destruction
noun [uncountable]Word Family
- destroy verb
- destroyer noun
- destruction noun
- destructive adjective
- indestructible adjective
the act of destroying something; the process of being destroyed 摧毁；毁灭；破坏 the destruction of the rainforests 对热带雨林的破坏 a tidal wave bringing death and destruction in its wake 带来死亡与破坏的海啸 The central argument is that capitalism sows the seeds of its own destruction (= creates the forces that destroy it). 主要论点是资本主义播下了自我毁灭的种子。
Extra ExamplesBy doubling its prices, the industry sowed the seeds of its own destruction. 这个行业把价格抬高一倍，从而埋下了毁灭的祸根。 Children will quickly test their toys to destruction. 孩子们很快就会把玩具弄坏。 He gasped as he saw how much destruction she had wrought with the hammer. 看到她用锤子造成的破坏，他倒吸了一口气。 He had miraculously survived the destruction of the spacecraft. 他奇迹般地在航天器爆炸中逃过一劫。 He witnessed the destruction of most of his work in a studio fire. 他亲眼目睹自己的大部份作品在工作室火灾中被焚毁。 Some shopkeepers closed early to prevent the wholesale destruction of their property by the hooligans. 有些店主为了防止那些街头恶棍大肆破坏他们的财产而早早关门。 The earthquake caused loss of life and property destruction. 地震造成了生命和财产损失。 The tornado left a trail of destruction behind it. 龙卷风所经之地留下了一片狼藉。 Three of the paintings escaped destruction. 有三幅画幸好没被毁掉。 a war of mutual destruction 一场相互毁灭的战争 the destruction brought about by war 战争造成的破坏 the environmental destruction caused by road building 道路建设对环境造成的破坏 the threat of nuclear destruction which haunts the post-war world 战后世界挥之不去的核毁灭威胁 the wanton destruction of public property 对公共财物的恣意破坏 those who seek the destruction of our way of life 那些试图破坏我们生活方式的人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- total
- utter
- …
- bring (about)
- cause
- lead to
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- leave a trail of destruction
- the seeds of destruction
- test something to destruction
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin destructio(n-), from the verb destruere, from de- (expressing reversal) + struere ‘build’.