Destruction
[dɪ'strʌkʃ(ə)n] or [dɪ'strʌkʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists.
(noun.) an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something.
杰勒德整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.
(n.) The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated.
(n.) A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer.
哈里森校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Demolition, subversion, overthrow, ruin, havoc, shipwreck.[2]. Desolation, devastation, ravage.[3]. Eradication, extirpation, extinction.[4]. Death, slaughter, murder, massacre.
整理:玛丽
解釋/意思:
n. act of destroying: overthrow: physical or moral ruin: death: a destructive plague.—adj. Destruc′tible liable to be destroyed.—ns. Destructibil′ity Destruc′tibleness.—n. Destruc′tionist one engaged in destruction: one who believes in the final annihilation of the damned.—adj. Destruc′tive causing destruction: mischievous: ruinous: deadly.—adv. Destruc′tively.—ns. Destruc′tiveness; Destruc′tivist a representative of destructive principles as in Biblical criticism; Destruc′tor a destroyer: a furnace for burning up refuse.
校對:威拉德
例句/造句/用法:
- When the massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Eve deluged France with the blood of Protestants Catherine saw that Palissy was spared from the general destruction. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- After the destruction of Palmyra, the desert Arabs began to be spoken of in the Roman and Persian records as Saracens. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Hundreds of cities and millions of dollars have been thus saved from destruction. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- But there was a systematic hunt for the copies of Holy Writ, and in many places a systematic destruction of Christian churches. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- How could it be expected to undertake it when the undertaking meant its own destruction? 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The deepest revolt implied in the term syndicalism is against the impersonal, driven quality of modern industry--against the destruction of that pride which alone distinguishes work from slavery. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- But I didn't quite follow your explanation of the destruction of the busts. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Gramme made his armature of iron rods to prevent its destruction by heat. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- He dwells upon the pleasure of an open fire, and the destruction of this pleasure by the use of the closed stoves. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Those who are timed for destruction must die now. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- This renders them liable to destruction in times of drought. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- All she could tell me was, that her mother might be the ruin and destruction of Sir Percival if she chose. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- And then a living mass of destruction sprang from the surrounding darkness full upon the creature that held me pinioned to the ground. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- But a system of property always contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- He was afraid of the destruction of the bridge of boats. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Tradition told them of many destructions of mankind and of the preservation of a remnant. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
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