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mutilate sth
sth 可以是具体物品或抽象事物，如文件、文本等。
The vandals mutilated the painting.
破坏者毁坏了那幅画。
使残废；切断（肢体）；严重毁伤
mutilated — past of mutilate
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使残废；切断（肢体）；严重毁伤
to injure someone so severely that a body part is cut off or can no longer be used
The vandals mutilated the painting.
破坏者毁坏了那幅画。
造成身体伤害以致损害功能,尤指切断或致残重要部位(如肢体)。
To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
毁坏得面目全非。
To destroy beyond recognition.
使变得不完美或有缺陷。
To render imperfect or defective.
mutilate
Base
原形
mutilates
3rd person
第三人称单数
mutilating
-ing
现在分词
mutilated
Past
过去式
mutilated
Past participle
过去分词
They mutilate the documents to hide the truth.
他们损毁文件以隐藏真相。
The attacker mutilated the victim's face.
袭击者毁伤了受害者的脸。
The sculpture has been mutilated by vandals.
雕塑已被破坏者毁坏。
规则动词
The vandal mutilated the ancient statue by breaking off its arms.
破坏者打断雕像的手臂，使其残缺不全。
The report was so heavily mutilated that only a few fragments were legible.
这份报告被严重毁坏，只有少数碎片可读。
He mutilates his own poems by cutting out entire stanzas.
他通过删掉整节诗来糟蹋自己的诗作。
sth 可以是具体物品或抽象事物，如文件、文本等。
The vandals mutilated the painting.
破坏者毁坏了那幅画。
The attacker mutilated his victim.
袭击者使他的受害者致残。
常用被动语态描述结果状态。
The body was badly mutilated in the accident.
在事故中尸体被严重损毁。
Not this
The mutilate of the painting shocked everyone.
Use this
The mutilation of the painting shocked everyone.
mutilate 是动词，不能直接用作名词；应使用其名词形式 mutilation。
Not this
He mutilated on the book's cover.
Use this
He mutilated the book's cover.
mutilate 是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词 on。
Not this
The document mutilated in the fire.
Use this
The document was mutilated in the fire.
mutilate 作为及物动词，在主语是动作承受者时必须使用被动语态。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
使尸体残缺不全；毁损尸体
The killer mutilated the body and left it in the woods.
凶手把尸体毁损得残缺不全，然后把它丢在树林里。
毁损某人的面容；使人毁容
The acid attack mutilated her face beyond recognition.
那次泼酸袭击把她的脸毁得面目全非。
毁损文件；破坏文件
He mutilated the document so that the signature could not be read.
他把文件毁损得连签名都无法辨认。
毁损画作；破坏一幅画
The angry visitor mutilated the painting with a knife.
那位愤怒的访客用刀把画毁坏了。
把文本改得面目全非；严重破坏原文
The editor mutilated my article by cutting out all the important details.
编辑删掉了所有重要细节，把我的文章改得面目全非。
残害受害者；使受害者身体伤残
The killer mutilated his victims before leaving the scene.
这个凶手在离开现场前残害了受害者。
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mutilate 使残废：雕像被砍断手臂而残缺；对比 mutate（变异），mutilate 是破坏致残。
语域：mixed 常见场景：法律/医学描述、新闻报道、日常口语（比喻用法）、文学作品 该词用法较广，正式与非正式场合均可使用。通常字面义（身体伤害）多用于正式或严肃语境（如法律、医学、新闻），而比喻义（使不完美）比较常见于口语或文学描写。
None of these words fully rhymes with mutilate /ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/, whose stressed vowel is /juː/. Ventilate and titillate match mutilate from the second syllable on: /tɪleɪt/ (spelled -tilate/-tillate), so they are strong sound matches for the ending but not perfect rhymes. Simulate and relate share only the final /leɪt/, and relate stresses that ending, unlike mutilate. Private is a warning: its -ate is pronounced /ɪt/, not /eɪt/. Mute matches the initial /mjuː/ spelling and sound but has no /leɪt/ ending.
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