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单词 destruction
释义
destructionde‧struc‧tion /dɪˈstrʌkʃən/ ●●○ W3 noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdestruction
Origin:
1200-1300 Latin destructus, past participle of destruere; ➔ DESTROY
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The destruction of forests for timber, fuel, and charcoal increased during the 18th century.
  • The president flew in to look at the destruction caused by the earthquake.
  • The war caused widespread death and destruction.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Every April, hordes of noisy invaders descend upon this otherwise peaceful town of 60, 000 and proceed to spread destruction.
  • In this sense such systems contain the seeds of their own destruction.
  • Indirect evidence of mounting demographic pressure is also provided by the steady destruction of the forests.
  • Perhaps the order of the destruction of Ixora's men was random; logic was not the doctor's strong suit.
  • The death and destruction had torn apart families whose political loyalties had also been divided in what was essentially a civil war.
  • These are the colour changes in Tamburlaine's army on the three days before the destruction of Damascus.
  • What came instead were world wars, a Great Depression, a Holocaust, and threats of nuclear destruction.
  • Whether versions of destruction are to take place within or without the industrial enterprise, the political implications are obvious.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen something is destroyed
when something is destroyed: · The war caused widespread death and destruction.destruction of: · The destruction of forests for timber, fuel, and charcoal increased during the 18th century.
the result of an area being completely and violently destroyed: · Few buildings in the city had escaped devastation.utter devastation (=complete devastation): · The scene after the explosion was one of utter devastation.
the deliberate destruction of a building, because it is in bad condition or in order to build a new one: · The old factory will be knocked down by demolition experts.demolition of: · Building the new freeway is going to mean the demolition of an entire housing complex.
if a town or building is in ruins or lies in ruins , it has been completely destroyed: · After the war entire neighborhoods lay in ruins.leave something in ruins: · Four days and nights of continuous bombing had left the city in ruins.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + destruction
· In a populated area, a wave that high would cause total destruction.
formal (=total)· It was an act of war, the wholesale destruction of a city.
(=done deliberately and without caring about it)· People were shocked by the wanton destruction that occurred during the riots.
· The islands are already threatened by environmental destruction.
· a Brazilian report on rainforest destruction
(=of the natural homes of plants and animals)· Habitat destruction has reduced elephant herds in central Africa.
· The rains caused widespread destruction to crops.
· Much of the city was rebuilt after the massive destruction of World War II.
· Ozone destruction is most severe over the Antarctic due to climatic and atmospheric extremes.
verbs
· It's clear that the bomb was intended to cause death and destruction.
formal (=cause destruction)· The destruction wrought by the hurricane left thousands of people homeless.
phrases
(=weapons intended to cause a lot of death and destruction)· The country is believed to have the potential to develop weapons of mass destruction.
(=a long line of things that have been destroyed)· The accident, involving five vehicles, caused a trail of destruction on the motorway.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· Logging has led to the destruction of the natural environment.
· It is in south Texas that the destruction of the bird’s habitat has been most alarming.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Electric installations were smashed with sledgehammers and then switched on melting connexions in complete destruction.· This had the effect of breaking down the structure of the pellets, and repetition caused the complete destruction of the pellet.
· The killing, which occurred in 1988, was met with worldwide outrage and focused attention on environmental destruction of the Amazon.· Yet in the age of unprecedented environmental destruction an awkward question nags at us.· They are already threatened with environmental destruction, since 88 % of their original vegetation has been destroyed.· The downside was inefficiency, corruption and environmental destruction.
· The final destruction of the road's equilibrium took place when it was given over to high speed travel by car.· They are all watching the final destruction of his cronies-the crooked Clintons.
· Instead, they issued the Potsdam Declaration, calling again for unconditional surrender on pain of great destruction.· In Shakespearian tragedy, hypocrisy is not only a poison in itself but the cause of ever greater destruction.
· Has there been an improvement in stopping smuggling and building weapons of mass destruction?· In July 1834, rioting against abolitionists in New York City resulted in mass destruction of the black section.· Inevitably, worldwide control over the use of weapons of mass destruction will create new political and military dangers.
· The Second Period established that right, it is the Third Period which has provided the near total destruction of it.· The world came close to total destruction over a matter of prestige.· These all suffered damage, in the Second World War, varying from partial to almost total destruction.· In any populated area, such a wave would cause total destruction.· What was it that had been condemned to this total destruction?· The factory rapidly expanded and this led to the almost total destruction of the remaining parts of the Bishop's Palace.· Only its solidity and quality of construction saved it from total destruction.· But in the early 1970s it was in danger of total destruction.
· The Home Secretary, David Blunkett, took a tough line, saying that he would not tolerate wanton destruction and violence.· As stated in the supplement, the heritage erosion is due to ignorance, and not wanton destruction.
· While the threat of wholesale destruction failed to materialize, the cathedrals were turned over to a variety of secular uses.· Single-handed he did his best to prevent the wholesale destruction of the big houses in Spital Square.· For the scenes of wholesale death and destruction were staged during filming of the big new film about the Guildford Four.
· Unfortunately, the snail spread across the island and caused widespread destruction to crops.· This reaction was based on the understanding that atomic bombs cause widespread death and destruction and extreme human suffering.· They believe this action must be taken to prevent widespread destruction of wildlife habitats.· The widespread destruction and looting carried out by the soldiers further damaged the image of the new government.· However, the view is widespread that the destruction of food is politically unacceptable.
NOUN
· We can make some progress, but all we can do is hold back the forest destruction.· Entire tribes have disappeared as a result of forest destruction.· Similar estimates derive from observed forest destruction, scaled from the uprooting of trees in nuclear weapons tests.
· The situation is exacerbated by unusually low levels of nitrogen oxides, which inhibit ozone destruction.· A worldwide agreement reached more than 10 years ago banned the long-lived chemicals responsible for ozone destruction.· As winds sweep these chemical pockets into middle latitudes they encounter sunlight and trigger rapid ozone destruction.
VERB
· The rush to a market economy is not enough: all that will bring is the destruction of the old system.· However, this revelation did not bring about the destruction of Euclidean geometry, it simply added to it.· But she can also bring about his destruction.
· Unfortunately, the snail spread across the island and caused widespread destruction to crops.· It is caused by excessive destruction of erythrocytes at a rate that exceeds the conjugating ability of the liver.· Mercifully, it did not cause the death and destruction intended.· In any populated area, such a wave would cause total destruction.· The investigators found no evidence of a defect or malfunction that could have caused the destruction of the aircraft.· If the disorder is allowed to progress, the continued backflow of bile will cause parenchymal cell destruction.· Lava has been erupting from Unzen since mid-1991, causing much death and destruction in the process.· This reaction was based on the understanding that atomic bombs cause widespread death and destruction and extreme human suffering.
· Since excavation involves destruction of much of the evidence, it is an unrepeatable exercise.· It can also involve destruction of furniture, hitting people, hurting themselves, and screaming for half an hour or more.· Did the table and chair in your home involve rainforest destruction?
· Yet this love, so compelling, so fascinating as it grew despite everything, had been leading to destruction.· He had imagined that their weakness and fearfulness had led them to destruction.· Marx believed that the basic contradictions contained in a capitalist economic system would lead to its eventual destruction.· This immune response leads to the destruction of the beta cells that make insulin.· Former Attorney General Lord Rawlinson said the reforms would lead to the destruction of the independent bar.
· The fire was brought under control, preventing further destruction in a neighbouring classroom.· Seismologists said the quake appeared to have been rooted about 30 miles underground, deep enough to prevent catastrophic destruction.· It would prevent the destruction of rain forests and save our climate.· In other words, they can not prevent the destruction of Trantor no matter what they do.· Single-handed he did his best to prevent the wholesale destruction of the big houses in Spital Square.· What do you believe governments, given the resources, should be doing to prevent this destruction and sale of looted antiquities?· It was not until 1913 that powers were provided to compulsorily prevent the damage or destruction of monuments.· They believe this action must be taken to prevent widespread destruction of wildlife habitats.
· It will result in the destruction of Camley street natural park, which is used by thousands of local school children.· In July 1834, rioting against abolitionists in New York City resulted in mass destruction of the black section.
· She soon became very drunk and forgot about mankind, so they were saved from destruction.· One, indeed, after men had been created, saved them from destruction.· For all that it remains an object which can not move itself or save itself from destruction.· In the first instance, he was saved by the fortuitous destruction of his papers in an Allied bombing raid.· The Mir space station has failed to attract enough would-be visitors to save itself from destruction.
· Eden was tested to destruction by the Suez crisis.· It makes no sense to test it to destruction.· Although deliberately designed to test the market to destruction, the results shocked the participants and the Department of Health.· Better that its belief should not, come next month, be tested to destruction.· It boils down to seven assertions, all of which must be tested to destruction.· With the re-emergence of such Malthusian conflicts, international cooperation may be tested to destruction.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • And they wreak havoc with the goal of raising revenue efficiently.
  • But we all know that a moment's overload, may wreak havoc.
  • Did they hire a private eye to wreak havoc on the life of the harasser?
  • Since elk can also wreak havoc in cropland and forestry plantations, a record 70,000 animals are being culled this hunting season.
  • The goat, being a goat, wreaks havoc, and the tenant grows desperate.
  • The storm wreaked havoc on trains and highways, making it unlikely thousands of investors and traders will arrive at work.
  • This is a critical feature on such an instrument, as a badly cut nut here would wreak havoc on playability.
  • Unassimilated, they might one day wreak havoc in her life.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnoundestroyerdestructionadjectiveindestructibledestructiveverbdestroyadverbdestructively
 the act or process of destroying something or of being destroyed → destroydestruction of the destruction of the rainforest weapons of mass destruction the environmental destruction caused by the road building programme The floods brought death and destruction to the area.COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + destructiontotal/complete destruction· In a populated area, a wave that high would cause total destruction.wholesale destruction formal (=total)· It was an act of war, the wholesale destruction of a city.wanton destruction (=done deliberately and without caring about it)· People were shocked by the wanton destruction that occurred during the riots.environmental destruction· The islands are already threatened by environmental destruction.forest/rainforest destruction· a Brazilian report on rainforest destructionhabitat destruction (=of the natural homes of plants and animals)· Habitat destruction has reduced elephant herds in central Africa.widespread destruction· The rains caused widespread destruction to crops.great/massive destruction· Much of the city was rebuilt after the massive destruction of World War II.ozone destruction· Ozone destruction is most severe over the Antarctic due to climatic and atmospheric extremes.verbscause/lead to/bring about destruction· It's clear that the bomb was intended to cause death and destruction.wreak destruction formal (=cause destruction)· The destruction wrought by the hurricane left thousands of people homeless.phrasesweapons of mass destruction (=weapons intended to cause a lot of death and destruction)· The country is believed to have the potential to develop weapons of mass destruction.a trail of destruction (=a long line of things that have been destroyed)· The accident, involving five vehicles, caused a trail of destruction on the motorway.
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