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

• 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。
• Could an asteroid obliterate Los angeles?
  有没有可能一个小行星把洛杉矶全灭？
• 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。
• 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。
• I watched bombs obliterate the villages.
  我看着炸弹将一座座村庄夷为平地。
• 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。
• He tried to obliterate all thoughts of Mary from his mind.
  他尽力忘却对玛丽的一切思念。
• 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。
• 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。