Word · Frequency #19907
annihilate
消灭；歼灭；摧毁
核心释义
To destroy completely; to wipe out.
- 1.
消灭,毁灭,根除
To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
- 2.
废除,取消
To render null and void; to abrogate.
- 3.
用湮灭算符使其归零
To cause to become zero by means of an annihilator operator.
废除；废止；使无效；使变为零；消灭,毁灭,根除；废除,取消；用湮灭算符使其归零
用法In use
The earthquake annihilated the entire village.
用法提示：动词过去式表示彻底摧毁
The army annihilates its enemies with overwhelming force.
用法提示：动词第三人称单数表示大规模消灭
If we don't act now, the disease will annihilate the population.
用法提示：动词原形在将来时中表示彻底消灭
annihilate + object
常用作及物动词，后接被消灭的对象。
The army annihilated the enemy forces.
军队消灭了敌军。
be annihilated (passive)
被动语态常见，表示被彻底消灭。
The enemy was annihilated.
敌军被消灭了。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- annihilate the enemy
- 彻底消灭敌人
- The general ordered his troops to annihilate the enemy.将军命令他的部队彻底消灭敌人。
- annihilate the competition
- 彻底击败竞争对手
- The new smartphone app could annihilate the competition.这款新的智能手机应用可能会彻底击败竞争对手。
- annihilate a city
- 毁灭一座城市
- A massive earthquake could annihilate a city in minutes.一场大地震能在几分钟内毁灭一座城市。
- annihilate a species
- 使一个物种灭绝
- Illegal hunting could annihilate a species within decades.非法狩猎可能在几十年内使一个物种灭绝。
- completely annihilate
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
将 annihilate 拆成 a+nihil+ate，把 nihil 联想为“无/零”——东西归零，即被彻底消灭。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：军事报道、法律文书、科技论文 该词多用于正式或书面语境，比较常见于军事、法律和科技写作。具体含义随领域变化：军事上指彻底消灭，法律上指废除、使无效，科技上指使归零。
语法说明Grammar Note
及物动词，后接宾语
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end in the spelling -ate and most have the final sound /eɪt/, including late, plate, translate, isolate, eliminate, and contemplate. Yet none is a true rhyme with annihilate /əˈnaɪəleɪt/, because its main stress falls on the second syllable (nai), so the final -late is unstressed. Also beware lookalikes such as private /ˈpraɪvɪt/ and climate /ˈklaɪmət/, whose -ate is reduced to /ɪt/ or /ət/ and does not sound like the words above.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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