| 单词 | destructive |
| 释义 | destructive (once / 616 pages) adj If something causes a lot of damage, you can talk about its destructive force or power. Something is destructive when it really messes things up. The word destructive comes from the Latin destruere which means literally to unbuild. In addition to describing a storm or battle, the word can be used for the things people say as well as do. If your mother's comments about your weight cause you to eat more bon bons, you could say that her remarks were destructive to your diet. WORD FAMILYdestructive: destructively, destructiveness, self-destructive+/destroy: destroyable, destroyed, destroyer, destroying, destroys, destructible, destruction, destructive, self-destroy/destroyable: undestroyable/destroyed: destroyedest/destroyer: destroyers/destructible: destructibility, indestructible/destruction: destructions, self-destruction/indestructible: indestructibility, indestructibly USAGE EXAMPLESThe digital media ecosystem is completely rigged against ethical responsibility in ways that are potentially more destructive than the old media ecosystem. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) “It’s an incredibly destructive environment for anybody to be in, let alone children.” The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) Castigating groups and engaging in "ladder raising" behavior is self destructive. New York Times(Jun 30, 2016) adj causing destruction or much damage a policy that is destructive to the economy destructive criticism Syn|Ant annihilating, annihilative, devastating, withering wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction blasting, ruinouscausing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin cataclysmal, cataclysmicseverely destructive caustic, corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolicof a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action crushing, devastatingphysically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination damaging, negativedesigned or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions erosivewearing away by friction iconoclasticdestructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited ravagingruinously destructive and wasting soul-destroyingdestructive to the spirit or soul wastefullaying waste harmfulcausing or capable of causing harm negativecharacterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features constructive constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development creativepromoting construction or creation formative, plastic, shapingforming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning formativecapable of forming new cells and tissues inferentialbased on interpretation; not directly expressed reconstructive, rehabilitativehelping to restore to good condition structuralconcerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study positivecharacterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. |
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