tearsthapart
—phrasal verbwithtearverbuk/teər/us/ter/tore|torn
(PULL VIOLENTLY)
topullsomething soviolentlythat itbreaksinto two or morepieces
把…撕开（或撕成碎片）
Adogcanteararabbitapartinseconds.狗片刻就能把一只兔子撕烂。
(DIVIDE PEOPLE)
C2
to make agroupofpeoplethat wasunited, such as acountry,family, orpoliticalparty,argue, orfightwith each other bydividingit into two or moreparts
使…分裂
Ethnicrivalriesthreatentotearthiscountryapart.种族对立使这个国家面临分裂的危险。
Heresigned,depressedat the way that thepartywastearingitselfapart.由于对党内正在发生的分裂倍感忧虑，他辞职了。
(DESTROY)
todestroyabuildingorroom
摧毁；拆毁
Theblasthadtornthebuildingapart.爆炸摧毁了该建筑。