in AM, also use 美国英语亦用 pulverise
1 VERB 严重损坏;彻底摧毁 To pulverize something means to do great damage to it or to destroy it completely. 严重损坏;彻底摧毁
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...the economic policies which pulverised the economy during the 1980s. [VERB noun]
20世纪80年代使经济遭受了重创的经济政策
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A factory making armaments had been bombed the night before and a residential area not far away had been pulverized. [VERB noun]
前天晚上,一家兵工厂被炸,不远处的居民区也被夷为平地。
SYN destroy, wreck, demolish, flatten
2 VERB 彻底击败;彻底战胜 If someone pulverizes an opponent in an election or competition, they thoroughly defeat them. 彻底击败;彻底战胜 [informal]
SYN defeat, stuff [slang] , tank [slang] , annihilate
3 VERB 把…磨成粉 If you pulverize something, you make it into a powder by crushing it. 把…磨成粉
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Using a pestle and mortar, pulverise the bran to a coarse powder. [VERB noun]
用杵和臼,将麸皮磨成粗粉。
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The fries are made from pellets of pulverised potato. [VERB-ed]
这些炸土豆是土豆泥球做成的。
SYN crush, pound, grind, mill
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