高考Machines with specific purposes are associated with living things partly because they might be able to prevent themselves from being destroyed.

有特定用途的机器与生物联系在一起，部分原因是它们可能能够防止自己被摧毁。

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

考研Negotiated by USFWS and the states, the plan requires individuals and businesses that damage habitat as part of their operations to pay into a fund to replace every acre destroyed with 2 new acres of suitable habitat .

该计划由美国鱼类和野生动物局与各州协商，要求破坏栖息地的个人和企业作为其经营活动的一部分，向基金支付款项，用2英亩新的合适栖息地替换被破坏的每英亩。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考The digital age cannot destroy it.

数字时代无法摧毁它。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级The danger is that although some rules need to be updated to protect consumers from harm, existing rental businesses will try to destroy competition

危险在于，尽管一些规则需要更新以保护消费者免受伤害，但现有的租赁业务将试图破坏竞争

2013年12月阅读原文

四级In 2014, UNESCO gave Italy two years to manage Venice's flourishing tourism or the city would be placed on another list—World Heritage In Danger, joining such sites as Aleppo and Palmyra,destroyed by the war in Syria.

2014年，联合国教科文组织给意大利两年时间来管理威尼斯蓬勃发展的旅游业，否则威尼斯将被列入另一个面临危险的世界遗产名单，加入阿勒颇和帕尔米拉等被叙利亚战争摧毁的遗址。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考Improper use of them can destroy the apartment.

不恰当地使用它们会毁坏公寓。

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

六级Brazil opened a research station in 1984, but it was largely destroyed by a fire that killed two members of the navy in 2012, the same year that a diesel-laden Brazilian barge sank near the base.

巴西在1984年开设了一个研究站，但2012年的一场大火导致两名海军成员死亡，而同年一艘满载柴油的巴西驳船在基地附近沉没。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级It was fortunate that the family didn't try to dig up the fossil because that could destroy the specimen; they did the right thing by calling someone who would know what to do.

幸运的是，这家人没有试图挖掘化石，因为那样会破坏标本；他们打电话给一个知道该怎么做的人，做了正确的事情。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级Disaster movies often portray catastrophes that destroy, or at least threaten to destroy earth's entire population.

灾难电影通常描绘毁灭或至少威胁毁灭地球全体人口的灾难。

2013年6月听力原文

高考Full-sun coffee growers destroy this forest home.

阳光充足的咖啡种植者摧毁了这个森林家园。

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级Marine life may be affected too: El niños can reduce the rising of the cold, nutrient-rich water that supports large fish 35 populations, and the unusually warm ocean temperatures can destroy coral.

海洋生物也可能受到影响：厄尔尼诺现象可以减少支持大型鱼类种群的寒冷、营养丰富的海水的上升，而异常温暖的海洋温度可以破坏珊瑚。

2015年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

六级So when they collide, they destroy each other?

所以当它们碰撞时，它们会互相毁灭？

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

考研The Industrial Revolution didn't go so well for Luddites whose jobs were displaced by mechanized looms, but it eventually raised living standards and created more jobs than it destroyed.

工业革命对那些工作被机械化织机取代的勒德分子来说并不顺利，但它最终提高了生活水平，创造了比破坏更多的就业机会。

2018年考研阅读原文

六级Now, Africa's largest economy is facing a food crisis as major tomato fields have been destroyed by an insect, leading to a nationwide shortage and escalating prices.

现在，非洲最大的经济体正面临粮食危机，因为一种昆虫毁坏了主要的西红柿田，导致全国性的短缺和价格上涨。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级The insect, Tutaabsoluta, has destroyed 80% of farms in Kaduna, Nigeria's largest tomato-producing state, leading the government there to declare a state of emergency.

这种名为Tutaabsolata的昆虫摧毁了尼日利亚最大番茄生产州卡杜纳80%的农场，导致该州政府宣布进入紧急状态。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

高考Light pollution has destroyed some of the world heritages.

光污染破坏了一些世界遗产。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

高考When Natalie returned to rockaway after the hurricane, she found her neighborhood was destroyed.

飓风过后，当娜塔莉回到洛克韦时，她发现她的邻居被摧毁了。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 题设

高考When the war was near, Alia was worried that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more precious to her than mountain of gold.

战争临近时，艾莉亚担心战火会毁掉那些书，这些书对她来说比金山还珍贵。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 完形填空 原文

四级They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil.

他们在巴西附近某处被毁。

2010年6月阅读原文

六级Without the assistance, the victim can destroy his life

如果没有帮助，受害者可能会毁掉自己的生命

2013年6月听力原文

四级Cognitive (认知学派的) researchers, who study various aspects of mental life, maintain that rewards often destroy creativity by encouraging dependence on approval and gifts from others.

认知的认知学派的) 研究心理生活各个方面的研究人员坚持认为，奖励往往会鼓励依赖他人的认可和礼物，从而破坏创造力。

1997年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids (小行星) now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists.

除非我们花钱去发现和预防小行星(小行星) 一些科学家说，现在，一个人可能会撞向地球，摧毁我们所知道的生命。

2000年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Experts think an asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500,000 years.

专家认为，一颗足以摧毁大量生命的小行星可能每50万年撞击地球一次。

2000年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级They will soil your house, destroy your belongings, bark excessively, fight other dogs and even bite you.

它们会弄脏你的房子，毁坏你的财物，过度吠叫，与其他狗打架，甚至咬你。

2001年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级They were all destroyed that year, when the Capitol was burned down during America’s war with Britain.

那一年，当美国与英国的战争中国会大厦被烧毁时，它们都被摧毁了。

2004年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级During World War I, roads throughout the country were nearly destroyed by the weight of trucks.

第一次世界大战期间，全国各地的道路几乎被卡车的重量摧毁。

2006年6月大学英语新四级(CET-4)真题

四级The danger is that although some rules need to be updated to protect consumers from harm, existing rental businesses will try to destroy competition.

危险在于，尽管一些规则需要更新以保护消费者免受伤害，但现有的租赁企业将试图破坏竞争。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第1套)

四级The danger is that although some rules need to be updated to protect consumers from harm, incumbents will try to destroy competition.

危险在于，尽管一些规则需要更新以保护消费者免受伤害，但在位者将试图破坏竞争。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套）

四级In 2014, UNESCO gave Italy two years to manage Venice's flourishing tourism or the city would be placed on another list—World Heritage In Danger, joining such sites as Aleppo and Palmyra, destroyed by the war in Syria.

2014年，联合国教科文组织给意大利两年时间来管理威尼斯蓬勃发展的旅游业，否则这座城市将被列入另一个名单——世界濒危遗产，加入被叙利亚战争摧毁的阿勒颇和帕尔米拉等遗址的行列。

2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套)

考研America and Americans were prosperous beyond the dreams of the Europeans and Asians whose economies the war had destroyed.

美国和美国人的繁荣超出了欧洲人和亚洲人的梦想，他们的经济被战争摧毁了。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研That the antismoking lobby was out to destroy our way of life and the government should stay out of the way?

反吸烟游说团体想破坏我们的生活方式，而政府应该置身事外？

2005年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Surely it should be obvious to the dimmest executive that trust, that most valuable of economic assets, is easily destroyed and hugely expensive to restore—and that few things are more likely to destroy trust than a company letting sensitive personal data get into the wrong hands.

毫无疑问，对于最愚蠢的高管来说，信任是最有价值的经济资产，它很容易被破坏，恢复成本高昂，而且很少有什么事情比公司让敏感的个人数据落入坏人之手更容易破坏信任。

2007年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题