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.
     ***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

• After all, Israel has its own nuclear arsenal, and could obliterate Iran if attacked.
  毕竟，以色列拥有自己的核军备，如果遭受袭击，它有能力毁灭伊朗。
• Rising water will soon obliterate one of the strangest chapters in Chinese history.
  水位上升后很快就将抹去中国历史上最奇异的其中一部分。
• Matter and antimatter are like the good and evil twins of nature; they are endowed with equal and opposite characteristics like charge and spin, so if they meet they obliterate each other, releasing a flash of energy upon contact.
  物质和反物质就像自然界善良与邪恶的双胞胎；它们被赋予相同和相反的特性类似电荷及旋转，因此如果它们相遇，它们接触之后，释放出能量闪光。
• 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。
• He had had to rewrite his history so as to obliterate her from it.
  他曾不得不修改他的履历。以便把她从中抹掉。
• 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。
• I think Obliterate just needs to do more damage and Scourge Strike less.
  我认为应该增加湮灭，减少天灾打击的伤害。
• Could an asteroid obliterate Los angeles?
  有没有可能一个小行星把洛杉矶全灭？
• He was also a Jew, facing and faithfully interpreting men who had wished to obliterate everyone like him.
  他是犹太人，要如实面对妄图除净他这种族的那些人，要如实翻译他们说的话。
• 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。