"burn down" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 燒毀
• 燒成廢墟

Definition

用火徹底毀壞某物，尤指建築物。也可指東西在無人幹預下因火而毀壞。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於房屋或大型建築，主動（人為縱火）或被動（自然起火）皆可用，屬於非正式用語，常見於口語。小物品不適用。

Examples

The old house burned down last night.

那棟舊房子昨晚**燒毀了**。

They tried to burn down the factory.

他們試圖**燒毀**工廠。

A lightning strike caused the barn to burn down.

閃電導致穀倉**燒毀**了。

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

我們的小屋在山火中**燒毀了**，我到現在還很難過。

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

你聽說那所老學校在荒廢多年後終於**燒毀了**嗎？

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

我們得叫消防隊，不然整條街區都要**燒毀**了。