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

• 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。
• He tried to obliterate all thoughts of Mary from his mind.
  他尽力忘却对玛丽的一切思念。
• I watched bombs obliterate the villages.
  我看着***将一座座村庄夷为平地。
• 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。
• Whole villages were obliterated by fire.
  整座整座的村庄都被大火所吞噬。
• She tried to obliterate all memory of her father.
  她想忘却对父亲的一切记忆。
• Obliterate: This one is a no brainer.
  湮没铭文：这个不用多想了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。