| 词组 | tear |
| 释义 | tear [tore, torn, tearing] tear apart 1. tear sth apart • tear apart sth to make people argue or fight with each other, so that a relationship ends, or a family, group, country etc becomes divided: ▪ For years Mozambique had been torn apart by civil war. ▪ The stresses and strains of modern life are tearing families apart. tear itself apart ▪ After President Tito died Yugoslavia began tearing itself apart. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑pull apart 2. tear sth apart • tear apart sth to make something break into pieces by pulling it violently in different directions: ▪ Willy grabbed the loaf of bread, tearing it apart and eating it hungrily. ▪ The fox is torn apart by the hounds in a matter of seconds. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑pull apart 3. tear sth apart • tear apart sth to destroy a building or a room completely and often violently: ▪ The factory was torn apart by a huge explosion. 4. tear sth apart • tear apart sth to criticize an idea, piece of work etc very severely: ▪ The book was torn apart by the critics when it first came out. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑pull apart 5. tear sb apart usually progressive to make someone feel very upset and worried: ▪ Kelly couldn't bear to think of him with another woman. It was tearing her apart. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑pull apart tear at tear at sth/sb to pull violently at something or someone: ▪ Lucy tore at the envelope and quickly read the letter. ▪ She leapt at him in a fit of rage, tearing at his face. tear away tear sb away to make someone stop doing something, when they are so interested in doing it that they do not want to stop: ▪ Once he's in front of the television, it's practically impossible to tear him away from it. tear yourself away ▪ Do you think you could tear yourself away from that computer for just one minute and listen to me? ▪ We don't see much of Stella these days. She can't seem to tear herself away from her new boyfriend. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑drag away informal be torn between 1. be torn between sth if you are torn between two things, you find it difficult to choose one of them or to decide which one is more important to you: ▪ For a long time Clarissa had been torn between her family and her career. ▪ It seemed a very long way and I was torn between going back and going on. 2. be torn between sth if you are torn between two different feelings, you feel both of them strongly: ▪ He would come running up the stairs, torn between anxiety for her and fear of disturbing Miss Willard. tear down tear sth down • tear down sth to deliberately destroy a building, wall etc because it is not needed any more or is not safe: ▪ Broadway's Fulton theatre was torn down in 1982 to make way for a hotel. ▪ The church had been so badly damaged that it had to be torn down and rebuilt. ■ SIMILAR TO: demolish, ↑pull down tear into tear into sb/sth informal to criticize someone or something very severely and often unfairly: ▪ After the game the manager really tore into the team. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑lay into tear off tear off sth • tear sth off to take off a piece of clothing as quickly as you can: ▪ Ben tore off his jacket and dived into the river. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑rip off, ↑strip off tear up 1. tear sth up • tear up sth to tear something made of paper or cloth into a lot of small pieces because you want to destroy it: ▪ Aldo read the letter quickly, then tore it up and threw it on the fire. ▪ Demonstrators outside the hotel tore up pictures of the president and sang an old nationalist song. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑rip up 2. tear sth up • tear up sth usually passive to destroy or damage something an area of land: ▪ Huge areas of rainforest are being torn up every day by the logging companies. 3. tear up an agreement/contract etc to state that you no longer accept an agreement, contract etc, and will not be controlled by what it says: ▪ The Football Association has threatened to tear up its agreement with the BBC unless a compromise can be found. |
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