destroy的经典引文是什么

1. 使失败，彻底打败
2. 破坏，摧残，粉碎
3. 肃清
4. 歼灭（敌人），消灭，使覆灭
5. 扑灭
6. 驱除
7. 毁，毁掉，（使）毁灭，毁坏，摧毁，销毁，损毁，捣毁，烧毁
8. 遭灭顶之灾
9. 打破（希望、计划）
10. 压服，压倒，压垮
11. 结束，终止
12. 废除，除掉
13. 杀死，杀戳，干掉
14. 使无效
15. 在某项竞赛中大胜

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. put (an animal) to death;

   "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"
   "the sick cat had to be put down"
   

1.毁坏;破坏;毁灭;摧毁
Todestroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

2.毁掉…的生活;使垮掉
Todestroy someone means to ruin their life or to make their situation impossible to bear.

e.g. 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。

3.杀死，消灭（生病或具危险性的动物）
If an animalis destroyed, it is killed, either because it is ill or because it is dangerous.

destroy

e.g. 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。

4. see also: soul-destroying

• destroy a building毁坏建筑物
• destroy a dyke毁坏堤坝
• destroy a plan破坏计划
• destroy a puppet regime摧毁傀儡政权
• destroy a stronghold摧毁堡垒
• destroy civilization破坏文明
• destroy enemy歼灭敌人
• destroy equipment毁坏设备
• destroy germs杀菌,灭菌
• destroy hope打破希望
• destroy installations毁坏设备
• destroy numbers of enemy effectives消灭大量的敌人有生力量
• destroy one's health损坏健康
• destroy oneself自杀
• destroy peace破坏和平
• destroy rule摧毁统治
• destroy sb's belief破坏某人的信仰
• destroy sb's faith in破坏某人对…的信念
• destroy sb's prestige破坏某人的威信〔威望〕
• destroy the bandits消灭土匪
• destroy the old world and build the new破坏旧世界,建设新世界

• destroy completely彻底地毁掉
• destroy deliberately蓄意地破坏
• destroy mercilessly无情地毁坏
• destroy partially部分地毁坏
• destroy ruthlessly无情地毁掉
• destroy totally全部地毁坏
• destroy wantonly肆意地破坏

• destroy by a fire毁于火灾

• The castle..had been largely destroyed by a fire.

  出自：M. Meyer

• An Egyptian..missile destroyed an Israeli reconnaissance plane.

  出自：H. Kissinger

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自中古英语的destroien；最初源自拉丁语的destruere，意为建筑倒下来。