shatters

英 [ˈʃætəz]

美 [ˈʃætərz]

v.  (使)破碎，碎裂; (使感情、希望或信念等)粉碎，破灭; 被粉碎; 被破坏; 使极为惊愕难过; 给予极大打击
shatter的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)粉碎;(使)破碎;(使)碎裂
  If somethingshattersoris shattered, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
  1. ...safety glass that won't shatter if it's broken...
     被打破后也不会碎裂的安全玻璃
  2. The car shattered into a thousand burning pieces in a 200mph crash...
     汽车在时速为 200 英里时发生撞车，炸成了数以千计燃烧的碎片。
  3. One bullet shattered his skull.
     一颗子弹打穿了他的头颅。
• VERB 使(梦想、希望或信念)粉碎;(使)破灭
  If somethingshattersyour dreams, hopes, or beliefs, it completely destroys them.
  1. A failure would shatter the hopes of many people...
     一次失败会使很多人希望破灭。
  2. Something like that really shatters your confidence.
     那样的事情会让人的信心严重受挫。
  3. ...broken hearts and shattered dreams.
     破碎的心和破灭的梦想
• VERB 使非常惊愕;使受到极大打击
  If someoneis shatteredby an event, it shocks and upsets them very much.
  1. He had been shattered by his son's death.
     儿子的死让他大受打击。
  2. ...the tragedy which had shattered his life.
     给他的生活造成重创的悲剧
• See also:shatteredshattering

双语例句

• The dead man shatters giddy wisdoms as if he were punching his pillow.
  他想破碎轻浮的智巧，就像用拳头打枕头。
• The scandal all but shatters hopes that the election of a new government this year would allow Taiwan to move beyond the political infighting and corruption scandals that dominated Mr Chen's eight years in power, and concentrate on economic challenges.
  今年新政府上台，民众原本希望台湾将从此摆脱陈水扁八年主政期间政治内斗激烈及弊案层出不穷的局面，集中精力应对经济面临的挑战。如今的这桩丑闻使上述希望几近破灭。
• If the downgrade shatters his credibility with voters, that is an unforced political error.
  如果评级下调导致他在选民中威信扫地，那么这种政治失误并非被迫使然。
• But like a golden shaft of sun piercing the winter sky, a singular truth shatters the oppressive gloom: Death Is Not the End!
  但是就像太阳的金箭穿透冬天的天际，一个显著的真理粉碎了令人难以忍受的忧伤：死亡并不是结束！
• Then something a pebble, a raindrop breaks the surface and shatters the mirror.
  接着，什么东西打破了镜面，是一颗鹅卵石，或者是一滴雨水。
• He shatters the old narrative tradition and employs complex narrative angles and techniques.
  他打破了以往的叙述传统，在许多小说中运用了复杂的叙述角度和叙述技巧。
• When asset prices crash, this undermines growth because it shatters confidence and increases the size of debt relative to assets.
  当资产价格崩盘时，这就会破坏增长，因为它击溃了信心，提高了资产负债率。
• The thought of that just shatters my heart.
  想到着我心碎了。
• It was no more her fault than it is the fault of the water when the rock shatters.
  她的过错不过是水在将石头粉碎时所犯的过错。
• Combined with a comparison with Xi Ping Le, it shatters the rumor of the Ci entitled Rui He Xian composed in dreams by Zhou Bangyan.
  并且通过与《西平乐》的比照，辨明了已成定论的周邦彦梦中得《瑞鹤仙》词的讹误。