phrasal verbphr vDESTROYto destroy a building deliberately 推倒,拆毁〔建筑物〕
A lot of the old tower blocks have been torn down to make way for new housing.
很多老旧的高层建筑被拆除,腾出地方来建造新住宅。
Examples from the Corpus
tear down• But they can't tear him down.• My countrymen haven't learned to cherish the old, we are too quick to tear old buildings down.• Worthymentors work to build you up, not tear you down.• The tears which coursed down his cheeks were not for the head groom.• They're tearing our house downlove Can't live here anymore.• He stood at the windoweatinggrapes from a paperbagtorn open down the side.• Sometimes when this is whispered in the ears of those neardeath, tears roll down their cheeks.• They tore the fence down to get at us.