tear apart

英 [teə(r) əˈpɑːt]

美 [ter əˈpɑːrt]

使分裂; 使起内讧; 离间; 使痛苦; 使担忧; 折磨

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使起内讧;使分裂;离间
  If somethingtearspeopleapart, it causes them to quarrel or to leave each other.
  1. The quarrel tore the party apart...
     这次争吵导致该党出现分裂。
  2. War and revolution have torn families apart.
     战争和革命导致许多家庭妻离子散。
• PHRASAL VERB 使痛苦;使担忧;折磨
  If somethingtearsyouapart, it makes you feel very upset, worried, and unhappy.
  1. Don't think it hasn't torn me apart to be away from you.
     不骗你，离开你让我痛苦万分。

英英释义

verb

• express a totally negative opinion of
  1. The critics panned the performance
  Synonym:pantrash

双语例句

• We tear apart the world looking for joy, without ever looking within ourselves.
  我们为了寻找幸福而将世界弄得四分五裂，甚至从不审视自己的内心。
• The Hans went to play the major part in the great migration of the European peoples, to collide with the western civilization and to tear apart the West Roman Empire which was then at its last gasp.
  匈奴人充当了欧洲民族大迁徙的主角，去和西方文明发生碰撞，灭亡了西罗马帝国。
• Studies show that factory farms can tear apart rural communities.
  研究表明工厂化农场可以将农村社区分离开。
• The little Boy tried to tear apart the phone Book.
  小男孩想要把电话本拆开。
• I can't just sit here and let these people tear apart my family like this.
  我不能就这样坐视这些人破坏我的家庭。
• They propagated political doctrines which promised to tear apart the fabric of British society.
  他们鼓吹能颠覆英国社会结构的政治学说。
• The unpredictable ebbs and flows of the world economy often threatened to tear apart the integrity of small and weak states.
  世界经济的难以预测和起伏不定常常威胁、破坏弱小国家的完整性。
• The quarrel tore the party apart
  这次争吵导致该党出现分裂。
• What's the matter, you paralyzed? Tear me apart!
  怎么了，你麻木了吗？把我撕成碎片！
• Miraculously the bullet did not hit my brain or my spinal cord. It did, however, tear apart my mouth and face.
  出乎意料的是，子弹并没有击中我的大脑或者我的脊柱，但它还是撕开了我的嘴部和面部。