demolish
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely. 徹底摧毀
A storm moved directly over the island, demolishing buildings and flooding streets. 一場(chǎng)暴風(fēng)雨直掃這個(gè)島嶼，徹底摧毀了房屋，淹沒(méi)了街道。
2. V-T If you demolish someone's ideas or arguments, you prove that they are completely wrong or unreasonable. 駁倒
Our intention was quite the opposite – to demolish rumours that have surrounded him since he took office. 我們的意圖恰恰相反–要粉碎自他就職以來(lái)就纏著他的謠言。
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demolish /d??m?l??/ (demolishing,demolished,demolishes)
劍橋詞典
- The building had to be demolished because of subsidence .
- One by one the old buildings in the city have been demolished and replaced with modern tower blocks .
- The explosion virtually demolished several nearby houses .
- You've demolished my lovely arrangement - now I'll have to do it all over again!
- Our greenhouse was demolished in last night's storm .
demolish verb [T] (DESTROY)
to completely destroy a building , especially in order to use the land for something else（尤指為利用土地而）拆除，拆毀
A number of houses were demolished so that the supermarket could be built . 為了修建超級(jí)市場(chǎng)，很多房屋被拆除了。
to prove that an argument or theory is wrong
推翻（論點(diǎn)），顛覆（理論）
He completely demolished all her arguments . 他徹底推翻了她的全部論點(diǎn)。
例句
demolish verb [T] (DEFEAT)
to easily defeat someone
輕易擊敗，輕取
In a surprising win , the Jaguars demolished the Broncos 42-7. 美洲虎隊(duì)出人意料地以42比7輕取野馬隊(duì)。
demolish verb [T] (EAT)
humorousto quickly eat all the food you have been given
狼吞虎咽地吃；很快吃光
Joe demolished an enormous plateful of chicken and fries . 喬狼吞虎咽地吃光了滿(mǎn)滿(mǎn)一大盤(pán)雞肉和薯?xiàng)l。
demolition
noun [ 可數(shù)名詞：有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] ukYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
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the act of destroying something such as a building
拆除，拆毀
the demolition of dangerous buildings 拆除危險(xiǎn)建筑 返回 demolish