詞語：destroy
destroy是什麼意思
簡明英漢詞典
destroy
[dis5trCi]
vt.
破壞, 毀壞, 消滅
v.
消滅, 摧毀
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
destroy
de.stroy
AHD:[d1-stroi「]
D.J.[di6str%i]
K.K.[d!6str%!]
v.（動詞）
de.stroyed， de.stroy.ing， de.stroys
v.tr.（及物動詞）
(1)To ruin completely; spoil:
完全破壞；消滅：
The ancient manuscripts were destroyed by fire.
古代手稿被大火吞噬了
(2)To tear down or break up; demolish.See Synonyms at ruin
摧毀：推翻，解體；拆毀參見 ruin
(3)To do away with; put an end to:
使終結：
「In crowded populations, poverty destroys the possibility of cleanliness」(George Bernard Shaw)
「在人口擁擠的地方，貧困使清潔毫無可能」(喬治·伯納德·肖)
(4)To kill:
殺死：
destroy a rabid dog.
殺死瘋狗
(5)To subdue or defeat completely; crush:
打垮：完全屈服，完全被打敗；壓服：
The rebel forces were destroyed in battle.
反叛力量在戰爭中被打垮了
(6)To render useless or ineffective:
使無用；使無效：
destroyed the testimony of the prosecution's chief witness.
使原告及其律師的主要證人的證據無效
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To be destructive; cause destruction:
被摧毀；導致破壞：
「Too much money destroys as surely as too little」(John Simon)
「過多的錢和過少的錢一樣會帶來破壞作用」(約翰·西蒙)
語源
(1)Middle English destroien
中古英語 destroien
(2)from Old French destruire
源自 古法語 destruire
(3)from Vulgar Latin *d??gere}
源自 俗拉丁語 *d??gere}
(4)from Latin d?e
源自 拉丁語 d?e
(5)d?- [de-]
d?- [前綴，表「降低」]
(6)struere [to pile up] * see ster- 2
struere [堆積] *參見 ster- 2
現代英漢詞典
destroy
[dI5strCI]
vt.
destroyed, destroying
(1)摧毀；破壞；毀壞
The fire destroyed all my books.
這場大火毀了我的全部書籍。
(2)消滅；殺害
現代英漢綜合大辭典
destroy
[dis5trCi]
vt.
(1)毀壞, 破壞
(2)肅清, 殲滅(敵人), 撲滅(害蟲等)
(3)打破(希望, 計劃), 使失敗
The houses were destroyed by a fire [a flood, an earthquake].
房屋被火災[水災, 地震]所毀。
The heavy rain destroyed all hope of a picnic.
大雨打破了野餐的一切希望。
繼承用法
destroyable
adj.
destroyingly
adv.
習慣用語
destroy itself
自滅
destroy oneself
自殺
參考詞彙
destroy demolish raze annihilate
都含「毀壞」, 「破壞」的意思。
(1)destroy為常用詞, 指「劇烈地破壞」、「使之不存在」或「使之失去效能」, 如:
The enemy destroyed the city.
敵人破壞了這座城市。
(2)demolish 指「由於短暫猛烈的動作而摧毀或拆毀」, 如:
The bombs demolished the factories.
炸彈炸毀了許多工廠。
(3)raze 指「夷為平地」, 如:
The city was razed by the earthqake.
地震徹底毀壞了這座城市。
(4)annihilate 指「徹底破壞」、「摧毀」、「消滅」, 如:
The invaders were annihilated.
侵略者被消滅了。
construct build create
用法詞典
destroy
stroy 源自拉丁語 struere建造；de- 去掉，破壞
參考詞彙
(1)destroy,demolish,exterminate,wreck,ruin這組詞的一般含義是「毀掉」或「消滅」。
(2)destroy 強調以具有摧毀或殺傷性的力量把某物徹底毀掉。
Why, you may wonder,should spiders be our friends? Because they destroy so many insects,…
你也許會覺得奇異，蜘蛛怎麼竟是我們的朋友？因為它們毀滅那麼多的昆蟲。
As long ago as the fourteenth century,an Englishman,Sir John Hawkood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
早在14世紀，一位名叫約翰·霍克伍德爵士的英國人，就有過非凡的發現：人們寧肯支付大筆金錢也不肯把自己畢生的事業讓暴徒毀掉。
(3)demolish 尤其適用摧毀象建築物之類的龐大物體，詞義引伸後可以表示推翻已經確立了的理論等。
Many buildings in the city were demolished to make room for the speedway.
為了給高速公路騰出空來，那個城市拆毀了許多建築物。
The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.
這種機器是專為拆毀舊樓房而設計的。
(4)exterminate 主要用來表示大量的消滅或殺死。
…the rabbit population was unlikely to be exterminated.
…兔群不可能徹底消滅。
The insects can be exterminated by spraying DDT.
可以用噴撒滴滴涕的方法大量殺死這種昆蟲。
(5)wreck 尤其適用於表示碰毀、撞壞。
The car was wrecked by its collision with a big lorry.
這輛小轎車是由於和大卡車相撞而碰毀的。
(6)註：詞義引伸之後，wreck 通常表示抽像含義的徹底毀掉，這時可與ruin換用
The constant quarrelling between the couple finally wrecked the marriage.
那對夫妻間的經常吵架終於毀掉了他們的婚姻。
(7)ruin 亦指徹底毀掉，但不含有以某種摧毀性的力量進行破壞，而含有在一定的過程中逐漸毀掉的意思
Oxford has been ruined by the motor industry.
牛津城已經被汽車工業毀掉了。
The crops are nearly ruined by the continuous rain.
繼續不斷的雨水幾乎毀壞了這些農作物。
英文相關詞典
destroy
devastateexterminatefinishkillruinslayspoilwreckconstructestablish
[七國語言]英漢公共大詞典
destroy
消滅;破壞
美國傳統詞典
destroy
de.stroy
AHD:[d1-stroi「]
D.J.[di6str%i]
K.K.[d!6str%!]
v.
de.stroyed, de.stroy.ing, de.stroys
v.tr.
(1)To ruin completely; spoil:
The ancient manuscripts were destroyed by fire.
(2)To tear down or break up; demolish.See Synonyms at ruin
(3)To do away with; put an end to:
「In crowded populations, poverty destroys the possibility of cleanliness」(George Bernard Shaw)
(4)To kill:
destroy a rabid dog.
(5)To subdue or defeat completely; crush:
The rebel forces were destroyed in battle.
(6)To render useless or ineffective:
destroyed the testimony of the prosecution's chief witness.
v.intr.
To be destructive; cause destruction:
「Too much money destroys as surely as too little」(John Simon)
語源
(1)Middle English destroien
(2)from Old French destruire
(3)from Vulgar Latin *d??gere}
(4)from Latin d?e
(5)d?- [de-]
(6)struere [to pile up] * see ster- 2
英漢船舶大詞典
destroy
n.銷毀
英漢電信大詞典
destroy
n.毀壞,破壞
英漢法學大詞典
destroy
v.損毀 ,毀滅 ,破壞,銷毀
英漢廣播大詞典
destroy
n.毀壞,破壞,驅除
英漢航空大詞典
destroy
n.摧毀,擊毀;n.廢棄,使...作廢
英漢化學大詞典
destroy
n.破壞;vt.破壞,摧毀,打破,驅逐,消滅,使...無效
英漢海運大詞典
destroy
毀壞，破壞消滅，驅除
基本詞義
destroy
毀壞，消滅，驅除
英漢計算機大詞典
destroy
vt.破壞(摧毀,打破
英漢水利大詞典
destroy
n.破壞,摧毀,驅逐