demolish
verb /dɪˈmɒlɪʃ/
/dɪˈmɑːlɪʃ/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they demolish | /dɪˈmɒlɪʃ/ /dɪˈmɑːlɪʃ/ |
| he / she / it demolishes | /dɪˈmɒlɪʃɪz/ /dɪˈmɑːlɪʃɪz/ |
| past simple demolished | /dɪˈmɒlɪʃt/ /dɪˈmɑːlɪʃt/ |
| past participle demolished | /dɪˈmɒlɪʃt/ /dɪˈmɑːlɪʃt/ |
| -ing form demolishing | /dɪˈmɒlɪʃɪŋ/ /dɪˈmɑːlɪʃɪŋ/ |
- demolish something to pull or knock down a building; to destroy something
拆毁，拆除（建筑物） - The factory is due to be demolished next year.
这个工厂定于明年拆除。 - The old slums are being demolished to make way for a new housing project.
原有的贫民区正在拆除，腾出地方来建新的住房工程。 - The car had skidded across the road and demolished part of the wall.
汽车打滑冲过马路，把部分墙撞塌了。 - Tornadoes demolished trailers and blew roofs off houses.
龙卷风摧毁了一些活动房屋，并卷走了一些住宅的屋顶。
- The factory is due to be demolished next year.
- demolish something to show that an idea or theory is completely wrong
推翻，驳倒（观点或理论） - A recent book has demolished this theory.
最近出版的一本书推翻了这种理论。 - He has successfully demolished the opposition's arguments.
他成功地驳倒了反对派的论点。
- A recent book has demolished this theory.
- demolish somebody/something to defeat somebody easily and completely
轻易而彻底地打败 - They demolished New Zealand 44–6 in the final.
他们在决赛中以 44:6 大败新西兰队。
- They demolished New Zealand 44–6 in the final.
- demolish something (British English, informal) to eat something very quickly
狼吞虎咽地吃；贪婪地吃 - The children demolished their burgers and chips.
孩子们狼吞虎咽地吃了汉堡包和炸土豆条。
- The children demolished their burgers and chips.
词源mid 16th cent.: from French démoliss-, lengthened stem of démolir, from Latin demoliri, from de- (expressing reversal) + moliri ‘construct’ (from moles ‘mass’).