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
压倒性的;令人崩溃的。;令人极度沮丧的;碾碎的;压倒的;[化] 粗碎; 压碎; 破碎
physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination
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。
用法提示:crushing 作定语,表示‘压倒性的、毁灭性的’,修饰 defeat。
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。
用法提示:crushing 作定语,修饰 sense,表示‘极其强烈的、令人难以承受的’。
The weight of his responsibilities was crushing, leaving him exhausted.
他肩负的责任重压让他精疲力竭。
用法提示:crushing 作表语(形容词),描述主语 weight 的性质,表示‘令人难以承受的’。
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。
grammar · medium
易错句子The team suffered a crushed defeat.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子It was a crush victory.
正确表达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。
两者都表示‘压倒性的’,但overwhelming侧重数量或情感上的无法抵挡,而crushing更强调带有毁灭性后果的打击。
crushing是形容词或动名词,表示‘压倒性的’或‘压碎的动作’;而crush作动词时表示‘压碎’,作名词时表示‘短暂的迷恋’,不可混淆词性。
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