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

• However, obliterate should never be used to delete actual work.
  当然，删除应该决不用于删除真正的工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• Not having an obliterate command makes me nervous about using Subversion for externally visible repositories.
  由于没有彻底消除的命令，所以我在为外部可见的存储库使用Subversion时非常不安。
• 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。
• 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。
• He tried to obliterate all thoughts of Mary from his mind.
  他尽力忘却对玛丽的一切思念。
• 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。
• 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。