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

• Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up
  好几十英里的铁轨被毁坏了。
• 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 suggest that you tear up the leeter.
  我建议你把这封信撕掉。
• I suggest that you tear up the composition and start over again.
  我建议你把这篇作文撕掉，再从头开始写。
• 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。
• Do you tear up or cry easily, for instance, even during TV commercials?
  你是否非常容易流泪或哭泣，例如连看电视广告时都会哭？
• A man may start to tear up and then blink back his tears.
  男性可能会有眼泪涌上来，但他们可以通过眨眼来抑制泪水。
• Individual companies could well suffer if new governments tear up old contracts.
  倒也未必。如果新政府撕毁原有合约，个别公司可能会蒙受损失。
• 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。
• I write and write, then I tear up what I wrote.
  我一直在写，然后把我写的都撕碎。