The desk was completely destroyed. Let's throw it away.

这张桌子已被完全损坏,咱们扔了它吧。

发散思维

辨析:destroy/damage/ruin

destroy指完全彻底的破坏,含有无法修复之意,也可用于比喻义,其名词形式为destruction。

damage意为"损坏",一般损坏后价值或效益会降低,这种损坏通常是部分性的,并且仍可以修复。它既可作动词也可作名词,作名词时不可数,do damage to..."对......造成损害"。

ruin可作动词或名词。现在多用于借喻,强调物体功能的缺失。有时泛指一般性的"弄坏,(使)毁灭,破产",被损坏后也难以复原,侧重于"风吹日晒、雨淋等自然侵蚀"。ruin oneself"自我毁灭",ruin one's hope/dream"使希望/梦想破灭"。作名词时常用复数,in ruins"破败不堪"。

A number of paintings in this castle are believed to have been destroyed in a fire in 2009.在2009年,这座城堡中的大量的绘画在火灾中被毁坏。

Fear can destroy fortunes.恐惧可以破坏命运。

活学活用　用destroy/ruin/damage的正确形式填空

(1)Full-sun coffee growers　　　this forest home.

(2)Don't let negativity　　　your motivation.

(3)Most of them are extremely delicate and can be　　　by a simple touch.

(4)Dennis continued to chop down trees. Small animals that relied on them for food and shelter were　　　.

3 flee

It turns out that after the ash covered the people who failed to flee the city, their bodies nearly completely broke down and disappeared, leaving empty spaces in the ash.原来,火山灰覆盖了没能逃离城市的人,他们的身体几乎全部烧化消失了,只留下火山灰里的人形空当。(教材原句P43)

考点释义

flee 为动词,意为"逃跑,逃避,迅速离开"。

He fled the city.他逃离了那个城市。