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

• Only in this way can we wipe out the enemy troops.
  只有用这样的方法我们才能消灭敌军。
• 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。
• Say we're successful, say we wipe out all the vampires.
  如果我们成功把所有的吸血鬼都杀了。
• I thought we were the ones you were trying to wipe out.
  我以为你要想办法把我们赶尽杀绝。
• We must pick an opportune moment to wipe out the enemy.
  我们要选择适当时机消灭敌人。
• The final solar convulsions will wipe out all life on the planet.
  太阳的最后灾变将把地球上的一切生命消灭干净。
• To wipe out these two divisions would be practically to smash the campaign.
  消灭此两师，围剿就基本上打破了。
• This last payment will wipe out your debt to me.
  这最后一笔付款将了结你欠我的债务。
• Did you wipe out the debts?
  你还清债务了吗？
• 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。