| 单词 | destroy |
| 释义 | de·stroy transitive verb 1. a. < destroyed the altars of the gods > b. obsolete c. < priceless art destroyed by fire > < water may undermine and destroy the riverbank > d. < destroyed a goodly number of existing reputations — H.J.Laski > e. < an author can weather the most damning criticisms but he is destroyed when he is ignored completely — Bennett Cerf > 2. a. < the plague destroyed men by the thousands > b. < destroy one's love > c. < the moon destroys the light of the stars > d. < building a war machine capable of destroying the enemy > 3. Irish < and you destroyed with the grief has come on you — Mary Deasy > intransitive verb 1. < it is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct — T.S.Eliot > 2. < wear nothing that destroys easily > Synonyms: < destroy a house > < destroy a document by burning it > < destroy a friendship by deceit > < destroy a bridge by blowing it up > < destroy a mood > demolish implies more a pulling or smashing to pieces; in its frequent application to the smashing or tearing down of buildings or other structures it implies complete wreckage to the point of a heap of ruins < a building demolished by a bomb > < a car demolished by a train at a railroad crossing > raze implies a leveling whether by sudden destruction or an orderly process < the governor formulated a plan to raze the old State prison and transfer the inmates to other institutions — Current Biography > < in 1865 a Gulf hurricane razed the town — American Guide Series: Texas > < the hotel was razed, and its colonial pillars were sent to Grand Rapids — American Guide Series: Michigan > ruin usually suggests a usually total bringing to an end of the wholeness, value, beauty, well-being, or opportunities of someone or something as by fire, collision, or misuse, or by the loss of something essential to happiness or success < ruin a car by neglect > < beauty ruined by dissipation > < big planters ruined by the failure of the Bank of Tallahassee — Marjory S. Douglas > < it is he who decides how loud or soft the music will be at any given moment, and therefore it is he who can make or ruin everything by the merest touch of the dials — Aaron Copland > < because of the destruction of the plantation system the Civil War ruined the town — American Guide Series: Texas > undo, in this comparison, is a more neutral synonym for ruin < an inordinate impulsion to undo his rivals — H.O.Taylor > < the cost of reequipping his many theaters proved one of the causes of his financial undoing — Americana Annual > < the battle left him untouched; it was the peace that undid him — Virginia Woolf > < to undo a lifetime of effort > wreck suggests a ruining as by a crash or by being shattered; in figurative use, it implies an injuring past all hope of repair or reconstruction < the collision wrecked the car beyond repair > < she … wrecked several saloons with stones and iron bars — C.M.Thomas > < warned that if private educational institutions were wrecked it would be a disaster to the country — A.J.Schaefer > < attempting to degrade and wreck the classical concept of the genus — W.H.Camp > < wreck plans for a new school > wrack, now infrequent in this connection and even then archaic or largely in poetic use, suggests an overwhelming catastrophe or widespread ruin < the seas … wracking whole fleets in pride like river toys — F.T.Palgrave > < a civilization wracked by its own evil ways > dilapidate, in earlier use implying ruin by wastefulness as well as neglect, now generally implies ruin, especially of a building, mainly through neglect, suggesting a run-down, tumbledown condition < they tax the country according to their pleasure, and dilapidate the estates of the King's friends — Sir Walter Scott > < a dilapidated old shack of a house > < its cities were dilapidated, its public buildings run down and dirty — Carleton Beals > < an old and dilapidated-looking car — Francis Stuart > |
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