"burn down" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 烧毁
• 烧成废墟

Definition

用火彻底毁坏某物，尤指建筑物。也可以指东西在无人干预下因火而毁坏。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于房屋或大型建筑物，主动（人为纵火）或被动（自然起火）都可用，非正式表达，日常口语中常见。不用于小物品。

Examples

The old house burned down last night.

那幢旧房子昨晚**烧毁了**。

They tried to burn down the factory.

他们试图**烧毁**工厂。

A lightning strike caused the barn to burn down.

闪电导致谷仓**烧毁**了。

I'm still sad our cabin burned down in the wildfire.

我们的木屋在山火中**烧毁了**，我至今还很难过。

Did you hear that the old school finally burned down after years of being abandoned?

你听说那所老学校在废弃多年后终于**烧毁了**吗？

We had to call the fire department before the whole block burned down.

我们得叫消防队，不然整个街区都要**烧毁**了。