英语词汇“demolish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINdemolish

Origin:

1500-1600 Old French demolir, from Latin moliri ‘to build’

VERB TABLE

demolish

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	demolish
	he, she, it	demolishes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	demolished
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have demolished
	he, she, it	has demolished
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had demolished
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will demolish
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have demolished

Continuous Form
Present	I	am demolishing
	he, she, it	is demolishing
	you, we, they	are demolishing
Past	I, he, she, it	was demolishing
	you, we, they	were demolishing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been demolishing
	he, she, it	has been demolishing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been demolishing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be demolishing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been demolishing

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Eventually, in 1997, the apartment block was demolished.
I've seen Marian demolish a big box of chocolates in one sitting!
It would not be difficult to demolish a theory that was so obviously a load of rubbish.
Miami demolished Texas 46-3.
Several houses were demolished to make way for the new road.
The decision demolishes part of the city's civil rights legislation.
The kids demolished the cake and then ran back outside to play.
There was a time when the response "that's a value judgement" would have demolished any argument in the educational field.
When they demolished the church, a cave was discovered beneath it.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

And there: the flat-Earth hypothesis is demolished.
His house and studio were demolished more than a century ago.
However the planners never allowed it to open and the building is set to be demolished within the next few weeks.
In the end the matter was resolved amicably and Springtown was cleared of residents and demolished.
The half-hour show uses these to the fullest, setting up straw man after straw man for Daria to demolish.
These stones were removed when this monument was demolished and built in steps in the east wing of the villa.

THESAURUS► destroy

to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used or repaired: · The earthquake almost completely destroyed the city.· The twin towers were destroyed in a terrorist attack.

► devastate

to damage a large area very badly and destroy many things in it: · Allied bombings in 1943 devastated the city.· The country’s economy has been devastated by years of fighting.

► demolish

to completely destroy a building, either deliberately or by accident: · The original 15th century house was demolished in Victorian times.· The plane crashed into a suburb of Paris, demolishing several buildings.

► flatten

to destroy a building or town by knocking it down, bombing it etc, so that nothing is left standing: · The town centre was flattened by a 500 lb bomb.

► wreck

to deliberately damage something very badly, especially a room or building: · The toilets had been wrecked by vandals.· They just wrecked the place.

► trash

informal to deliberately destroy a lot of the things in a room, house etc: · Apparently, he trashed his hotel room while on drugs.

► obliterate

formal to destroy a place so completely that nothing remains: · The nuclear blast obliterated most of Hiroshima.

► reduce something to ruins/rubble/ashes

to destroy a building or town completely: · The town was reduced to rubble in the First World War.

► ruin

to spoil something completely, so that it cannot be used or enjoyed: · Fungus may ruin the crop.· The new houses will ruin the view.

Longman Language Activatorto deliberately destroy a building► demolish

to destroy a building using special equipment, because it is old or not safe: · Eventually, in 1997, the apartment block was demolished.· When they demolished the church, a cave was discovered beneath it.

► knock down

also pull down British to deliberately destroy a building or wall because it is not now needed, not safe etc: knock/pull down something: · If you knocked down this wall, the living room would be a lot bigger.· She was brought up in a tatty little house that has since been pulled down.knock/pull something down: · They'll have to knock down these houses when they build the new road.

► tear down

to deliberately destroy a building or other structure, especially in order to put something else in its place - use this especially when you do not approve of this action: tear down something: · We need laws to keep people from tearing down these beautiful old buildings.tear something down: · I'll be really upset if they tear the old theater down.

when something is destroyed► destruction

when something is destroyed: · The war caused widespread death and destruction.destruction of: · The destruction of forests for timber, fuel, and charcoal increased during the 18th century.

► devastation

the result of an area being completely and violently destroyed: · Few buildings in the city had escaped devastation.utter devastation (=complete devastation): · The scene after the explosion was one of utter devastation.

► demolition

the deliberate destruction of a building, because it is in bad condition or in order to build a new one: · The old factory will be knocked down by demolition experts.demolition of: · Building the new freeway is going to mean the demolition of an entire housing complex.

► be/lie in ruins

if a town or building is in ruins or lies in ruins , it has been completely destroyed: · After the war entire neighborhoods lay in ruins.leave something in ruins: · Four days and nights of continuous bombing had left the city in ruins.

to eat all of something► eat up

to eat all of something and not leave anything: · Come on, boys -- eat up your supper and get to bed.eat something/it/them up: · Margaret ate it all up and then asked for more.· We were always taught to eat our vegetables up.

► finish

to finish eating something: · Are you finished?· You may not leave the table until you've finished your supper.· I finished my lunch, repacked my back pack, and set off again.· Hurry up and finish so we can make the 7 o'clock show.

► finish off/up

to finish eating the rest of the food that is still on the plate, in the pan etc: finish off/up something: · Who finished off the cake that was left after the party?· Can someone finish up these strawberries so I don't have to throw them away?finish something/it/them off: · Finish those carrots off and you can have dessert.

► polish off

to eat everything that is available, with great enjoyment, until there is none left: polish off something: · At dinner he polished off six fudge brownies and then asked for some more.polish something/it/them off: · If anyone wants more pizza, come and get it before Dan polishes it all off.

► demolish

to eat all of something very quickly - used humorously: · The kids demolished the cake and then ran back outside to play.· I've seen Marian demolish a big box of chocolates in one sitting!

► devour

especially written to eat all of something quickly because you are very hungry: · After the tennis match the boys devoured the sandwiches in seconds.· Wendell devoured a large piece of gingerbread, then licked his fingers greedily.

to prove that something is wrong, untrue, or does not exist► disprove

to prove that something is wrong or not true: · She was able to produce figures that disproved Smith's argument.· The existence of God is a question of faith, and therefore impossible to prove or disprove.

► refute

formal to prove that what someone has said is not true: · I knew that he was lying but I had no evidence with which to refute his story.· The accusation has been wholly refuted by an in-depth analysis of the evidence.

► debunk

to prove that something is not true, especially something that people have believed for a long time, and make it seem silly or unimportant: · In her book she debunks a lot of the claims made by astrologers.· Payton wants to debunk the myth that economics is a science.

► invalidate

formal if a fact or piece of information invalidates an explanation or idea, it proves that it contains mistakes which make it unlikely to be true - used in scientific contexts: · None of the more recent views invalidates Hahnemann's original discoveries or teachings.· If we look closely at Professor Thomson's argument, we see that his conclusion is invalidated by a number of factual errors.

► demolish

to prove that an argument or idea is completely wrong: · It would not be difficult to demolish a theory that was so obviously a load of rubbish.· There was a time when the response "that's a value judgement" would have demolished any argument in the educational field.

► explode

: explode a myth/rumour to prove that something that many people think or believe is wrong or not true: · The report explodes the myth that men are bed-hopping rogues.

► negative

a negative result of a medical or chemical test does not show any sign of the condition you are testing for and therefore proves it does not exist in this person or situation: · All the athletes' drugs tests were negative.· a negative pregnancy test· The first brain scan proved negative.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► demolish/destroy a building

(=pull it down)· Permission is needed to demolish listed buildings.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► building

· Be sure to say why owners wish to demolish a building, however strongly you may disagree with their view.· The University announced it would demolish two blocks of buildings on the north side of the street between Park and Santa Rita.· This may mean demolishing the building or returning it to its original use.· Permission is needed to demolish such buildings and this provides the opportunity to investigate suitable alternative uses.· Underpinning is expensive and inconvenient, and involves the addition of new foundations or short concrete piles without demolishing the building.· Eight houses were demolished before building on the palace began by Aostalli in 1562-4.· Building the beautiful boulevards of Paris, Baron Haussmann demolished more than 20,000 buildings.· Conditions attached to the granting of planning permission included not demolishing the existing building until work was ready to begin on rebuilding.

► church

· Demolition in conservation areas Permission is also needed to demolish an unlisted church in a conservation area.

► house

· In 1706 Lord Chesterfield acquired the property and demolished the original house.· Mr Wilkinson requires developers to get planning permission before demolishing a single house.· They will not reveal any plans to demolish the house next door and erect a block of flats in its place.· They advised Hargreaves to buy back houses sold to former tenants and to demolish houses rather than renovate them.

► way

· This has now been demolished to make way for new houses.· The prison that once sprawled over a full city block has been demolished to make way for the 20-story Hanoi Tower.· Many of the larger houses have been demolished to make way for more modern houses and bungalows.· The club closed in the late Sixties and was later demolished to make way for the shopping centre Eldon Gardens.· A whole street of houses had been demolished to make way for the edifice looming above her, Isabel vaguely recalled hearing.· The old terraced houses are being demolished to make way for a new shopping centre.· An early fourth-century building had been demolished to make way for the wall, thus providing an approximate date for its construction.