1540s, alteration of racen "pull or knock down" (a building or town), from earlier rasen (14c.) "to scratch, slash, scrape, erase," from Old French raser "to scrape, shave" (see rase). Related: Razed; razing.
实用例句
1. SS General Jurgen Stroop watches his troops raze Warsaw's ghetto.
党卫队将军杰尔根.斯特如普注视着被他的部下一位平地的华沙犹太人区.
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2. The owners intend to raze the hotel and erect an office building on the site.
业主打算夷平酒店和竖立一座办公大楼在网站上.
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3. The conquerors tried to raze the very name of the peoples national hero from their memories.
征服者妄图把人民的民族英雄的名字从他们的记忆中抹去.
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4. The nuclear weapons stored by the United States alone are sufficient to raze the planet.
