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

• 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。
• I believe that good is stronger than evil. I have found that if applied with complete faith, it can obliterate evil.
  我相信善可以压倒恶，并发现如果我们完全相信善的力量，便能以善除恶。
• For some things, like name or photo or job title, the other person's choices will obliterate yours.
  这得看情况。对于有些东西，诸如名字、照片和职位，对方提供的信息将会冲掉你原本的记录。
• 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。
• She tried to obliterate all memory of her father.
  她想忘却对父亲的一切记忆。
• 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。
• Little things brought out on such occasions need great love to obliterate them afterward.
  在这类情况下产生的小摩擦，需要伟大的爱情事后来消除。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。