| 单词 | demolition |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [`demə'liʃən] |
| 解释 | n.破坏，毁坏 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 拆除 (destruction by explosives) 【考】 recycle : disposal / rehabilitate : demolition(再利用是不扔掉/再 复修是不毁坏) 【记】 de+mote(动)→动下去 →降级; 同根词:promote(提昇 ); commotion(动乱) 【同】 n. demotion 【例】 The sergeant threatened to demote the corporal. |
| 字源 | demolition (n.) 1540s, from Old French demolition (14c.) "demolition; defeat, rout," from Latin demolitionem (nominative demolitio), noun of action from past participle stem of demoliri (see demolish). Mencken noted demolition engineer for "house-wrecker" by 1936. Demolition derby is recorded from 1956, American English, defined by OED as "a contest in which old cars are battered into one another, the last one running being declared the winner." |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 摧毁(指通过爆破进行的破坏活动) 【记】demolish(vt 毁坏; 粉碎)de去除, moli建立 【参】demon(n 魔鬼; 极残忍的人) 【类】recycle: disposal = rehabilitate: demolition再利用是不扔掉 = 再复修是不毁坏 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】demotion 降级 【相关】promote 陞职，commotion 动乱 |
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