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immolate

/im-uh-leyt/US // ˈɪm əˌleɪt //UK // (ˈɪməʊˌleɪt) //

焚毁,焚烧,毁灭,荒废

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    im·mo·lat·ed, im·mo·lat·ing.

    • : to sacrifice.
    • : to kill as a sacrificial victim, as by fire; offer in sacrifice.
    • : to destroy by fire.

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Examples

  • They built multiple fires inside the Capitol, immolating the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress and the splendid chambers of the House and Senate.

  • He was threatening to immolate both of them when police ended a standoff by grabbing him.

  • Lastly, President Obama should ask his counterpart what is driving young Tibetan monks and nuns to immolate themselves in protest.

  • But no one expected him to self-immolate in less than a week.

  • A people that continually provoke me to anger before my face, that immolate in gardens, and sacrifice upon bricks.

  • It will not be the first time that humanity has preferred to immolate a god rather than admit its own guilt.

  • After having sacrificed her husband to her mother, Mme. Fauvel was about to immolate her husband and children for Raoul.

  • And for thee, Glaucus, are there not enough Achaeans, that thou mayest immolate whom thou wishest?

  • She spurns the doctrine that it is woman's position to abnegate and to immolate herself.