每天口语 英语口语

burn someone down

1. 解词释义

Burn down的原意是“火力减弱，渐渐烧尽”，后来引申指让某人蒙羞或者是灭灭（某人的威风从而不让他那么嚣张。其英文解释为：为to humiliate someone。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. He had never read the article in the first place but couldn't pass up the chance to burn her down.

他根本没看那篇通讯，不过他不愿放弃这个扫她面子的机会。

e.g. He is so arrogant that I have to burn him down.

他很傲慢，我要灭一灭他的威风啦。

e.g. They say he intended to burn her down in a triumphant procession on the streets of Rome.

他们说他打算在罗马的街头的胜利凯旋中来灭她威风。

e.g. He was boasting as usual about his prowess on the tennis court, but Pam soon burn him down by beating him effortlessly in straight sets.

他总吹嘘自己在网球场上的杰出技术，可是帕姆毫不费力地连续数局败他，让他马上威风扫地。

第三，视野拓展

burn down ：焚毁；（使）烧成平地

e.g. The time had come to burn down the landlord's mansion.

放火烧掉地主庄园的时候到了。

e.g. Anarchists burnt down a restaurant.

无政府主义者把一家饭店烧成平地。