self-destruct

英 ['selfdis'trʌkt] 美
  • vi. 自毁
  • adj. 自毁的;自杀的

英英释义


1. do away with oneself or itself;
"The machine will self-destruct if you tamper with it"

实用场景例句


This tape will self-destruct in 30 seconds.
这盘磁带将在30秒后自毁。

牛津词典

(figurative)In the last half-hour of the movie the plot rapidly self-destructs.
在电影的最后半个小时里,故事情节迅速了结。

牛津词典

They're going to be famous, but unless something happens, they're going to self-destruct...
他们将会出名,但如果照现在这样发展下去,他们会自毁前程。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He won the election because the Democrats self-destructed in their primary.
民主党在初选中自毁长城,所以才让他赢得了选举。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

双语例句


1. He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.
他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I felt so self-conscious under Luke's mother's intense gaze.
在卢克母亲审视的目光下,我感到极不自在。

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3. She has now changed into a happy, self-confident woman.
如今她已经变成一个快乐、自信的女人。

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4. He is being treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
他因开枪自残受伤正在接受治疗。

来自柯林斯例句

5. She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.
她抑制着心中的自怜,将满腔的怜悯之情都倾注在了他的身上。

来自柯林斯例句

英文词源


self-destruct (v.)
in reference to things, "to destroy itself automatically," from self- + destruct, apparently first attested in the U.S. television series "Mission Impossible" (1966). Self-destructive is recorded from 1650s, and self-destruction "suicide" is attested from 1580s.

词态变化


第三人称单数: self-destructs;过去式: self-destructed;过去分词: self-destructed;现在分词: self-destructing;