Mutilate
[ 'mjʊtl'et ]
公共 Public
vt. 切断（手足等）;毁坏，毁伤;使…残缺不全;使…支离破碎;
💡 词根助记
mutil- 表”砍掉,是残疾”
📝 例句
Cheque mutilate
支票毁损
mutilate a statue.See Synonyms at bbatter
破坏一个雕像参见
A madman mutilate the painting by cut hole in it.
有个疯子破坏了那幅画，在上面捅了许多窟窿。
mutilate the original
把原文删改得支离破碎
She was mutilated in the accident and now has only one leg.
她在那次事故中致残,现在只有一条腿了。
🌱 联想助记
【记】mu-谐音“没”,ti-拼音“提”,late-晚期的:文革彭元帅迫害至死,但在他的悼词中没提他末期受到的迫害
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
mutilate
v[Tn]
injure, damage or disfigure (sb/sth) by breaking, tearing or cutting off a necessary part （折断、 撕去、 割掉某部分）使（某人[某事物]）损伤, 残缺, 外形损毁
The invaders cut off their prisoners' arms and legs and threw their mutilated bodies into the ditch. 侵略者把俘虏的四肢砍掉, 然後把残缺不全的躯体扔进沟里.
A madman mutilated the painting by cutting holes in it. 有个疯子破坏了那幅画, 在上面捅了许多窟窿.
(fig 比喻) The editor mutilated my text by removing whole paragraphs from it. 那编辑把我的文稿整段整段删掉, 弄得面目全非.
🔁 扩展释义
*['mju:tileit]vt. 切断, 使残废, 使不完整【医】 致残毁
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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but I have work to do.
但我有工作要做。
Ill-gotten goods never prosper.
发横财，家不发
Few things could be more impressive than the peace that descends on deserted city streets at weekends when the thousands that travel to work every day are tucked away in their homes in the country.
周末，当成千上万进城上班的人回到他们的乡间寓所之后，空旷的街市笼罩着一种宁静气氛，没有什么能比此时的宁静更令人难忘了。