destroys

英 [dɪˈstrɔɪz]

美 [dɪˈstrɔɪz]

v.  摧毁; 毁灭; 破坏; (因动物有病或不再需要而)杀死，消灭，人道毁灭
destroy的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 毁坏;破坏;毁灭;摧毁
  Todestroysomething means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  1. That's a sure recipe for destroying the economy and creating chaos...
     那样做肯定会破坏经济、制造混乱。
  2. No one was injured in the explosion, but the building was completely destroyed...
     没有人在爆炸中受伤，但大楼遭到了彻底毁坏。
  3. Even the most gifted can have confidence destroyed by the wrong instructor.
     即使是最有天赋的人也可能会被错误的导师摧毁自信。
• VERB 毁掉…的生活;使垮掉
  Todestroysomeone means to ruin their life or to make their situation impossible to bear.
  1. If I was younger or more naive, the criticism would have destroyed me.
     如果我再年轻一些，或是再单纯一些，那些批评可能就会把我给毁了。
• VERB 杀死，消灭（生病或具危险性的动物）
  If an animalis destroyed, it is killed, either because it is ill or because it is dangerous.
  1. Lindsay was unhurt but the horse had to be destroyed.
     林赛没有受伤，但那匹马却不得不被人道毁灭。
• See also:soul-destroying

双语例句

• Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity.
  仇恨会扭曲人对价值的判断和对现实的理解。
• In addition, the process of industrialization and urbanization has generated severe pollution that essentially destroys environment and ecosystem.
  此外，工业化和城市化的进程造成了严重的污染，在根本上摧毁了环境和生态系统。
• Properly applied, it destroys most, if not all, bacteria, viruses and other pathogenic organisms.
  适当地应用，它破坏大部分，如果不所有的，细菌，病毒和其他人使生病的生物。
• Behind the pomposity, we can see how imperial palace system destroys women's humanity.
  从中可以看到在浮华背后宫廷制度对妇女人性的摧残。
• The Dark Cabal cannot exist in Love: it destroys their power.
  黑暗势力无法存在在“爱”中：这会毁了他们的力量。
• 'Don't flurry me, my dear Paul,'said his sister;'for that destroys me.
  “别把我的心搅乱了，我亲爱的保罗，”他的妹妹说道，“因为这会毁了我。
• Do you think it's right to say, man create the world and also destroys the world?
  你认为这样说对吗？即人类创造世界，也毁灭世界。
• Enough junk dumped into the water eventually destroys the food chain and causes ( theoretically) ecosystem collapse.
  足够的垃圾倾倒入水中，最终破坏了食物链和原因（理论上）生态系统的崩溃。
• For some, this reaches the extreme that one destroys the other.
  对其中有些来说，一旦达到极限其中一个就会毁掉另一个。
• An earthquake sometimes destroys whole cities.
  地震有时会摧毁整个城市。