单词
obliterate
英 [?'bl?t?re?t]
美[?'bl?t?'ret]
基本信息
- vt. 消灭；涂去；冲刷；忘掉
扩展词汇低频词TOEFLGRETEM8
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;
助记提示
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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