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| cut to pieces vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (slaughter) (屠杀) | 切碎，剁碎，切割成碎块
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| cut to pieces vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | figurative (verbally attack and belittle, slander) (比喻) | 口头上的讽刺，诋毁，中伤，将对方驳斥得体无完肤
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| | She used her sharp tongue to cut everybody to pieces. |
| go to pieces v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (lose composure) (情感、精神) | 崩溃，垮掉
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| | She went to pieces when her only child died. |
go to pieces,
fall to pieces v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (lose health) (身体) | 崩溃，垮掉
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| | Alvin's health went to pieces as a result of his alcoholism. |
| go to pieces v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (stop functioning) (电脑系统等) | 崩溃，坏掉
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| | One of the computers crashed and the whole system went to pieces. |
| pull to pieces vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | literal (take or tear apart) (本义) | 撕碎…，把…撕成碎片
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| pull to pieces vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | figurative (criticize, discredit: idea) (比喻) | 批判…，把…说得一文不值，把…批评得一无是处
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| | The teacher pulled my essay to pieces. |
| shot to pieces adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | slang (totally destroyed) | 被射成碎片
bèi shè chéng suì piàn |
| | My tyres are shot to pieces: I'm going to have to get new ones. |
| take to pieces vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | literal (disassemble) (本义) | 拆，拆散
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| | Jim took the computer to pieces before anyone could stop him. |
| take to pieces vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | figurative (idea: analyze and criticize) (比喻) | 剖析
pōu xī |
| | John felt like bawling when everybody took his essay to pieces in his writing class. |
| taken to pieces adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (disassembled, pulled apart) | 被拆开
bèi chāi kāi |
| | This clock has been taken to pieces, and I don't know how to put it together again. |
| tear to pieces vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | literal (rip apart) (本义) | 撕碎，撕成碎片
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| | He was so angry when he read the letter he tore it to pieces. |
| tear to pieces vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | figurative (criticize harshly) (比喻) | 严厉斥责，把…数落得体无完肤
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| | The critics tore my performance to pieces. |