burn it down

基本解釋

The government is nervous: a decade ago protesters stormed parliament and tried to burn it down.
政府非常緊張，因?yàn)槭昵?，抗議者就襲擊并差點(diǎn)火燒了議會(huì)。
An origami artist from Japan, Wataru Ito, has spent 4 years crafting an incredible model city from paper - but now plans to burn it down, the Daily Telegraph reported.
據(jù)英國(guó)《每日電訊報(bào)》報(bào)道，日本大學(xué)生、折紙手工藝術(shù)家伊藤涉耗費(fèi)4年時(shí)間，用白紙折出了一座壯觀紙城。
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Did you have to burn it down?
你是否已燃燒殆盡？

It could be me that-- my cabin could burn down and I would freeze to death in the winter.
因?yàn)橐苍S中招的會(huì)是我-,我的房子可能被燒毀,冬天我可能會(huì)被凍死。
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It's not going to burn any other houses down since it's just completely independent of anything else.
由于火災(zāi)是獨(dú)立事件,他的房子著火了并不會(huì)燒毀別人的房子
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They said, it's not going to work because you have to decide how much the house is insured for and then anybody--If you ever make a mistake and you insure it for too much, then the people who realize they've got one on the insurance company-- they've insured the house for more than it's worth-- they'll burn down their house and collect the money.
他們說(shuō)，火險(xiǎn)根本無(wú)法實(shí)施,因?yàn)槟惚仨毰袛?這房子的保價(jià)是多少,一旦你出現(xiàn)了一些失誤,保價(jià)評(píng)估得過(guò)高，那些意識(shí)到他們可能會(huì)從,保險(xiǎn)公司賺利的人們-,即保險(xiǎn)公司的保價(jià)高于房子的實(shí)際價(jià)值-,他們就會(huì)燒掉自己的房子來(lái)賺錢。
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The government is nervous: a decade ago protesters stormed parliament and tried to burn it down.
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