柯林斯詞典destroy /d??str??/ (destroying,destroyed,destroys) 1. V-T To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more. 摧毀 That's a sure recipe for destroying the economy and creating chaos. 那是一個(gè)摧毀經(jīng)濟(jì)、制造混亂的注定因素。2. V-T To destroy someone means to ruin their life or to make their situation impossible to bear. 毀掉 If I was younger or more naive, the criticism would have destroyed me. 要是我年輕點(diǎn)兒或幼稚點(diǎn)兒，這批評(píng)可能已經(jīng)把我毀了。3. V-T If an animal is destroyed, it is killed, either because it is ill or because it is dangerous. 宰殺[usu passive] Lindsay was unhurt but the horse had to be destroyed. 林賽沒被傷著，但那匹馬不得不被宰掉。 返回 destroy劍橋詞典to damage something so badly that it cannot be used 毀壞，摧毀，毀滅 Most of the old part of the city was destroyed by bombs during the war . 該城的大部分老城區(qū)都在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中被炸毀了。 The accident seemed to have completely /totally destroyed his confidence . 這場(chǎng)事故似乎已徹底擊垮了他的信心。 to kill an animal because it is ill , in pain , or dangerous 宰殺，滅殺，殺死（被病痛折磨或危險(xiǎn)的動(dòng)物） 例句 These guns will destroy or disable any incoming missile .Many important historical documents were destroyed in the fire .In 1906 an earthquake destroyed much of San Francisco.A bomb fell on the church and destroyed it.Deforestation is destroying large areas of tropical rain forest . 返回 destroy