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单词 demolish
释义
demolish
verb[T]
uk
/dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/us
/dɪˈmɑː.lɪʃ/

demolishverb[T](DESTROY)

B2
tocompletelydestroyabuilding,especiallyinorderto use thelandfor somethingelse:
（尤指为利用土地而）拆除，拆毁
Anumberofhouseswere demolished so that thesupermarketcould bebuilt.为了修建超级市场，很多房屋被拆除了。
C2
toprovethat anargumentortheoryiswrong:
推翻（论点），颠覆（理论）
Hecompletelydemolished all herarguments.他彻底推翻了她的全部论点。
More examples
  • Thebuildinghad to be demolished because ofsubsidence.
  • One by one theoldbuildingsin thecityhave been demolished andreplacedwithmoderntowerblocks.
  • Theexplosionvirtuallydemolished severalnearbyhouses.
  • You've demolished mylovelyarrangement- now I'll have to do it all over again!
  • Ourgreenhousewas demolished in last night'sstorm.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Destroying and demolishing
  • annihilate
  • annihilation
  • apocalypse
  • bash
  • bash through (something)
  • be sacrificed on the altar ofsomethingidiom
  • in piecesidiom
  • indestructibility
  • killsomethingoff
  • kill the goose that lays the golden eggidiom
  • knock
  • sacrifice
  • self-devouring
  • shred
  • sink
  • smash
  • stave
  • stavesomethingin
  • takesomethingout
  • tear
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Proving and disproving

demolishverb[T](DEFEAT)

toeasilydefeatsomeone:
轻易击败，轻取
In asurprisingwin, the Jaguars demolished the Broncos 42-7.美洲虎队出人意料地以42比7轻取野马队。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Winning and defeating
  • annihilate
  • annihilation
  • bank
  • be gunning forsomeoneidiom
  • be one in the eye forsomeoneidiom
  • convincing
  • move/go in for the killidiom
  • near thing
  • outclass
  • outcompete
  • outfox
  • sew
  • slaughter
  • sweep
  • takesomeonedown
  • takesomeoneto the cleaner'sidiom
  • takesomethingapart
  • takedown
  • thrashing
  • wipe
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demolishverb[T](EAT)

humorous
toquicklyeatall thefoodyou have been given:
狼吞虎咽地吃；很快吃光
Joe demolished anenormousplatefulofchickenandfries.乔狼吞虎咽地吃光了满满一大盘鸡肉和薯条。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Eating
  • al desko
  • binge
  • binge eating
  • bite
  • break breadidiom
  • cram
  • feast
  • feast onsomething
  • feeder
  • feeding
  • finish
  • mainline
  • pick
  • pick atsomething
  • picnic
  • pig
  • pig out
  • shovel
  • trough
  • tuck
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Related word

demolition
(Definition ofdemolishfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

demolish| American Dictionary

demolish
verb[T]
us
/dɪˈmɑl·ɪʃ/
tocompletelydestroybuildingsor otherstructures:
Most of thetownwas demolished by thetornado.
They demolished theoldschooltobuilda new one.
(Definition ofdemolishfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdemolish

demolish
The monumental buildings were demolished and made room for luxurious high-rise apartment blocks.
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Unfortunately, its summit building was almost totally demolished by later construction, but at least one interior wall stub with a curtain holder survives.
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The city was demolished one neighbourhood at a time.
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One particular issue was the despondency apparent in residents living in the flats due to be demolished.
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Theories are constantly being pummeled, reshaped, sometimes buttressed, more often completely demolished by data.
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Press reports are replete with instances of courage and conviction of people who considered preservation of human feelings more important than demolishing religious institutions.
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According to the letter, they first finished constructing the new temple, installed the image, and then demolished the existing temple in the fort.
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The approximate position of the staircase demolished in ancient times is indicated by the person at upper right.
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The theories were demolished in some of the first visual experiments, where objects could be identified from only a short spark-illuminated presentation.
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If, after a certain time, a building has not acquired new uses, it will be demolished to leave only a trace of its former presence.
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The 1949 excavation demonstrated the impossibility of such tunnelling - the altar lacked foundations and had to be demolished.
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The government believed that most sanitary problems stemmed from the temporary hut barracks and wanted them demolished.
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However, each volume is also illustrated with a range of photographs including many early ones of buildings which have since been altered or demolished.
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Inconvenient obstructions like the old gaol-house were demolished.
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Long demolished, it was a memorial in brick, dynamic and sculptural; a memorial to the past, to death, and another kind of emptiness.
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