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burn up与burn down的区别

曹诗唯2021-12-24 09:22:28

两者的具体意思不同,burn down意为“烧毁”,通常是指建筑物被完全烧塌,还有“火势减弱”之意;burn up也有“烧毁”、“烧掉”之意,但一般不是指建筑物,burn up还有“烧旺”“烧起来”之意,亦可作“用光体力”解释。

burn up与burn down的区别

1、burn down意为“烧毁”,如:

(1)The school building was burned down in that big fire.

在那场大火中,学校大楼被烧毁。

(2)The whole village was burned down by the enemy.

整个村庄都被敌人烧毁了。

2、burn down还有“火势减弱”之意。如:

The fire has burned down to a spark.

火已减弱,仅剩一点火星。

3、burn up“烧毁”“烧掉”之意,如:

(1)Let’s burn up all this waste paper.

咱们把这些废纸都烧掉吧。

(2)The fire burned up more than $ 500,000 worth of antiques.

这场火烧掉了价值50多万美元的古董。

4、burn up“烧旺”“烧起来”之意,如:

Please put some wood on the fire and make it burn up.

请在火上加些木料使它烧旺

5、burn up“用光体力”解释,如:

His work burned him up. 

他的工作使他精疲力尽。

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