destroy

• vt. 破坏；消灭；毁坏

de-, 夺去，损毁。-stroy, 建造，词源同structure,destruct.

1. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of;

"The fire destroyed the house"

2. destroy completely; damage irreparably;

"You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"

"The tears ruined her make-up"

3. defeat soundly;

"The home team demolished the visitors"

4. as of animals;

"The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"

destroy

destroy: [13] As in the case of demolish, to destroy something is almost literally to ‘unbuild’ it. The word comes via Old French destruire from *dēstrūgere, a Vulgar Latin alteration of Latin dēstrūere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē-, denoting reversal of a previous state, and strūere ‘pile up, build’ (source of English construct and structure). Its past participle, dēstructus, has produced English destruction [14], destructive [15], and the verb destruct (recorded once in the 17th century but revived in the 1950s by backformation from destruction).
=> construct, destruction, structure

destroy (v.)

early 13c., from Old French destruire (12c., Modern French détruire) "destroy, ravage, lay waste," from Vulgar Latin *destrugere (source of Italian distruggere), refashioned (influenced by destructus), from Latin destruere "tear down, demolish," literally "un-build," from de- "un-, down" (see de-) + struere "to pile, build" (see structure (n.)). Related: Destroyed; destroying.

break, destroy, ruin, wreck, damage, spoil

这些动词均有"破坏，损坏"之意。

break： 普通用词，指某物因被打破或撕破而受到破坏，可指有形或无形的破坏。

destroy： 多指彻底地、毁灭性地破坏，含导致无用，不能或很难再修复的意味。

ruin： 多指因外部原因而受到严重破坏或毁灭，侧重破坏的彻底性，也可用于引申意义。

wreck： 侧重指船只、车辆、房屋等受到严重破坏或完全毁坏，也可指计划、健康受到损害。

damage： 多指对无生命物体的损害，造成降低价值、破坏功能等后果。

spoil： 强调不仅会削弱力量、精力或价值，而且会导致不可避免的毁灭。

destroy, exterminate, extinguish

这3个动词均有"消灭"之意。

destroy： 指通过杀戮或终止某人某物的机能，使之无用或毁灭。

exterminate： 指大量地、成批地杀害、消灭。

extinguish： 原义指灭火，转义后暗示生命、希望等像火一样地消灭、熄灭。

The danger is that although some rules need to be updated to protect consumers from harm, existing rental businesses will try to destroy competition

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Cheating destroys self-respect and integrity, leaving the cheater ashamed, guilty and afraid of getting caught.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

And it would take an average of 65 years for the reduced carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources lost by destroying an old one.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

It was fortunate that the family didn't try to dig up the fossil because that could destroy the specimen; they did the right thing by calling someone who would know what to do.

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

Marine life may be affected too: El niños can reduce the rising of the cold, nutrient-rich water that supports large fish 35 populations, and the unusually warm ocean temperatures can destroy coral.

2015年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

Brazil opened a research station in 1984, but it was largely destroyed by a fire that killed two members of the navy in 2012, the same year that a diesel-laden Brazilian barge sank near the base.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Inequality is dangerous, he argued, not merely because it doesn't look good to have a large gap between the rich and the poor, but because inequality itself destroys upward mobility, making it harder for the poor to escape from poverty.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Understand what she's trying to accomplish and propose a Plan B that will make it happen without destroying what you've done so far.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

It destroys the patient's ability to think.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Disaster movies often portray catastrophes that destroy, or at least threaten to destroy earth's entire population.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Without the assistance, the victim can destroy his life

出自-2013年6月听力原文

So when they collide, they destroy each other?

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

By the time she was 13, her company was worth millions of dollars with the invention of a super-sweet treat that could save kids' teeth, instead of destroying them.

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Full-sun coffee growers destroy this forest home.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Improper use of them can destroy the apartment.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

It is eating all the vegetables and destroying everything in its path.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Light pollution has destroyed some of the world heritages.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

Machines with specific purposes are associated with living things partly because they might be able to prevent themselves from being destroyed.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

The digital age cannot destroy it.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

When Natalie returned to rockaway after the hurricane, she found her neighborhood was destroyed.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 题设

When the war was near, Alia was worried that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more precious to her than mountain of gold.

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 完形填空 原文

The Industrial Revolution didn't go so well for Luddites whose jobs were displaced by mechanized looms, but it eventually raised living standards and created more jobs than it destroyed.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

Destroying the machines that are coming for our jobs would be nuts.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

The building was completely destroyed by fire.

这栋建筑物被大火彻底焚毁了。

牛津词典

They've destroyed all the evidence.

他们销毁了一切证据。

牛津词典

Heat gradually destroys vitamin C.

加热会逐渐破坏维生素C。

牛津词典

You have destroyed my hopes of happiness.

你毁掉了我得到幸福的希望。

牛津词典

Failure was slowly destroying him (= making him less and less confident and happy) .

失败渐渐地把他毁了。

牛津词典

The injured horse had to be destroyed.

这匹马受了伤，只好送它回老家了。

牛津词典

That's a sure recipe for destroying the economy and creating chaos...

那样做肯定会破坏经济、制造混乱。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

No one was injured in the explosion, but the building was completely destroyed...

没有人在爆炸中受伤，但大楼遭到了彻底毁坏。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

If I was younger or more naive, the criticism would have destroyed me.

如果我再年轻一些，或是再单纯一些，那些批评可能就会把我给毁了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Lindsay was unhurt but the horse had to be destroyed.

林赛没有受伤，但那匹马却不得不被人道毁灭。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Destroy the nozzles to bring it to the ground.

摧毁它的喷气口,使之坠落到地面.

期刊摘选

Airfield: 4 Firehawks, which is enough to destroy an opposing Tech are optional.

机场: 4个火鹰, 这足够您摧毁敌人得高科了,云层推进升级可选.

期刊摘选

Most have come to destroy us.

他们绝大部分是来毁灭我们的.

期刊摘选

Do not destroy oil wells , a source of wealth that belongs to the Iraqi people.

不要烧毁油井, 这是属于伊拉克人民的财富.

期刊摘选

Bombardments of such density will destroy any defensive works built by the enemy.

这样大密度的轰炸会摧毁敌人的所有防御工事.

期刊摘选

Once France was prostrate, he must if possible conquer or destroy Great Britain.

法国一经投降,只要可能, 他就必然要征服或毁灭大不列颠.

辞典例句

More specifically, advocates attempted to show how unjust social systems can destroy basic values.

更具体, 主张试图说明如何不公正的社会制度,破坏基本价值观念.

期刊摘选

Let's not destroy it with our own hands.

可不要让它在我们的手中断送掉呵!

期刊摘选

Ice, nature, and God, will change the poles, to destroy the negativity.

也即自然界 、 上帝会改变磁极去抵消负面性.

期刊摘选

Ofnir Squadron: After we destroy you, we'll open up the tunnel to the south!

Ofnir中队: “消灭你们之后, 我们会打开通往南方的隧道! ”.

期刊摘选

Humans as the creator began to destroy.

人类作为创造者开始去破坏.

期刊摘选

It is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct.

谁都知道破坏容易建设难.

《简明英汉词典》

Destroy the old world and build a new one.

破坏旧世界,建设新世界.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

To hedge around a partnership of love with control by law would be to destroy its base of trust in one another.

以法律限制来束缚爱情的结合将毁掉彼此信任的基础.

《简明英汉词典》

The raiders continued on their mission — to seek out and destroy American air and sea forces.

突击队员继续执行着他们的任务——搜寻并摧毁美国空军、海军力量。

柯林斯例句

They can't destroy truth without destroying each and every one of us.

除非他们将我们赶尽杀绝，否则真理不灭。

柯林斯例句