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obliterate

英 [ə'blɪtəreɪt] 美[ə'blɪtə'ret]
  • vt. 消灭;涂去;冲刷;忘掉

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词态变化


第三人称单数: obliterates;过去式: obliterated;过去分词: obliterated;现在分词: obliterating;名词: obliteration;

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1. 之前无文字记录(preliterate),离开后只能删除(obliterate)。

中文词源


obliterate 覆盖,清除

来自拉丁语oblittero,涂抹,抹掉,来自oblino,涂抹,抹掉,-t,过去分词缀。来自ob-,相对,对着的,-lino,涂抹,词源同liniment,delete.拼写受letter,literal影响。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. Their warheads are enough to obliterate the world several times over.
他们拥有的弹头足以将世界毁灭好几次。

来自柯林斯例句

2. There was time enough to obliterate memories of how things once were for him.
时间足以抹去他对过去经历的记忆。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Anne was eager to obliterate her error.
安妮极想忘却她的错误.

来自辞典例句

4. Little things brought out on such occasions need great love to obliterate them afterward.
在这类情况下产生的小摩擦,需要伟大的爱情事后来消除.

来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

5. Collisions with small space flotsam can obliterate a ship.
与太空中很小的漂浮物的碰撞可能完全摧毁一艘飞船.

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