destroy

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vt. 破坏, 毁坏, 消灭

发音

US /dɪˈstɹɔɪ/
其它 /dɪˈstɹɔɪ/

词形变化

destroy'd destroyed destroyest destroyeth destroying destroys 三单 destroys destroying 现在分词 destroyed 过去式 destroyed 过去分词

别名

destory destroi

教材释义与例句

动词

破坏;消灭;毁坏

to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used or repaired

companies that are polluting and destroying the environment

污染和破坏环境的公司

释义与例句

v. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.

    销毁

    摧毁

    破坏

    毁坏

    及物/不及物

    The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.

    Hooligans destroy unprovoked.

  2. 2.

    To neutralize, undo a property or condition.

    中和

    及物

    Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate.

  3. 3.

    To put down or euthanize.

    人道毁灭

    销毁

    及物

    Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.

  4. 4.

    To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.

    及物

    Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year.

  5. 5.

    To utterly defeat; to crush.

    非正式 及物

    Remember when Germany destroyed Brazil 7–1 in the World Cup?

  6. 6.

    To remove data.

    及物 计算机 工程 数学

    The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.

  7. 7.

    To exhaust completely and thus recreate or build up.

    俚语 及物 体育

    This exercise is going to destroy all parts of your shoulders.

  8. 8.

    To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.

    俚语 及物 粗俗

    She got destroyed by her lover on the carpet.

  9. 9.

    To sing a song extremely poorly.

    美国 俚语 及物
  10. 10.

    To eat food quickly, hungrily or completely.

    俚语 及物

    I could destroy some wings right now.

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

From Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrugō, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“to build”).

来源:wiktionary