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Annihilate V Latin Nihil ə'Naiəlet V.消灭 英 消灭(To

单词 annihilate
音标 [ə'naiəlet]
解释 v.消灭
红宝书 【英】 v. 消灭(to destroy completely; demolish)
【记】 an+nihil(无)+ate→ 消灭
【同】 派生词:annihilatio n (n. 灭绝,消灭)同根词:nihilism(虚 无);nihil(虚无)
【例】 The leaders of the country try to annihilate poverty.
字源 annihilate (v.)
1520s, from an obsolete adjective meaning "reduced to nothing" (late 14c.), originally the past participle of a verb, anihil, from Old French annichiler (14c.), from Late Latin annihilare "to reduce to nothing," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + nihil "nothing" (see nil). Related: Annihilated; annihilating.
不择手段背单词 v. 歼灭(彻底消灭) = demolish
【例】We annihilated the enemy 我们消灭了敌人.
【记】an非, 无, nihil无, 零-使敌人变为零-消灭
【参】nihil(n 虚无); nihilism(n [哲]虚无主义: 否认一切存在)
趣味全助记 【记】an + nihil 无→消灭
【相关】nil 零,null 零 空

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