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incinerate sth
及物动词，宾语通常是被烧毁的物体或废弃物。
The plant incinerates hazardous waste at high temperatures.
这家工厂在高温下焚化危险废物。
焚化；烧成灰；灰化
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
焚化；烧成灰；灰化
to burn something completely until it is reduced to ashes, or to be burned completely
The plant incinerates hazardous waste at high temperatures.
这家工厂在高温下焚化危险废物。
用火烧毁；焚毁。
To destroy by burning.
incinerate
Base
原形
incinerates
3rd person
第三人称单数
incinerating
-ing
现在分词
incinerated
Past
过去式
incinerated
Past participle
过去分词
Modern waste plants incinerate household rubbish at high temperatures.
现代垃圾焚烧厂在高温下焚化生活垃圾。
The fire incinerated the old wooden shed within minutes.
大火在几分钟内把旧木棚烧成了灰。
The lab has incinerated the contaminated samples safely.
实验室已安全焚化了受污染的样本。
规则动词，意为“焚化，把……烧成灰”；例句涵盖一般现在时、一般过去时和现在完成时。
The waste management plant incinerates hazardous medical waste at very high temperatures.
废物处理厂在极高温下焚化有害医疗废物。
The fire incinerated the old wooden shed within minutes.
大火几分钟内就把旧木棚烧成了灰。
If the temperature is high enough, the dry leaves will incinerate almost instantly.
如果温度足够高，干树叶几乎会立刻烧成灰。
及物动词，宾语通常是被烧毁的物体或废弃物。
The plant incinerates hazardous waste at high temperatures.
这家工厂在高温下焚化危险废物。
被动语态很常见，强调物体被彻底烧毁。
All the evidence was incinerated in the fire.
所有证据都在大火中被焚毁。
作不及物动词时，主语是燃烧物本身，表示“烧成灰”。
The dry wood incinerated within minutes.
干木头几分钟内就烧成了灰。
Not this
The documents incinerated by the company.
Use this
The documents were incinerated by the company.
incinerate 作及物动词时，若主语是动作对象，必须用被动语态（be + 过去分词）。中文的“被……焚烧”里没有助动词，容易让人漏掉 were。
Not this
The waste was incinerated into ashes.
Use this
The waste was incinerated.
incinerate 本身就有“烧成灰、化为灰烬”的意思，后面再加 into ashes 会造成语义重复；直接说 was incinerated 即可。
Not this
The factory incinerates waste under a high temperature.
Use this
The factory incinerates waste at a high temperature.
表示“在某个温度下”时，英语用 at a temperature，不用 under；这里不要把中文“在……下”直译成 under。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
焚烧垃圾
The plant incinerates household waste to generate electricity.
这家工厂焚烧生活垃圾来发电。
烧毁证据
He tried to incinerate the evidence before the police arrived.
他试图在警察到达前烧毁证据。
焚毁文件
The company was accused of incinerating confidential documents.
该公司被指控焚毁机密文件。
被焚毁；化为灰烬
The entire archive was incinerated in the fire.
整个档案库在大火中被焚毁。
高温焚烧
Medical waste must be incinerated at high temperatures.
医疗废物必须在高温下焚烧。
焚化，焚化，就像那光属于你一样。
This lyric, which repeats the word 'incinerate', comes from the Sonic Youth song 'Incinerate', featured as a playable track in the video game Rock Band 2.
这句歌词反复使用“incinerate”一词，出自 Sonic Youth 乐队的歌曲《Incinerate》，该曲是电子游戏《摇滚乐队2》中的可玩曲目。
Use incinerate naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：incinerate 里有 cinder（煤渣/灰烬），焚烧后只剩灰烬。
语域：formal 常见场景：废物焚烧处理、火灾或事故报告、官方声明或新闻报道 该词通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在废弃物焚烧、火灾调查或官方报告中；日常口语较少见，可说 burn 或 burn up。
这些词都以 -erate 结尾，读作 /əreɪt/，与 incinerate 末尾的音节相同，但因重音位置不同，它们并不与 incinerate 严格押韵。注意形近词：insinuate /ɪnˈsɪnjueɪt/（暗示）和 inoculate /ɪˈnɒkjuleɪt/（接种）看起来相似，但读音不同，不要混淆。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.