| 单词 | 有破坏性 |
| 释义 | 〔criticize〕"The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant and so devastating that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored because it cannot survive their being repeated" (Robert H. Jackson). “我们试图谴责和惩罚的那些不公正的事是如此地故意、有害和有破坏性，以致于人类文明无法容忍它们被忽略不计，因为它无法在它们重复发生后得以幸存” （罗伯特·H·杰克逊）。〔scupper〕"The world oil glut combined with disastrous federal energy policies to scupper Alberta's economy"(Christian Science Monitor)“世界石油过剩再加上具有破坏性的联合能源政策使阿尔伯达的经济遭受破坏”(基督教科学箴言报)〔hush〕tried to hush up the damaging details.试图掩饰有破坏性的细节〔hell〕Damaging or destructive to:有害：对…有害的，对…有破坏性：〔xylophagous〕Destructive to wood, as certain crustaceans or fungi.蛀木的：对木头有破坏性作用的，如某些甲壳纲动物或真菌〔anger〕Rage and fury are closely related in the sense of intense, explosive, often destructive emotion: Rage 和 fury 在表示强烈的、一触即发的、通常是有破坏性的感情时意义相近：〔strawworm〕The destructive larva of a wasp(Harmolita grandis), of western North America, that infests stalks of grain. 草虫：产生北美西部的一种有破坏性的蜂幼虫（麦节小蜂 禾广肩小蜂属） ，能传染植物茎病 〔cabbageworm〕A larva that feeds on and is destructive to cabbage, especially the bright-green larva of the cabbage butterfly.卷叶菜虫，甘蓝菜害虫：一种昆虫的幼虫，以卷心菜为食，并对其具有破坏性，特别是白粉蝶的亮绿色幼虫〔internecine〕In the first edition of theAmerican Heritage Dictionary 91 percent of the Usage Panel approved the use ofinternecine relating to internal struggle within a nation or organization that did not necessarily imply fatal or destructive conflict.The objection that had been overcome for most of the Panel was thatinternecine should imply such destruction because it came from the Latin wordinternecīnus, a variant ofinternecīvus, "fought to the death, murderous,” ultimately derived fromnecāre, "to kill.” Inter- in this compound is simply an intensive, supplying the notion of "all the way to" in the sense "fought to the death.”Internecine in English, first recorded in 1663, indeed meant "deadly, destructive,”but Samuel Johnson, inserting the word in his dictionary of 1755,thought thatinter- meant "mutual" and so defined it as "endeavoring mutual destruction.”This definition set the word incorrectly on its present course,and wheninternecine was further extended simply to mean "relating to internal struggle,” the original error was compounded.However, the point is that the meaning of words can be changed by mistakes and that mistaken meanings adhere to words.Only an occasional etymologist points out that the emperor's new clothes are patched.在美国经典辞书 第一版中， 百分之九十一的用法专题使用小组成员赞同internecine 与一个国家或组织内部的斗争有关， 但并不一定是致命的或有破坏性的冲突。为大多数小组成员说服的反对意见为internecine 应该暗指这种破坏， 因为它来源于拉丁词internecinus ， 是internecivus 的变体，意为“战至死亡的，谋杀的”， 它最终来源于意为“杀害”的necare 。 在这个复合词中inter- 只是简单的一个强调成分， 在“战至死亡的”这个意义上加上“一直”这个概念。在英语中internecine 最早记载于1663年， 确实意味着“致死的，破坏性的”，但是塞缪尔·约翰逊在其1755年的字典中插入此词，认为inter- 意为“共同的”， 并且将它定义为“竭力造成共同破坏的”。这个定义造成此词今日用法的不准确，而且当internecine 更进一步被简单地引申为“关于内部斗争的”时， 其起源的错误就加重了。但是，重要的是词的意思被错误改变并且为错误意思所追随。只有偶尔的一个词源学家指出“皇帝的新衣服打满补丁”〔chemotherapy〕The treatment of cancer using specific chemical agents or drugs that are selectively destructive to malignant cells and tissues.化学疗法：用对癌变细胞和组织相对具有破坏性的某种试剂或药品来治疗癌症的方法 |
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