| 词组 | tear up |
| 释义 | 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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