obliterate

英 [əˈblɪtəreɪt]

美 [əˈblɪtəreɪt]

v.  毁掉; 覆盖; 清除

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

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.11165 / COCA.10389

牛津词典

verb

• 毁掉；覆盖；清除
  to remove all signs of sth, either by destroying or covering it completely
  1. The building was completely obliterated by the bomb.
     炸弹把那座建筑物彻底摧毁了。
  2. The snow had obliterated their footprints.
     白雪覆盖了他们的足迹。
  3. Everything that happened that night was obliterated from his memory.
     那天夜里发生的一切都从他的记忆中消失了。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 消灭;毁掉;清除
  If somethingobliteratesan object or place, it destroys it completely.
  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。
  2. Whole villages were obliterated by fire.
     整座整座的村庄都被大火所吞噬。
• VERB 抹除，忘却（回忆等）
  If youobliteratesomething such as a memory, emotion, or thought, you remove it completely from your mind.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• remove completely from recognition or memory
  1. efface the memory of the time in the camps
  Synonym:efface
• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
  1. a hidden message
  2. a veiled threat
  Synonym:obscureblot outveilhide
• do away with completely, without leaving a trace
• mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
  1. kill these lines in the President's speech
  Synonym:killwipe out

adj

• reduced to nothingness
  Synonym:blotted outobliterated

双语例句

• 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。
• Facing an audience that largely believes that online retail will obliterate physical stores, Johnson took a contrarian view.
  面对大部分都相信互联网零售业将摧毁实体店的听众，约翰逊发表了截然相反的看法。
• Don't obliterate a file simply because you discovered it to be a bad idea.
  不要因为你发现它不好就删除一个文件。
• I obliterate the word with chalk.
  我用粉笔把这个单词涂去了。
• I'm gonna obliterate the employee-of-the-month record.
  我会刷新本月明星雇员的记录。
• 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。
• In a few years she had managed to obliterate all memories of the incident.
  在几年的时间里，她便设法把这件事全部忘记了。
• I watched bombs obliterate the villages.
  我看着炸弹将一座座村庄夷为平地。
• In ureteroscopy, an endoscope is inserted through the ureter to retrieve or obliterate the stone.
  输尿管镜技术通过输尿管插入一个内诊镜来找出或消除石头。
• The mighty female Druid would use powerful spells to obliterate monsters and shapeshift into a giant bear near the end of the fight.
  那个强大的女德鲁伊使用她的法术消灭怪物，并在战斗的最后变成了一头巨熊。