tear up

英 [teə(r) ʌp]

美 [ter ʌp]

撕开; 扯坏; 扯破; 摧毁，拆毁，毁坏（公路、铁路、地面等）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 摧毁，拆毁，毁坏(公路、铁路、地面等)
  If something such as a road, railway, or area of landis torn up, it is completely removed or destroyed.
  1. Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up...
     好几十英里的铁轨被毁坏了。
  2. The company came under furious attack from environmentalists for tearing up the forests.
     由于破坏了森林，这家公司受到环境保护主义者的猛烈抨击。
• → see:tear 1

英英释义

verb

• tear into shreds
  Synonym:shredrip up

双语例句

• He can't be trusted; he's been known to tear up a contract before the ink was dry.
  他是不可信赖的，有时合同签订后墨迹未干他就撕毁了。
• A man may start to tear up and then blink back his tears.
  男性可能会有眼泪涌上来，但他们可以通过眨眼来抑制泪水。
• Take more than three times your money and let me tear up this paper.
  把三倍于原数的钱拿去，让我撕了这张借约吧。
• Don't tear up paper; put it in the waste basket.
  不要撕纸，把它放进垃圾桶。
• My Dad looked at me for the longest tine, and his eyes started to tear up.
  爸爸盯着我看了好长时间，潸然泪下。
• When this happens, they will tear up the contract.
  如果这事发生，他们将会违约。
• I write and write, then I tear up what I wrote.
  我一直在写，然后把我写的都撕碎。
• I believe the unions intend to tear up the agreement with the government.
  我相信那些工会打算撕毁与政府的协议。
• Sometimes I'll write a lyric and sing it for the first time and I'll get chills when I sing it* or I'll even tear up if it's personal and emotional to me.
  有时我会写一段歌词，第一次吟唱，如果它触动了我内心的情感，我会感到一种战栗，我甚至会将它撕碎。
• He accused ministers of conniving with foreign companies to tear up employment rights
  他指责部长们与外国公司串通一气损害就业权。