tear apart

英 [teə(r) əˈpɑːt]

美 [ter əˈpɑːrt]

使分裂; 使起内讧; 离间; 使痛苦; 使担忧; 折磨

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使起内讧;使分裂;离间
  If somethingtearspeopleapart, it causes them to quarrel or to leave each other.
  1. The quarrel tore the party apart...
     这次争吵导致该党出现分裂。
  2. War and revolution have torn families apart.
     战争和革命导致许多家庭妻离子散。
• PHRASAL VERB 使痛苦;使担忧;折磨
  If somethingtearsyouapart, it makes you feel very upset, worried, and unhappy.
  1. Don't think it hasn't torn me apart to be away from you.
     不骗你，离开你让我痛苦万分。

英英释义

verb

• express a totally negative opinion of
  1. The critics panned the performance
  Synonym:pantrash

双语例句

• Tear apart their communication, or the lack thereof.
  拆沟通，或缺乏。
• These two driving forces in life are often so contradictory that they seem to tear apart the very fabric of our being.
  这两个生活中的驱动力常常互相矛盾，以致于它们似乎在撕裂着我们存在的每个方面。
• Give me a man to tear apart.
  找个人让我泄心头之恨吧。
• It's his job to tear apart the case that you've built.
  他的工作是驳倒你所发现的东西。
• The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society that continued to tear itself apart.
  破碎的家庭仍旧是一个继续分崩离析的社会的有力象征。
• The Hans went to play the major part in the great migration of the European peoples, to collide with the western civilization and to tear apart the West Roman Empire which was then at its last gasp.
  匈奴人充当了欧洲民族大迁徙的主角，去和西方文明发生碰撞，灭亡了西罗马帝国。
• I can't just sit here and let these people tear apart my family like this.
  我不能就这样坐视这些人破坏我的家庭。
• The quarrel tore the party apart
  这次争吵导致该党出现分裂。
• They propagated political doctrines which promised to tear apart the fabric of British society.
  他们鼓吹能颠覆英国社会结构的政治学说。
• Thinking about the globe, you may wonder how the continents float, move, or tear apart.
  考察地球，你可能会惊奇，陆地为什么会漂浮、运动或裂开。