demolish

demolish
[dɪˈmɒlɪʃ]
verb
  1. [with obj.]pull or knock down (a building)
    拆除，拆毁（建筑物）
    ■comprehensively refute (an argument or its proponent)
    全面驳倒，彻底驳倒（论据或其支持者）
    I looked forward keenly to demolishing my opponent.
    我急切盼望能彻底驳倒我的对手。
    ■(informal)overwhelmingly defeat (a player or team)
    (非正式)击溃，大败（对手，运动队）
    Arsenal demolished Coventry City 3–0.
    阿森纳队以３比０大败考文垂队。
    ■(humorous)eat up (food) quickly
    (幽默)对（食物）狼吞虎咽
    Brown was busy demolishing a sausage roll.
    布朗正在狼吞虎咽地大嚼一个香肠面包卷。
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demolisher
noun
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from French démoliss-, lengthened stem of démolir, from Latin demoliri, from de- (expressing reversal) + moliri 'construct' (from moles 'mass')
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