destroy

verb

1. defeat soundly

e.g. The home team demolished the visitors

Synonym: demolish

2. put (an animal) to death

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

Synonym: put down

3. destroy completely
damage irreparably

e.g. You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!
The tears ruined her make-up

Synonym: ruin

4. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

e.g. The fire destroyed the house

Synonym: destruct

1. 毁坏;破坏;毁灭;摧毁
To destroy 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
To destroy 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 animal is 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

1.

1. 毁坏：常识运用作者花掉了最后一英镑,没有了钱,他没法再使用(use),也偷(steal)不着钱,倒不空(empty)电话亭,便气急败坏地毁坏(destroy)电话亭,结果给警察逮个正着.

2. 销毁：标准元素 创建(create),销毁(destroy) 129.异常(exception) 基本执行机制中由失败行为引起的信号. 见复合状态(composite state)、信号(signal). 语义 异常通常由对应于执行中失败的实现机制隐式产生. 它可以被视为发送给主动对象或者过程活动的信号,