wipe out

英 [waɪp aʊt]

美 [waɪp aʊt]

摧毁; 毁灭; 使灭绝

TOEFL法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 摧毁;毁灭;使灭绝
  Towipe outsomething such as a place or a group of people or animals means to destroy them completely.
  1. The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population...
     这次原油泄漏可能会使波斯湾的海龟灭绝。
  2. The man is a fanatic who is determined to wipe out any opposition to the way he conducts himself.
     这人是个狂热分子，决意扫除任何反对其行事作风的声音。

英英释义

verb

• kill in large numbers
  1. the plague wiped out an entire population
  Synonym:eliminateannihilateextinguisheradicatedecimatecarry off
• wipe out the effect of something
  1. The new tax effectively cancels out my raise
  2. The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record
  Synonym:cancel out
• mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
  1. kill these lines in the President's speech
  Synonym:killobliterate
• remove from memory or existence
  1. The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915
  Synonym:erase
• use up (resources or materials)
  1. this car consumes a lot of gas
  2. We exhausted our savings
  3. They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
  Synonym:consumeeat upuse upeatdepleteexhaustrun through
• eliminate completely and without a trace
  1. The old values have been wiped out
  Synonym:sweep away

双语例句

• They managed to wipe out the entire Aboriginal population.
  他们终于把那些土著人全部消灭了。
• We'll wipe out any enemy that dares to invade our territory.
  敌人胆敢来犯，我们就把它消灭。
• The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population
  这次原油泄漏可能会使波斯湾的海龟灭绝。
• The cost of the new building will wipe out all the company's profits this year.
  新建大楼的费用将把公司今年所有的利润干光了。
• If I choose, I could wipe out an entire city.
  如果让我选择，我会摧毁整个城市。
• It is hoped the procedure will trigger an immune response that will wipe out HIV-infected cells while leaving non-infected cells unharmed.
  希望这一治疗会激发免疫反应，清除感染了艾滋病病毒的细胞，同时又不损伤未感染细胞。
• Members promised not to spread unhealthy or illegal information, and make further efforts to wipe out spam messages.
  联盟成员做出承诺：不传播不良信息和非法信息，并为扫除垃圾短信做出进一步努力。
• The whole community turned out to wipe out the four pests.
  全体居民出动除四害。
• Do not let little stars fell to the ground, to wipe out the genie may be treasures.
  不要让小精灵掉到地上，消灭小精灵有可能会得到宝物。
• We need to wipe out the problems that have been circulating in this company.
  我们需要彻底解决公司里存在的问题。