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词汇 torpedoed
释义 torpedoed
past simple and past participle oftorpedo
torpedo
verb[ T ]
uk /tɔːˈpiː.dəʊ/ us /tɔːrˈpiː.doʊ/
to use a torpedo to destroy something用鱼雷摧毁
informal
to destroy: 破坏;毁坏
He accused them of trying to torpedo the peace process.他指责他们试图破坏和平进程。
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Examples of torpedoed


torpedoed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


The administration held high hopes for the wage-price guidelines but the surge of inflation generated by the oil price increases of 1979 torpedoed them at launch.
He turned round and accused me of having said that submarines had not torpedoed any capital ship.
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Portions of cargoes from torpedoed ships also arrived in a condition only suitable for rendering purposes, and were disposed of accordingly.
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There were many cases also of oilers being torpedoed, but in no case did they take fire.
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This, of course, largely torpedoed the contribution which was foreseen for agriculture in this respect.
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The ship was torpedoed close to a sandbank.
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No fewer than 40 trawlers were torpedoed by enemy action.
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Pilots are entitled to a badge if they have been at sea for not less than thirty days after having been mined or torpedoed.
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At the time, you effectively torpedoed the solution, which would have allowed us to arrive at a financial framework for the period 2007–2013.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
With regard to the first part of the question, it is true that a steamer was recently torpedoed in the position stated.
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They were all torpedoed and lost their lives.
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I think he torpedoed his own case when he said that to revise the code meant that one had to get consent.
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This does not mean that the whole system has been torpedoed.
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Survivors from torpedoed ships are given 14 days' leave.
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Unfortunately for them, they were torpedoed, and they lost all their equipment.
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