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单词 shatter
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shatter
verb
uk
/ˈʃæt.ər/us
/ˈʃæt̬.ɚ/
[IorT]
to (causesomething to)breaksuddenlyinto verysmallpieces:
（使）破碎；粉碎
Theglassshatteredintoa thousandtinypieces.玻璃碎成无数块细小的碎片。
Hislegwas shattered in theaccident.他在事故中腿骨碎裂。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to break
  • breakI didn't mean to break your phone.
  • fractureLast year he fractured his skull.
  • bustOne of the children has bust the computer.
  • shatterThe ball hit the window and shattered it.
  • smashI dropped the vase and it smashed.
  • snapShe bent the ruler and it snapped.
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[T]
to end orseverelydamagesomething:
终结；严重破坏
Thebookshattered all herillusionsabout the Romans.这本书击碎了她对罗马人的一切幻想。
Noisymotorbikesshattered thepeace/calm/stillness.吵闹的摩托车声打破了宁静／平静／静谧。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Tearing and breaking into pieces
  • apart
  • asunder
  • bobble
  • bobbly
  • break(something)off
  • catch
  • crack
  • fall apart
  • fall to piecesidiom
  • fragment
  • fragmentation
  • fragmented
  • frayed
  • rip
  • split
  • sunder
  • tearsomethingapart
  • tearsomethingup
  • teardown
  • torn
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(Definition ofshatterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

shatter| American Dictionary

shatter
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈʃæt̬·ər/
tobreaksuddenlyorcausesomething tobreaksuddenlyintosmallpieces:
[T]Theearthquakeshattered all thewindowsin thebuilding.
fig.to end ordamage:
[T]Thedefeatshattered herconfidence.
(Definition ofshatterfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshatter

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The renewed fighting has shattered years of negotiations, but more importantly, robbed its citizens of trusting the other side and of the peace process.
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The resulting picture is a nuanced one, one in which over-easy generalizations about hegemony and resistance, imperialism and cooptation, are shattered by carefully documented examples.
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The belief on which her worldview had rested - personal and collective betterment through work - is shattered.
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First, the input information is shattered to pieces as it is spread out over thousands or even millions of receptor cells.
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Before the jeep managed to get away, its windshield was shattered and its backcover torn.
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Only by ' shattering' this ' common image' of the singer-songwriter can she rise up the ranks of guitarists.
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The power basis of a regime is normally shattered by defeat in war.
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Examinations of surviving family genealogies and census-type materials have offered further insights into past demographic regimes and shattered some long-established beliefs.
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The two lines meet on an outcrop of metachert, which has been blasted and strongly shattered.
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Eventually, it is reduced to "shattered" masonry (40), lying between the paws of the implacable sphinx.
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Through its sobering effect, he said, past illusions would be shattered and negative tendencies and norms would undergo a change toward a better society.
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Accordingly, a traumatised person is never the same, since their assumptive world has been shattered.
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The war shattered any illusion that they would make a difference.
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Hargreaves' informants spoke of their experiences as disturbing, shattering even.
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Gone was the semblance of party unity, shattered into overlapping currents.
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