shatter

英 ['ʃætə] 美['ʃætɚ]
  • vt. 粉碎;打碎;破坏;破掉;使散开
  • vi. 粉碎;损坏;落叶
  • n. 碎片;乱七八糟的状态

考研CET6TEM8IELTSTOEFL低频词常用词汇

词态变化


第三人称单数: shatters;过去式: shattered;过去分词: shattered;现在分词: shattering;

助记提示


1. scatter => shatter (sc / sk <--> sh).
2. 下塌 => 向下塌陷 => 被粉碎、破坏后就当然就向下垮塌了。
3. 谐音“沙特” -> 同学们记得世界杯上沙特队的第一场比赛吗?零比八!彻底粉碎了其在世界杯上取得名次的信心。

英英释意


1. break into many pieces;
"The wine glass shattered"
2. break into many pieces;
"shatter the plate"

英文词源


shatter
shatter: see scatter
shatter (v.)
early 14c., transitive, probably a variant of Middle English scateren (see scatter (v.)). Compare Old Dutch schetteren Low German schateren. Formations such as scatter-brained had parallel forms in shatter-brained, etc. Intransitive sense from 1560s. Related: Shattered; shattering. Carlyle (1841) used shatterment. Shatters "fragments" is from 1630s.

同义词辨析


break, burst, crack, crush, fracture, shatter, smash

这些动词均含"打破,弄碎"之意。

break: 常用词,含义广泛,多指猛然用力将坚硬物打破或损坏。

burst: 指某物因内部外部压力过大而出现严重破裂、爆开或账破。

crack: 多指因长期使用或经受压力,物体表现呈现裂纹、裂口或破裂、裂开,但一般没成碎片。

crush: 指用力把东西压破或变形。

fracture: 比crack的破裂程度更深更严重,常指断裂,医学上指骨折。

shatter: 指破裂为许多支离破碎的碎片,多用指易碎事物。

smash: 指突然而猛烈地重击某物,使之破碎或完全变形。

考试真题


Despite its failure to shatter the glass ceiling,Sweden has one of the most powerful and innovative economies in the world.

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A shattering loss of confidence inspires behavior that overwhelms the normal self-correcting mechanisms that usually prevent a recession from becoming deep and prolonged: a depression.

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实用场景例句


He dropped the vase and it shattered into pieces on the floor.
他失手把花瓶掉到地板上摔碎了。

牛津词典

the sound of shattering glass
玻璃破碎的声音

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The explosion shattered all the windows in the building.
大楼所有的玻璃都在爆炸中震碎了。

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Anna's self-confidence had been completely shattered.
安娜的自信心彻底崩溃了。

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Her experience of divorce shattered her illusions about love.
她的离婚经历使她对爱情的幻想破灭了。

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My whole world shattered into a million pieces.
我的整个世界全塌了。

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The unexpected death of their son shattered them.
儿子的意外死亡给他们带来沉重的打击。

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...safety glass that won't shatter if it's broken...
被打破后也不会碎裂的安全玻璃

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The car shattered into a thousand burning pieces in a 200mph crash...
汽车在时速为 200 英里时发生撞车,炸成了数以千计燃烧的碎片。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A failure would shatter the hopes of many people...
一次失败会使很多人希望破灭。

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Something like that really shatters your confidence.
那样的事情会让人的信心严重受挫。

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He had been shattered by his son's death.
儿子的死让他大受打击。

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...the tragedy which had shattered his life.
给他的生活造成重创的悲剧

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Such words simply shatter themselves on the hard fact.
这种言论在铁的事实面前碰得粉碎.

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I'll shatter memory's vessel, scattering the last the drop of tears.
我打碎记忆的瓶壶, 挥洒最后的眼泪.

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How can you take my dream in life and just shatter it to pieces?
你怎么能把我这辈子的梦想撕成碎片?

电影对白

It threatens to shatter the lives of millions of our people.
它有可能使我国千百万人民的生活无法维持.

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We are a big family. It is disgusting that some people form cliques and shatter unity.
我们是一个大家庭, 最讨厌的就是有人在这里拉帮结派影响团结!

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These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
这些恐怖活动能够破坏钢铁大厦, 但却摧毁不了美国人民钢铁般的坚强意志.

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'sheath thy sword, " the surly sheriff said, " or surely shall a churlish serf soon shatter thee. "
“ 把你的剑装回剑鞘吧, ” 无礼的郡治安官说, “ 否则很快很快就会有一个粗野的农奴将你碎尸万段. ”

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Step by step guide to privilege escalation using shatter attacks.
逐步升级使用指南特权破坏攻击.

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And daydreams shatter in your hand.
白日梦破灭在她自己手里.

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He could shatter airs and " respectability " with deadly sarcasm.
他能以无情的讽刺来粉碎派头和 “ 体面 ”.

辞典例句

The partition doesn't shatter because it's bulletproof.
因为隔板窗是防弹的,它没有被射穿.

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The bottle will shatter if you drop it.
如果你把瓶子掉到地上,它就会裂成小碎片.

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Waves lash at the Church but do not shatter it.
巨浪只能冲击教会,却不能粉碎她.

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When dropped, malleable glass would bend rather than shatter into bits.
韧性玻璃掉在地上后, 只会折弯而不会打碎.

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She was tactful enough not to shatter his illusion.
她足够机智,不至于去打破他的幻想.

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Though his voice may shatter your dreams as north wind lays waste the garden.
即使他的声音也许会把你们的梦魂击碎,如同北风吹毁了花园.

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