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

• 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。
• I suggest that you tear up the leeter.
  我建议你把这封信撕掉。
• He can't be trusted; he's been known to tear up a contract before the ink was dry.
  他是不可信赖的，有时合同签订后墨迹未干他就撕毁了。
• I'd tear up my letters to you.
  我常给你写信，可写好后又撕了。
• 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。
• My Dad looked at me for the longest tine, and his eyes started to tear up.
  爸爸盯着我看了好长时间，潸然泪下。
• Don't tear up paper; put it in the waste basket.
  不要撕纸，把它放进垃圾桶。
• But, in the name of God, tear up the letter I wrote you and don't let me go away tomorrow.
  但是看在上天的份上，把我写给你的信撕掉吧，明天别让我走，否则我要死的。
• 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。
• 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。