destroy

英[d?'str??] 美[d?'str??]

第三人稱單數(shù):?destroys;過去式:?destroyed;過去分詞:?destroyed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?destroying;

destroy 破壞

de-, 奪去，損毀。-stroy, 建造，詞源同structure,destruct.

destroy: destroy: [13] As in the case of demolish, to destroy something is almost literally to ‘unbuild’ it. The word comes via Old French destruire from *dēstrūgere, a Vulgar Latin alteration of Latin dēstrūere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē-, denoting reversal of a previous state, and strūere ‘pile up, build’ (source of English construct and structure). Its past participle, dēstructus, has produced English destruction [14], destructive [15], and the verb destruct (recorded once in the 17th century but revived in the 1950s by backformation from destruction).
=> construct, destruction, structure
destroy (v.): early 13c., from Old French destruire (12c., Modern French détruire) "destroy, ravage, lay waste," from Vulgar Latin *destrugere (source of Italian distruggere), refashioned (influenced by destructus), from Latin destruere "tear down, demolish," literally "un-build," from de- "un-, down" (see de-) + struere "to pile, build" (see structure (n.)). Related: Destroyed; destroying.

1. They can't destroy truth without destroying each and every one of us.: 除非他們將我們趕盡殺絕，否則真理不滅。

2. Frogs eat pests which destroy crops and carry diseases.: 青蛙吃破壞莊稼、傳播疾病的害蟲。

3. After the killing, he calmly lit a fire to destroy evidence.: 殺人后，他鎮(zhèn)定地點起火銷毀罪證。

4. The dispute could destroy Australia's hard-won reputation for industrial stability.: 這場糾紛可能會讓澳大利亞勞資關(guān)系穩(wěn)定這一來之不易的名聲毀于一旦。

5. Criticizing will only destroy a relationship and create feelings of failure.: 批評責(zé)備只能破壞關(guān)系，讓人產(chǎn)生失敗感。