词汇释义
demolition TEM8 GRE
UK /ˌdem.əˈlɪʃ.ən/ US /ˌdem.əˈlɪʃ.ən/
1. noun, The demolition of a building is the act of deliberately destroying it, often in order to build something else in its place.(建筑物的)摧毁，拆毁，拆除
2. noun, The demolition of a team or opponent is their defeat by a great amount.(体育运动等中的)大败，击溃
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外刊例句
1. Last year, the coronavirus pandemic and a busy hurricane season caused the multi-agency command to push back the start of demolition operations by several months from mid-July to early November.(Seattle Times)
2. The light demolition range will create more noise at the 11,000-acre site, the Burlington Free Press reported on Friday.(Washington Times)
3. The move into the new building will occur in the fall of 2026 with the demolition of the existing building following the move into the new building.(Washington Times)
4. Strong state parties, big donors and G.O.P. national leaders were once able to anoint a candidate, in order to avoid destructive demolition derbies in state primaries.(New York Times)
5. The Israeli government’s explanation for the demolitions dates back to the 1990s Oslo Accords with the Palestinians.(New York Times)
6. Paul Hankins oversaw planning for a smaller-scale demolition of the Golden Ray until his employer, Donjon-SMIT, lost the job to a competitor.(Seattle Times)
7. In the 1950s, new urban planning concepts intended to create space for new downtown development and remove what was viewed as blighted, unsafe housing led to the large-scale demolition of most of Southwest Washington.(Washington Post)
8. Hundreds of heritage buildings were lost – either to the earthquake, or the demolition drive to move on from it.(The Guardian)
9. Across the valley, the herders of Humsa were counting the cost of the most recent demolition.(New York Times)
10. Other laborers ripped asbestos from the guts of an old boiler house, part of a massive demolition and redevelopment of the plant, which closed in 2019 after a series of explosions at the facility.(Reuters)
11. The demolition is a symbolic step in Trump’s transition back to civilian life, as he frequently used the helipad to land Marine One, the helicopter used by the U.S. president.(Fox News)
12. The plot — a schoolgirl tries to save a crumbling clubhouse from demolition in ’60s Yokohama — is refreshingly low-stakes, but it’s told with real passion and the rendition of its setting is endearing and believable.(The Verge)
词汇搭配
be due for demolition | be threatened with demolition | prevent, save sth from demolition
词汇家族
demolish, demolishing, demolished, demolishes
词汇来源
1540s, figurative, "destruction, overthrow;" 1610s, literal, "action of pulling down or destroying (a structure); fact of being demolished," from French demolition "demolition; defeat, rout" (14c.), from Latin demolitionem (nominative demolitio), noun of action from past-participle stem of demoliri "to tear down," from de "down" (see de-) + moliri "build, construct," from moles (genitive molis) "massive structure" (see mole (n.3)).Mencken noted demolition engineer for "house-wrecker" by 1936. Demolition derby is recorded from 1956, American English, defined by OED as "a contest in which old cars are battered into one another, the last one running being declared the winner."
近义词
annihilation, decimation, demolishment, desolation, destruction, devastation, extermination, extinction, havoc, loss, mincemeat, obliteration, ruin, ruination, wastage, wreckage
反义词
building, construction, erection, rescue, salvage, salvation,conservation, preservation, protection, reclamation, renovation, restoration
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