demolish

• vt. 拆除；破坏；毁坏；推翻；驳倒

de-, 不，非，使相反。-mol, 建造，大块，词源同mole, molecule. 即拆除已建造的。

1. destroy completely;

"the wrecking ball demolished the building"

"demolish your enemies"

"pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"

2. humiliate or depress completely;

"She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"

"The death of her son smashed her"

3. defeat soundly;

"The home team demolished the visitors"

demolish

demolish: [16] To demolish something is etymologically to ‘deconstruct’ it. The word comes from demoliss-, the stem of Old French demolir, which in turn came from Latin dēmōlīrī ‘throw down, demolish’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē-, denoting reversal of a previous condition, and mōlīrī, which among other things meant ‘build, construct’. This was a derivative of mōles ‘mass, huge mass, massive structure’ (source of English mole ‘harbour wall’ and molecule).
=> mole, molecule

demolish (v.)

1560s, from Middle French demoliss-, present participle stem of démolir "to destroy, tear down" (late 14c.), from Latin demoliri "tear down," from de- "down" (see de-) + moliri "build, construct," from moles (genitive molis) "massive structure" (see mole (n.3)). Related: Demolished; demolishing.

In 1866, the construction of the North Wing of the Treasury Building necessitated the demolition of the State Department building.

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His speech did a very effective demolition job on the government's proposals.

他的发言非常成功地驳倒了政府的提案。

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[不可数名词, 可数名词]The whole row of houses is scheduled for demolition.

整排房子均列入拆除计划。

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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。

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They demolished New Zealand 22–6 in the final.

他们在决赛中以22:6大败新西兰队。

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A recent book has demolished this theory.

最近出版的一本书推翻了这种理论。

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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。

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The factory is due to be demolished next year.

这个工厂定于明年拆除。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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Many people are now speculating whether we will demolish the Memorial Hall.

现在世界上都在猜测我们要毁掉纪念堂.

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The government should demolish these flats, and build new ones for us.

这些楼房政府应该拆掉, 再建新的楼房.

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He seeks to demolish myths about his childhood and life among London's Russian elite.

他希望能够打破关于自己童年生活和与在伦敦的俄国精英们生活的神话.

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He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.

他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库,屋顶的一部份突然倒塌.

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Now one Beijing developer is racing to demolish a neighbourhood before the rules take effect.

现在一个北京的开发者赛车拆除邻里面前规则生效.

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After taking countermeasure to demolish the defective, this sort of quality problem was solved efficiently.

通过制定相应措施消除缺陷, 有效解决了该类质量问题.

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All the hatchet job here meant a calculated attempt to demolish the author.

这儿所有的恶毒攻击都意味着要试图败坏作家的名誉.

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To demolish ( a building ) by causing to collapse inward.

内爆拆除用造成内爆的方法拆除 ( 建筑物 )

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He attempts to demolish the trace of reality and replace it with relics of time.

其作品中试图磨灭现实的质感而替换以时间的陈迹.

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Palestinians strike in protest over Israel's plans to demolish 88 Arab homes in disputed East Jerusalem.

巴勒斯坦人举行罢工,以抗议以色列要在有争议的东耶路撒冷拆除88栋阿拉伯人住房的计划.

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All constructions besides accompany the palace to demolish, other preservation are complete.

所有建筑除陪殿已拆除外, 其余保存完好.

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Mr Knee and colleagues demolish the business arguments derived from these banalities.

乔纳森?尼和他的同事推翻了由这种陈词滥调炎生出来的商业论断.

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They'll demolish this house over my dead body.

我死也不让他们拆这所房子.

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