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

• Don't tear up paper; put it in the waste basket.
  不要撕纸，把它放进垃圾桶。
• I guess I'd better tear up the letter and start over again.
  我想我最好把这信撕了重写。
• I believe the government intends to tear up the agreement with the unions.
  我认为政府打算撕毁它和工会达成的协议。
• When you return the equipment, we tear up the deposit slip.
  当你归还设备时，我们会撕掉押金联。
• Talking to a colleague about the situation, he started to tear up, and he welcomed the experience.
  与同事谈到这种情形时，他流下了眼泪，但他欣然接受这种经历。
• I'd tear up my letters to you.
  我常给你写信，可写好后又撕了。
• When this happens, they will tear up the contract.
  如果这事发生，他们将会违约。
• Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up
  好几十英里的铁轨被毁坏了。
• Sometimes I'll write a lyric and sing it for the first time and I'll get chills when I sing it* or I'll even tear up if it's personal and emotional to me.
  有时我会写一段歌词，第一次吟唱，如果它触动了我内心的情感，我会感到一种战栗，我甚至会将它撕碎。
• How could you tear up a persors face?
  你怎么能随便糟蹋一个人的脸？