- 拆开；拆卸(机器等)；使…分开：
The workers took the engine apart.
工人们将引擎拆开了。
- 猛烈抨击；尖锐批评…；将…驳得体无完肤；对…挑剔：
Her new novel was taken apart by reviewers.
她新出的小说被评论家们评得一无是处。
- 严厉惩罚；(在拳击等运动中)将…彻底打败：
The experienced boxer should be able to take a young opponent apart in a few rounds.
经验丰富的拳击手应该在几个回合后就能彻底打败年轻的对手。
Qatar was really taken apart by China in the match.
在这场比赛中，卡塔尔队被中国队彻底击败。
- 仔细检查(或检验)；对…深入剖析：
He thoroughly takes the German national charater apart in the essay.
他在这篇文章里透彻地剖析了德意志民族性格。
- 对…彻底搜查
- [口语]蹂躏；粗暴对待：
The bandits took the village apart.
土匪们蹂躏这个村庄。
- [俚语]把…撕成碎片；谋杀
- [古语]将…领开