vandalize• All the public telephones in the area had been vandalized.• Most of the public phones have been vandalized.• A few days later, the house was ruthlessly, mercilessly, vandalized.• Now, certainly within the last twenty-four hours, the room had been vandalized.• After her death, it was vandalized and eventually bulldozed into nothing.• Since then his name has been vandalized and the weather-worn inscription from Nuptials at Tipasa is already difficult to read.• In comments to the media, Riggs had said protestersvandalized his office and assaulted his employees.• Riggs said the protesters vandalized his office and assaulted his employees.• They would not have to worry about their car being vandalized or stolen from a car park.• City residents stopvandalizing public phones.• No-one is really surewhy people vandalize their own neighbourhoods.
vandalize ♦︎ wreck ♦︎ trash ♦︎ sabotage ♦︎ smash sth up ♦︎ defaceThese words all mean to damage sth deliberately, usually for no good reason.这些词均表示故意破坏某物,通常没有正当理由。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to vandalize / wreck / trash / sabotage / smash up equipment◆to vandalize / wreck / trash / smash up cars◆to vandalize / wreck / deface a building◆to vandalize / deface public property◆to wreck / trash / smash up a room / the place■vandalize (BrE alsovandalise) ˈvændəlaɪz [transitive, usually passive] to damage a place or equipment, especially public property, deliberately and for no good reason故意破坏,肆意破坏(尤指公物)◆The pay phone had been vandalized and wasn't working.这部公用电话已遭破坏,不能使用了。 see also vandal ⇨ hooligan▸vandalism
noun
[uncountable] ◆Police condemned the damage as an act of mindless vandalism.警方谴责这是一起愚昧的恣意破坏公物行为。■wreck rek [transitive] to destroy a place or equipment, especially deliberately(尤指故意地)破坏,毁坏◆youths who steal and wreck fast cars偷走和毁坏跑车的年轻人◆The building had been wrecked by the explosion.那座楼房被炸毁了。 see also wreck ⇨ crash■trash [transitive] (informal) to deliberately destroy a place or equipment故意毁坏;蓄意损坏◆The band was famous for trashing hotel rooms.这伙人以毁坏旅馆房间而闻名。■sabotage ˈsæbətɑːʒ [transitive] to deliberately damage or destroy a place or equipment to prevent an enemy from using it(为防止敌方利用)蓄意破坏,阴谋毁坏◆The main electricity supply had been sabotaged by the rebels.叛乱者破坏了供电干线。▸sabotage
noun
[uncountable] ◆The fire may have been an act of sabotage.这次火灾有可能是蓄意破坏行为。■ˌsmash sth ˈup
phrasal verb
(informal) to deliberately destroy a place or equipment蓄意毁坏;故意损坏◆Youths had broken into the bar and smashed the place up.一群年轻人闯进酒吧,把里面砸了个乱七八糟。NOTE辨析 Wreck, trash or smash sth up?People can wreck, trash or smash up a place when they destroy it deliberately; but places can also be wrecked but nottrashed or smashed up by explosions, storms, floods, etc. * wreck、trash和smash up都可指故意破坏某个场所,但因爆炸、暴风雨、洪水等造成的破坏则只能用wreck,不用trash或smash up◆Hurricane Gilbert wrecked tens of thousands of homes.吉尔伯特飓风毁坏了成千上万所住宅。◆Hurricane Gilbert trashed/smashed up tens of thousands of homes.■deface [transitive] (ratherformal) to deliberately damage the appearance of a book, painting, wall, etc., especially by drawing or writing on it(故意)损坏(书、绘画、墙壁等的)外貌;乱涂乱写◆a graffiti artist who defaced buildings and bridges一个涂损楼房和桥梁外貌的涂鸦艺术家