基本释义
[verb] completely destroy (a building, town, or other site)
[动词] 彻底摧毁(建筑物、城镇或其他地点)
深入解读
Raze 是一个在拼写上与常见词 maze, haze, daze 以及小站(微信公众号:田间小站)推送过的 gaze 有着相同结尾的单词,同时也是一个在发音上容易与熟词 raise 相混淆的单词。
该词源自拉丁语 radere (刮掉、削去),16世纪40年代经古法语 raser (刮掉、削去)进入英语后即用来表示“彻底摧毁、把……夷为平地”,常使用被动语态,强调将建筑物、城镇等地面以上的部分彻底抹平,使之与地面齐平,比如:
- 临时建筑最近被全部拆除了。
Temporary buildings were recently razed. - 经年的战争给这座城市带来的不亚于灭顶之灾。
Years of war culminated in nothing less than a brutal razing of the city.
图书例句
After having long been in danger of my life at the hands of the village, I have been seized, with great violence and indignity, and brought a long journey on foot to Paris. On the road I have suffered a great deal. Nor is that all; my house has been destroyed—razed to the ground.
在长期冒着被村里的人杀死的危险之后我终于被抓住了,遭到了残酷的虐待和侮辱,然后被押着长途步行到了巴黎,沿途备受折磨。这还不够,我的房子也给毁掉了——夷为平地。
出自英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯(Charles Dickens)创作的长篇历史小说《双城记》(A Tale of Two Cities)。
外刊例句
- A former home to 70,000 people has been razed in many parts to rubble.
一个曾经容纳7万人居住的家园的许多区域被夷为废墟。
——《经济学人》 - But for over 40 years the site has survived multiple attempts to raze and redevelop it.
但40多年来,该场地在经历了多次将其夷平和重建的尝试之后,幸存了下来。
——《纽约时报》
常见短语
“raze” 这个词的中文解释是 “夷为平地,摧毁”。
以下是包含 “raze” 这个词的50个短语,每个短语都附有中文解释:
- raze a building – 拆除一座建筑
- raze to the ground – 夷为平地
- raze a structure – 摧毁一座结构
- raze a city – 毁灭一座城市
- raze an old factory – 拆除一家老厂房
- raze a house – 拆除一座房屋
- raze a fortress – 摧毁一座堡垒
- raze a wall – 推倒一堵墙
- raze an abandoned building – 拆除一座废弃建筑
- raze a structure to the ground – 把一座结构夷为平地
- raze a village – 毁灭一个村庄
- raze an industrial complex – 拆除一个工业园区
- raze a bridge – 拆除一座桥梁
- raze an old warehouse – 拆除一家老仓库
- raze a factory – 摧毁一家工厂
- raze a historic building – 拆除一座历史建筑
- raze a tower – 推倒一座塔楼
- raze an abandoned house – 拆除一座废弃房屋
- raze a structure to the ground – 把一座结构夷为平地
- raze a fortress – 毁灭一座堡垒
- raze a wall – 推倒一堵墙
- raze a village – 拆毁一个村庄
- raze an old warehouse – 拆除一家老仓库
- raze a historic building – 拆除一座历史建筑
- raze a tower – 推倒一座塔楼
- raze a house – 摧毁一座房屋
- raze a city – 夷为平地
- raze an abandoned building – 拆除一座废弃建筑
- raze a factory – 拆除一家工厂
- raze a bridge – 摧毁一座桥梁
- raze to the ground – 夷为平地
- raze a structure – 拆毁一座结构
- raze a building – 推倒一座建筑
- raze a village – 毁灭一个村庄
- raze a house – 拆除一座房屋
- raze an old factory – 拆毁一家老厂房
- raze a fortress – 摧毁一座堡垒
- raze a wall – 拆毁一堵墙
- raze a historic building – 推倒一座历史建筑
- raze a tower – 拆除一座塔楼
- raze a city – 推倒一座城市
- raze an abandoned building – 夷为平地
- raze a factory – 拆除一家工厂
- raze a bridge – 摧毁一座桥梁
- raze a village to the ground – 夷为平地
- raze a house – 推倒一座房屋
- raze an old warehouse – 摧毁一家老仓库
- raze a fortress – 拆除一座堡垒
- raze a wall – 推倒一堵墙
- raze a historic building – 摧毁一座历史建筑
同近义词
dismantle: take (a machine or structure) to pieces
demolish: pull or knock down (a building)
flatten: raze (a building or settlement) to the ground