单词 | tear up |
释义 | tear up [phrasal verb] 1 tear up (something) or tear (something) up : to completely destroy (something) by tearing it into pieces撕碎;彻底破坏 I tore the letter up and threw it away.我把信撕碎扔掉了。 — often used figuratively常用作比喻 They offered to tear up his old contract [=get rid of his old contract] and give him a new one.他们主动提出废除与他的旧合同,并和他签一份新合同。 The burglars tore the house up. [=made a mess in the house]窃贼把房子翻了个底朝天。 2 : to break apart and remove pieces of (something)毁掉;拆除 The city tore the street up to fix a broken water main.市政府把这条街的路面打开以便修好破裂的总水管。 They tore up 20 acres of forest and built a new shopping mall.他们毁掉20英亩的森林,建了一座大型购物中心。 3 chiefly US, informal : to perform very well on or in (something)在…中表现出色 They were tearing up the dance floor. [=they were dancing in very skillful, energetic, and impressive way]他们在舞池里翩翩起舞。 He tore up the league last season.上一赛季他在联赛中表现出色。 tear |
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