obliterate
英 [?'bl?t?re?t]
美[?'bl?t?'ret]
- vt. 消滅；涂去；沖刷；忘掉
擴(kuò)展詞匯低頻詞TOEFLGRETEM8
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?obliterates;過去式:?obliterated;過去分詞:?obliterated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?obliterating;名詞:?obliteration;
助記提示
1. 之前無(wú)文字記錄(preliterate)，離開后只能刪除(obliterate)。
中文詞源
obliterate 覆蓋，清除
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)oblittero,涂抹，抹掉，來(lái)自oblino,涂抹，抹掉，-t,過去分詞綴。來(lái)自ob-,相對(duì)，對(duì)著的，-lino,涂抹，詞源同liniment,delete.拼寫受letter,literal影響。
英文詞源
- obliterate
- obliterate: see letter
- obliterate (v.)
- c. 1600, from Latin obliteratus, past participle of obliterare "cause to disappear, blot out, erase, efface," figuratively "cause to be forgotten," from ob "against" (see ob-) + littera (also litera) "letter, script" (see letter (n.)); abstracted from phrase literas scribere "write across letters, strike out letters." Related: Obliterated; obliterating.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Their warheads are enough to obliterate the world several times over.
- 他們擁有的彈頭足以將世界毀滅好幾次。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. There was time enough to obliterate memories of how things once were for him.
- 時(shí)間足以抹去他對(duì)過去經(jīng)歷的記憶。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Anne was eager to obliterate her error.
- 安妮極想忘卻她的錯(cuò)誤.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. Little things brought out on such occasions need great love to obliterate them afterward.
- 在這類情況下產(chǎn)生的小摩擦,需要偉大的愛情事后來(lái)消除.
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
- 5. Collisions with small space flotsam can obliterate a ship.
- 與太空中很小的漂浮物的碰撞可能完全摧毀一艘飛船.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)