demolish

英 [dɪˈmɒlɪʃ]

美 [dɪˈmɑːlɪʃ]

v.  拆毁，拆除(建筑物); (意外)毁坏，破坏; 推翻，驳倒(观点或理论)

过去分词：demolished　现在分词：demolishing　过去式：demolished　第三人称单数：demolishes　

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Collins.1 / BNC.5530 / COCA.9728

同义词辨析

destroydemolish【导航词义：破坏】

牛津词典

verb

• 拆毁，拆除（建筑物）
  to pull or knock down a building
  1. The factory is due to be demolished next year.
     这个工厂定于明年拆除。
• （意外）毁坏，破坏
  to destroy sth accidentally
  1. 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。
• 推翻，驳倒（观点或理论）
  to show that an idea or theory is completely wrong
  1. A recent book has demolished this theory.
     最近出版的一本书推翻了这种理论。
• 轻易而彻底地打败
  to defeat sb easily and completely
  1. They demolished New Zealand 22–6 in the final.
     他们在决赛中以22:6大败新西兰队。
• 狼吞虎咽地吃；贪婪地吃
  to eat sth very quickly
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 摧毁，拆毁，拆除(建筑物等)
  Todemolishsomething such as a building means to destroy it completely.
  1. A storm moved directly over the island, demolishing buildings and flooding streets...
     暴风雨径直席卷该岛，摧毁了建筑，淹没了街道。
  2. The building is now being demolished to make way for a motorway.
     为修建高速公路，现正拆除这栋建筑。
• VERB 驳倒，推翻(某人的观点或论点)
  If youdemolishsomeone's ideas or arguments, you prove that they are completely wrong or unreasonable.
  1. Our intention was to demolish the rumours that have surrounded him...
     我们的目的是要彻底击破围绕他的那些谣言。
  2. The myth that Japan is not open to concerns from outside has, I think, been demolished at a stroke.
     关于日本对外界的关注不予理会的谬论，我认为，一下子就被驳倒了。
• VERB 大败，打垮(对手)
  If a person or teamdemolishestheir opponents, they defeat them by a great amount.
  1. Millwall demolished Notts County 6-0 on Saturday.
     周六米尔沃尔队以 6 比 0 大败诺茨郡队。

英英释义

verb

• defeat soundly
  1. The home team demolished the visitors
  Synonym:destroy
• destroy completely
  1. the wrecking ball demolished the building
  2. demolish your enemies
  3. pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand
  Synonym:pulverizepulverise
• humiliate or depress completely
  1. She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
  2. The death of her son smashed her
  Synonym:crushsmash

双语例句

• Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his character.
  患难也许会拆毁我们的事业，可是能建立我们的品性。
• They want to demolish his house, and naturally he objects!
  他们要拆除他的房子，很自然，他反对！
• He was enraged by news of plans to demolish the pub
  看到计划拆除酒馆的新闻，他非常愤怒。
• Palestinians in East Jerusalem are protesting what they say are preparations by Israel to demolish scores of Arab homes.
  在东耶路撒冷的巴勒斯坦人说，以色列准备拆除几十处阿拉伯人的住宅，为此他们提出抗议。
• If you want to demolish that building then you should attach the caps to the dynamite.
  如果你想爆破那个建筑，就得先把雷管接到炸药上。
• A storm moved directly over the island, demolishing buildings and flooding streets
  暴风雨径直席卷该岛，摧毁了建筑，淹没了街道。
• Demolish enemy buildings, use weaponry aboard a helicopter, and snipe enemy targets in this intense military campaign!
  拆除敌人的建筑，使用一架直升机武器，狙击敌人的目标，这激烈的军事行动！
• In this paper, the controlled blasting technique is adopted to demolish reinforced concrete frame structure in complicated surroundings.
  作者采用控制爆破技术拆除复杂环境下钢筋混凝土框架结构物。
• They will demolish the queen's pier.
  他们要拆皇后码头。
• They are going to demolish that old building and put up a new one.
  他门将拆除那幢旧的建筑物改建新的。