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词汇 destroy
释义 destroy
verb[ T ]
uk /dɪˈstrɔɪ/ us /dɪˈstrɔɪ/
B1
to damage something so badly that it cannot be used: 毁坏,摧毁,毁灭
Most of the old part of the city was destroyed by bombs during the war.该城的大部分老城区都在战争中被炸毁了。
completely/totally destroyThe accident seemed to have completely/totally destroyed his confidence.这场事故似乎已彻底击垮了他的信心。
to kill an animal because it is ill, in pain, or dangerous宰杀,灭杀,杀死(被病痛折磨或危险的动物)
These guns will destroy or disable any incoming missile.
Many important historical documents were destroyed in the fire.
In 1906 an earthquake destroyed much of San Francisco.1906年的大地震给旧金山大部分市区带来毁灭性的灾难。
A bomb fell on the church and destroyed it.一颗炸弹落在教堂上,把教堂炸毁了。
Deforestation is destroying large areas of tropical rain forest.滥伐森林毁掉了大面积的热带雨林。
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sacking
sacrifice
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wipe

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destroy | American Dictionary


destroy
verb[ T ]
us/dɪˈstrɔɪ/
to damage something, esp. in a violent way, so that it can no longer be used or no longer exists:
You can use a shredder to destroy old bank statements.
Losing his job seemed to completely destroy his confidence.

Examples of destroy


destroy
According to purist views, the exhibition of objects in museums not only irrevocably destroys original contexts, but creates a new context for an object.
There is a certain complicity between archaeology and modernization: after the archaeologists have done their work, the landscape can be legitimately destroyed.
Urnfields were systematically destroyed in the reclaimed zones of the landscape.
In this period, the urnfields under the essen would have been destroyed.
Once a man's sense of moral responsibility is destroyed, it cannot be expected that he will become either a good soldier or a useful citizen.
The fire destroyed the buildings, but at the same time transformed them into baked clay and thereby preserved them as foundations for new buildings.
Everyone who is alive receives utility 1 if the flowers are kept and 1 - if they are destroyed.
The trolley is heading towards destroying a tool, but can be diverted to a track with one person on it.
Cessation: an object is destroyed or removed and no longer exists in the real world.
Reasons for legume seed loss included eating the seed, livestock or birds eating the crop, beetles, weevils or other pests destroying the seeds.
The numerical goal is to derive a stable scheme that can approximate possibly large gradients without destroying the gauge invariance of the system.
The election had destroyed any immediate hopes of a future electoral agreement between the parties.
Such molecules may have been destroyed, altered or displaced into deeper soil layers, where they are protected from radiation and oxidation.
Whoever follows such an ' example' destroys his talent.
The puts would probably be priced with an increased volatility, hence destroying the interpretation above.
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