bombing

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bombing — 名詞

  • bombingsingular
  • bombingsplural

1. the act of deliberately exploding one or more bombs in order to damage a place o

1.名詞B2
釋義

轟炸

用炸彈攻擊某地的行為或事件

the act of deliberately exploding one or more bombs in order to damage a place or harm people, whether as part of a war, a political protest, or a terrorist plan; also, a single event in which this happens

例句

The bombing of the port city killed more than two hundred civilians.

對這座港口的轟炸造成了兩百多名平民死亡。

bombing of [place] — noun + of + location

Noor could hear the bombing from her shelter half a mile away.

Noor 在距離半英里外的避難所裡都能聽到轟炸聲。

常見搭配
  • car bombing
  • suicide bombing
  • bombing campaign
  • bombing raid
  • bombing run
  • aerial bombing
  • indiscriminate bombing
同義詞
  • shelling

    specifically refers to attacks using artillery shells or mortar fire, not aircraft-dropped bombs

  • air strike

    a bombing carried out by aircraft, often more targeted and military in nature

  • bombardment

    a continuous, heavy attack with bombs or shells over a period of time, implying sustained fire rather than a single event

文法句型

the bombing of [place]

[number] bombings

用法筆記

Can be countable (referring to a specific event: 'a bombing', 'several bombings') or uncountable (referring to the activity in general: 'Bombing causes immense suffering').

常見錯誤

The bombing went off at midnight.
The bomb went off at midnight.
'bombing' refers to the event or the general activity, not to the explosive device itself.
The building was destroyed by bombing.' (when meaning a single device).
The building was destroyed by a bomb.
use 'bomb' for a single explosive device; use 'bombing' for the whole attack.

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常用片語

  • a series of bombings
  • the bombing of [place]
  • carry out a bombing

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