obliterate
obliterate 英 [əˈblɪtəreɪt] 美 [əˈblɪtəˌret,oˈblɪt-]
vt. 消灭；涂去；冲刷；忘掉
进行时:obliterating 过去式:obliterated 过去分词:obliterated 第三人称单数:obliterates
- When you see obliterate, think of evil alien invaders that zap a planet with a destructive ray. In one blast, the planet and all of the people on it are vaporized. The planet is truly obliterated, or completely wiped out.
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- vt. 消灭；涂去；冲刷；忘掉
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1. Think about that: one in every ten lightbulbs in U.S. kitchens, Wal-Marts and baseball stadiums is illuminated by nuclear energy initially designed to obliterate millions of Americans.
想一想吧：美国厨房、超商和棒球场里的电灯十中取一，正是用那些原先被设计用来消灭千万美国人的核力量点亮。
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2. In the past three years, its market share gains have even been accelerating, making some people wonder whether the company will eventually obliterate what remains of its competition in search.
在过去三年里，谷歌市场份额的增加的速度已经快到让有些人怀疑这家公司是否会最终消灭搜索引擎市场剩下的对手。
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3. It allowed Hebrew society and Judaism to strengthen for another crucial century—by which time the Babylonian king Nebuchadrezzar could banish the Hebrew people but not obliterate them or their faith.
它使得希伯莱社会和犹太教在关键的一个世纪内不断强大。 在这重要的时间内，巴比伦王尼布甲尼最多撒流放希伯莱人，而无法消灭他们，抑或扼杀他们的信仰。
- obliterate (v.) c. 1600, from Latin obliteratus, past participle of obliterare "cause to disappear, blot out, erase, efface," figuratively "cause to be forgotten," from ob "against" (see ob-) + littera (also litera) "letter, script" (see letter (n.)); abstracted from phrase literas scribere "write across letters, strike out letters." Related: Obliterated; obliterating.
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