把說法或事物徹底推倒
把「夷平」從建築移到抽象的東西上：論點、計畫、名聲本來立在那裡，被講到或搞到一點都站不住。
demolish (an argument) · verb · B2
To bring down an idea, argument, or story by showing it is completely wrong.
推翻；駁倒
核心畫面
Picture a building coming down — not damaged, not partly broken, but taken to the ground so that nothing usable is left standing. That completeness is what the word carries everywhere it goes: an argument left with nothing standing, a team beaten with nothing left to play for, and (jokingly) a plate with nothing left on it.
可以想成：一棟建築被夷平——不是受損、不是壞了一部分，而是整個下來，沒有一塊還立著。這份「徹底」是這個字走到哪裡都帶…更多收起
可以想成：一棟建築被夷平——不是受損、不是壞了一部分，而是整個下來，沒有一塊還立著。這份「徹底」是這個字走到哪裡都帶著的：一個論點被講到站不住、一支球隊被打到毫無還手餘地，還有（帶著玩笑的）一個盤子被吃到什麼都不剩。From the picture
在比賽或餐桌上贏得毫無懸念
同樣是「什麼都不剩」，只是場合換成球場和餐桌：對手沒有還手的餘地，盤子上沒有食物的餘地。
demolish (defeat easily) · verb · B2
to defeat a person or team very easily, often by a large score.
輕取；大敗
Also in this word
demolish (a building) · verb · B2
to completely destroy a building, often on purpose so something new can be built.
拆除；拆毀
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
demolishverb/dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/
- 1
To destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion.
- They demolished the old mill and put up four townhouses.
- The station did not have a long life, as it was demolished between 1884 and 1888 to make room for a new and larger station which forms part of the present Liverpool Exchange Station.
- 2
To defeat, refute, discredit, or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent).
- The Captain folded his brow into a look of intense perplexity. 'You seem exceedingly spry for a man who demolished an entire bottle of brandy and better part of an ounce of shag in a single evening.' 'And very nice too,' said the tramp. 'Now as to breakfast?'
- Andrew Johnson scored a hat-trick as Fulham demolished London rivals Queens Park Rangers to win their Premier League fixture of the season.
- 3
To devour; to eat up
- “Thanks, Raj.” Frank was too hungry to worry about Raj’s gob gloop on the bar, and happily demolished it in seconds.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。