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Obliterate V Infuse Remove Supply Burial ə'Blitəreit V.涂掉,擦掉

单词 obliterate
音标 [ə'blitəreit]
解释 v.涂掉,擦掉
红宝书 【英】 v. 涂掉,擦掉(efface; erase)
【考】 inspire : infuse / obliterate : remove / accomodate : supply / convey :conduct(同义: 激励→鼓舞/涂掉→移 除/提供→供应/运输 →传递)inter : burial / obliterate : removal(动名词同义: 埋葬/涂掉)
【记】 ob(去掉)+liter(文字 )+ate→擦掉(文字等)
【例】 The heavy rain obliterated all footprints.
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 v. 擦掉(字迹); 切除(肢体)
【记】ob去掉, liter字, ate一擦掉(文字)
【类】inspire: infuse = obliterate: remove = accomodate: supply = convey: conduct激励 = 除掉 = 提供 = 运输(同义)inter: burial = obliterate: removal = saturated: wet埋葬 = 除掉(动名词同义) = 湿的(词性不符)ineffable: description = irradicable: obliterate不能说的无法描述 = 不能根除的无法删除
【反】inexpurgate(v 无法除去)
趣味全助记 【记】ob 消失 + literate 识字的(源于letter 文字),使字认不出来
【相关】literate 有文化的,学者

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