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

• Obliterate: This one is a no brainer.
  湮没铭文：这个不用多想了。
• 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。
• 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。
• In a few years she had managed to obliterate all memories of the incident.
  在几年的时间里，她便设法把这件事全部忘记了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。