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

• 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。
• But the Gothic horror scenarios involved in British nuclear plans drawn up during the cold war which demand that the nation maintains the capacity to obliterate Moscow and eight other Russian cities have always had a   certain unreality.
  冷战时期英国拟定的核计划要求英国保持摧毁莫斯科和另外8个俄罗斯城市的能力，这种哥特式的恐怖情景一贯带有某种非现实的意味。
• 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。
• If you want to live alone, it is better to die together, buried in the dark to you, please remember, I hate to obliterate a short life, and love to you.
  如果要孤独的活着，不如一同死去，长眠于黑暗的你，请用憎恨来泯记我短暂的生命，和对你的爱。
• 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。
• Obliterate: This one is a no brainer.
  湮没铭文：这个不用多想了。
• 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。
• Whole villages were obliterated by fire.
  整座整座的村庄都被大火所吞噬。
• I'm gonna obliterate the employee-of-the-month record.
  我会刷新本月明星雇员的记录。
• 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。