tear apart
phrasal verbtear somebody apart/up
- to make somebody feel very unhappy or worried
synonym rip somebody apart使不快;使担心 - It tears me apart to think I might have hurt her feelings.
一想到我可能伤害了她的感情,我就感到痛心。 - His distress tore me up inside.
他的痛苦让我心碎。
- It tears me apart to think I might have hurt her feelings.
tear something apart
- to destroy something violently, especially by pulling it to pieces
撕毁;撕碎 - The dogs tore the fox apart.
几条狗把那只狐狸撕成了碎片。
- The dogs tore the fox apart.
- to make people in a country, an organization or other place fight or argue with each other
使四分五裂;使分崩离析 - Racial strife is tearing our country apart.
种族冲突把我们国家搞得四分五裂。
- Racial strife is tearing our country apart.
- to search a place, making it look untidy and causing damage
synonym rip something apart把(某处)翻得凌乱不堪 - They tore the room apart, looking for money.
他们为了找钱,把房间翻得乱七八糟。
- They tore the room apart, looking for money.