tear down

基本解釋

They tried to tear down the reputation of the novelist.
他們試圖詆毀小說家的名聲。
We have to tear down this sick system -- so the sick can live.
我們必須破除這個不良制度，這樣病人才能存活。
“So you keep nibbling away at your past like this, whether you deaccession something from a museum or you let people tear down a good building, ” he said.
“所以今天從博物館里出售掉一些藏品也好，明天讓人拆掉一幢漂亮的建筑也好，你就這樣繼續(xù)蠶食著你的過去，”他說道。

Many people disagreed with George Steinbrenner's decision to tear down the original stadium from nineteen twenty-three.
He says let's tear the whole damn thing down.
他說讓我們把這玩意兒拆了吧
耶魯公開課 - 1871年后的法國課程節(jié)選
Back on 108. This is the nurse who has just escaped from Dr. Hilarius: "'He thinks someone's after him.' Tear streaks had meandered down over the nurse's cheekbones."
這是一個剛從Dr。，Hilarius那逃走的護士：,“他覺得有人在身后跟著他’,眼淚從護士的面頰上留下來“
耶魯公開課 - 1945年后的美國小說課程節(jié)選

They have struggled over the years to tear down outdated values and prejudicial systems.
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