destroy的用法并举例

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destroy的用法并举例

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destroy
vt.
破坏,毁坏,消灭
v.
消灭,摧毁
de.stroyed,de.stroy.ing,de.stroys
v.tr.（及物动词）
To ruin completely; spoil:
完全破坏；消灭：
The ancient manuscripts were destroyed by fire.
古代手稿被大火吞噬了
To tear down or break up; demolish.See Synonyms at ruin
摧毁：推翻,解体；拆毁参见 ruin
To do away with; put an end to:
使终结：
“In crowded populations,poverty destroys the possibility of cleanliness”(George Bernard Shaw)
“在人口拥挤的地方,贫困使清洁毫无可能”(乔治·伯纳德·肖)
To kill:
杀死：
destroy a rabid dog.
杀死疯狗
To subdue or defeat completely; crush:
打垮：完全屈服,完全被打败；压服：
The rebel forces were destroyed in battle.
反叛力量在战争中被打垮了
To render useless or ineffective:
使无用；使无效：
destroyed the testimony of the prosecution's chief witness.
使原告及其律师的主要证人的证据无效
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To be destructive; cause destruction:
被摧毁；导致破坏：
“Too much money destroys as surely as too little”(John Simon)
“过多的钱和过少的钱一样会带来破坏作用”(约翰·西蒙)
destroy 强调以具有摧毁或杀伤性的力量把某物彻底毁掉.
Why,you may wonder,should spiders be our friends?Because they destroy so many insects,…
你也许会觉得奇异,蜘蛛怎么竟是我们的朋友?因为它们毁灭那么多的昆虫.
As long ago as the fourteenth century,an Englishman,Sir John Hawkood,made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
早在14世纪,一位名叫约翰·霍克伍德爵士的英国人,就有过非凡的发现：人们宁肯支付大笔金钱也不肯把自己毕生的事业让暴徒毁掉.
近义词：devastate exterminate finish kill ruin slay spoil wreck
反义词：construct establish