【destroy音标】 英[dɪˈstrɔɪ] 美[dɪˈstrɔɪ]
【单词释义】 destroy是什么意思：
vt.破坏，摧毁；消灭，歼灭（敌人）；杀死；使失败
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] destroys
[单词现在分词] destroying
[单词过去式] destroyed
[单词过去分词] destroyed
【关联词/派生词】
destruction n.[U]破坏，毁灭，消灭；摧毁
destructive adj.破坏性的；毁灭性的；有害的
destructible adj.可破坏的，易毁坏的
destructively adv. 破坏地；狼狈地
【近义词解析】
◇ 破坏,毁坏
damage (v. 损害，毁坏)：可以用于某物或某人的身体，表示使之失去价值或功能；也可用于感情、信心等，表示产生不良影响。
destroy (v. 破坏，摧毁)： 多指彻底地、毁灭性地破坏，含导致无用，不能或很难再修复的意味。
ruin (v. 毁坏，毁掉)：强调程度，指完全毁掉，用于具体的事物时，指该事物虽然被毁坏，但依然存在。The rain ruined her newly cut hair.
【单词例句】
◇ Once, when speeding up, our jet was swallowed by a thunderstorm, which destroyed our GPS receiver and made us lose sight of the directions. A constantly flashing light showed that our jet was in danger.
有一次，我们的喷气飞机在加速时被一场雷暴吞没，不仅损坏了GPS信号接收器，还使我们看不见方向。一盏持续闪亮的灯说明我们的飞机正处在危险中。
---- An Air Crash
◇ For example, tigers are hunted for fur to make carpets so that they can only live in secure reserves; grassland is destroyed without mercy so that dust storms come into being affecting distant cities.
例如，老虎被猎杀以获取做地毯的皮毛，以致它们只能生活在安全的保护区里；草地被毫不怜悯地破坏，以致沙尘暴开始影响遥远的城市。
---- Wildlife Protection
◇ Millions of brick houses and a number of dams were destroyed. Railway tracks became useless bars. Pipes in mines burst and let out smelly steam. Huge cracks trapped cyclists everywhere.
数以百万的砖房和许多水坝遭到破坏；铁路轨道都变成无用的铁条；煤矿管道纷纷爆裂，发出有臭味的蒸汽；到处都有骑车的人被巨大的裂缝陷住。
◇ "Do you see what I mean ?" asked the father. "if only you stand together no one can hurt you . If you all disagree the whole time and insist on going your separate ways, the first enemy you meet will be able to destroy you. "
“你们明白我的意思了吗？”父亲问，“只要你们联合起来，谁也不能伤害你们。如果你们老吵架，并且各行其是，那么你们一遇到敌人，就会被打败。”
---- A Bundle of Sticks
◇ The money for which I shall sell this milk will enable me to increase my stock of eggs to three hundred,These eggs,allowing for what may prove addle,and what may be destroyed by vermin,will produce at least two hundred and fifty chickens.
我卖了这罐牛奶后，用这笔钱买鸡蛋，这样我有的鸡蛋可以增加到300个。用这300个鸡蛋孵小鸡，这就算有坏的、生虫的，至少也能孵出250只小鸡。
---- The country Maid and Her Milk Can
◇ One day, the dog President held a meeting. At the meeting, he said: "the big tiger often eat the animals in the forests, continue like this, the forest will be destroyed. Who dare to, kill a tiger?"
有一天，狗会长召开了一次会议。在会上，他说：“大老虎经常吃森林里的动物，再这样下去，整个森林都会毁灭。有谁敢前去，消灭大老虎？”