a)TEARto destroy something or damage it badly by tearing it in many places 把某物撕得粉碎
Jill’s kitten is ripping her sofa to shreds.
吉尔的小猫在把她的沙发抓得稀烂。
b)CRITICIZE informal to strongly criticize someone, or criticize their opinions, remarks, behaviour etc 严厉批评某人;抨击某人的观点[言论,行为等]
I expected to have my argument ripped to shreds.
我等着别人来批驳我的论点。
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rip something/somebody to shreds• Unexpectedhailstorms have ripped crops to shreds.• And the politicians, thankgoodness, have only so much money with which to rip each other to shreds.• Its springtime for President Bill Clinton as he watches his Republican challengers rip each other to shreds.• Other than the chance to rip it to shreds.• Carson ripped him to shreds in his monologue.
Within a year, other researchers had torn the theory to shreds.
不到一年,其他研究者就把这一理论批驳得体无完肤。
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tear/rip something to shreds• Its springtime for President Bill Clinton as he watches his Republican challengers rip each other to shreds.• Within two years, other researchers had torn it to shreds.• They would have torn Corbett to shreds if the grille had been raised.• They didn't have a humidifier and it's torn my voice to shreds.• Other than the chance to rip it to shreds.• They snarled at them as if they were criminals and took their papers as if they'd like to tear them to shreds.• And the politicians, thankgoodness, have only so much money with which to rip each other to shreds.• The agony of such a torment would tear her to shreds.