator operator.

    数学

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

eliminate eradicate extinguish decimate wipe out carry off

上位词 1

kill

近义相关 1

decimate

词源

Borrowed from Latin annihilātus, perfect passive participle of annihilō (“to reduce to nothing”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad (“to”) + nihil (“nothing”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

来源：wiktionary