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crushing + noun
作定语，表示‘毁灭性的’。
The team suffered a crushing defeat.
该队遭受了惨败。
压倒性的；毁灭性的
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压倒性的；毁灭性的
physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination
The team suffered a crushing defeat.
该队遭受了惨败。
常构成复合词，如 crushing defeat 惨败
压倒性的；令人崩溃的。
That crushes; overwhelming.
令人极度沮丧的
Devastatingly disheartening.
The team suffered a crushing defeat in the championship game.
这支队伍在冠军赛中遭受了惨败。
She felt a crushing sense of disappointment when she didn't get the job.
当她没得到那份工作时，她感到一种沮丧的沉重打击。
The weight of his responsibilities was crushing, leaving him exhausted.
他肩负的责任重压让他精疲力竭。
作定语，表示‘毁灭性的’。
The team suffered a crushing defeat.
该队遭受了惨败。
作表语，表示‘令人难以承受的’。
The weight of the responsibility was crushing.
责任的重担是压倒性的。
Not this
The team suffered a crushed defeat.
Use this
The team suffered a crushing defeat.
误将形容词“crushing”与过去分词“crushed”混淆。作定语表示‘压倒性的’时应用现在分词形式“crushing”，而非过去分词。“crushed”常表示‘被压碎的’或‘沮丧的’，不适用于描述失败的程度。
Not this
It was a crush victory.
Use this
It was a crushing victory.
误用动词原形“crush”作定语。英语中形容词“crushing”表示‘压倒性的’才能修饰名词，动词原形不能直接作定语。学习者受中文‘压倒性胜利’直译影响而误用动词。
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常作定语或表语，表示‘压倒性的’或‘毁灭性的’
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