| 释义 |
auto-deˈstruct, v. (adj. phr. and n.)
[f. auto-1 + destruct v., or as back-formation from *auto-destructive a., etc.]
1. intr. = self-destruct v. 1 (lit. and fig.).
1980Newsweek 1 Sept. 18/3 Reagan penned in a few lines memorializing the war in Vietnam as ‘a noble cause’... The result..encouraged his enemies to believe that he may yet auto-destruct. 1985Times 4 Jan. 10/7 The city that perfected the dry Martini has yet to invent..lavatory paper that does not auto-destruct on contact.
2. attrib. as adj. phr. = self-destruct v. 2.
1971New Scientist 26 Aug. 452/1 The cell's ‘auto-destruct’ pack, the lysosome. 1980Aviation Week 23 June 16/1 Engine D..developed a combustion chamber pressure oscillation 4.4 sec. after ignition that led to the activation of the vehicle's auto-destruct mechanisms about 104 sec. later. 1983Listener 16 June 4/1 Labour's leaders, Denis Healey in particular, became adept at pressing the auto-destruct button.
Also auto-destruct n. = self-destruct n.
1977Economist 31 Dec. 97/3 In this book he coarsens his darkly brilliant portrait of a close-knit group locked into auto-destruct by introducing the menace of commercial exploitation. 1978Ibid. 25 Nov. 66/2 (heading) Auto-destruct... Rhodesia's transitional government appears so prone to discredit itself..that such threats as the death list put out by Mr Mugabe's wing of the Patriotic Front seem quite unnecessary. |