| 单词 | tear to pieces |
| 释义 | tear to piecestear to pieces 1 DAMAGEto damage something badly by breaking it into many parts 把某物摔成/撕成碎片 His arm was ripped to pieces by a shark. 他的一只胳膊被鲨鱼撕碎了。 Wear thick gloves, otherwise you’ll tear your fingers to pieces. 戴上厚手套，否则会弄破手指的。 Examples from the Corpus smash/rip/tear something to pieces• I had been given the power to obliterate, to steal a body from its grave and tear it to pieces.• And having got under them, he can't half tear them to pieces.• He was thrown from his chariot and his horses tore him to pieces and devoured him.• Telling me the strangest things sometimes, evil things - till I want to shout out or smash them to pieces.• We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws.• If Hyde returns while I am writing this confession, he will tear it to pieces to annoy me.• Brandon Thomas opted to unveil his Aunt away from London fearful that the capital's theatre critics would tear it to pieces. → smash/rip/tear something to pieces at piece1(3) 2 CRITICIZEto criticize someone or their ideas very severely 严厉批评某人[某人的观点] Donna could tear your work to pieces, and frequently did. 唐娜能把你的工作批评得一无是处，她经常这样。 Examples from the Corpus pull/rip/tear somebody/something to pieces• I had been given the power to obliterate, to steal a body from its grave and tear it to pieces.• And having got under them, he can't half tear them to pieces.• He was thrown from his chariot and his horses tore him to pieces and devoured him.• We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws.• If Hyde returns while I am writing this confession, he will tear it to pieces to annoy me.• They will tear you to pieces.• Brandon Thomas opted to unveil his Aunt away from London fearful that the capital's theatre critics would tear it to pieces. → pull/rip/tear somebody/something to pieces at piece1(4) 3 CRITICIZE informal to criticize someone or something very severely 严厉批评某人/某事物 He tore her arguments to shreds. 他把她的论点驳得一无是处。 Examples from the Corpus tear somebody/something to shreds/pieces• Within two years, other researchers had torn it to shreds.• Male Siamese fighting fish will tear each other's fins to shreds.• And having got under them, he can't half tear them to pieces.• They snarled at them as if they were criminals and took their papers as if they'd like to tear them to shreds.• They will tear you to pieces.• He was thrown from his chariot and his horses tore him to pieces and devoured him.• In the end the prosecutor's case was torn to shreds by Russell's lawyer.• A shell had exploded in the body of one of them, tearing it to pieces; others were torn and wounded.• If Hyde returns while I am writing this confession, he will tear it to pieces to annoy me.• We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws. → tear somebody/something to shreds/pieces at tear2(3) |
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