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

• But, in the name of God, tear up the letter I wrote you and don't let me go away tomorrow.
  但是看在上天的份上，把我写给你的信撕掉吧，明天别让我走，否则我要死的。
• I'd tear up my letters to you.
  我常给你写信，可写好后又撕了。
• I suggest that you tear up the leeter.
  我建议你把这封信撕掉。
• 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。
• Eyes tear up and throats get sore from coughing.
  眼睛因刺激而泪流不止，不停咳嗽也使得人嗓子疼痛。
• Let me tear up this paper.
  让我们这张借条撕了吧。
• 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。
• She tear up the letter and throw It Into the waste basket
  她撕碎了信，把它扔在废纸篓里
• 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。
• Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up
  好几十英里的铁轨被毁坏了。