汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 毀於一旦
毀於一旦 (毁于一旦)
be destroyed on one day / be wiped out in a day
于 in / 一旦 one day / All in one day's work was ruined / It often refers to the sudden destruction of the fruits of long-term labor
() huǐ () yú dàn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他曾看到他毕生的劳动成果就在自己的眼前毁于一旦

He had seen his life's work destroyed before his very eyes.

但是,仅仅过了10天,模范医院就因为日寇的扫荡而毁于一旦

However, only 10 days after its opening, the model hospital was thoroughly destroyed by Japanese invaders.

在那场大火中,整个古城毁于一旦,但是这块石碑却幸运地保存下来。

That ancient city was devastated by the fire, but fortunately the stone tablet survived.

这个把法国银行体系几乎毁于一旦的人将在上千年内难脱干系。

The man who nearly took down the French banking system is on the hook for millennia.

人们妻离子散,家破人亡;要么是孩子,要么是父母失踪;熟悉的邻里和社区也毁于一旦

Families have been ripped apart; children or parents have disappeared; the comfort of neighborhood and community swept away.

尽管旷课是违反校规的行为,糟糕的出勤记录也会使你的期末成绩毁于一旦

Skipping classes violates school rules and a poor attendance record will damage your final mark.

因为,长久以来辛勤工作的美国人民不能眼睁睁的看着他们建设的一切被华盛顿的党同伐异毁于一旦

Because the American people have worked too hard for too long to see everything they've built undone by partisan recklessness in Washington.

在2月下旬智利发生8.8级地震时,成千上万条人命没有毁于一旦,应该归功于严格的建筑法规。

Strict building codes were credited with saving thousands of lives when a magnitude 8.8 quake hit Chile in late February.

格拉叙提原本是能与瑞士匹敌的钟表制造重镇,直到欧洲二次大战的终战日,俄国的轰炸使此地大型制表厂毁于一旦

Glashuette was at the heart of a watchmaking industry that rivalled Switzerland's until Russian bombers destroyed its main workshops on the day World War Two ended in Europe.

但是,腔棘鱼的远亲elpistostegalians(译注:大概是一种爬上陆地的古鱼,没找到对应的中文)向陆地进发的努力“被这次大灭绝毁于一旦,”McGhee解释说。

However, the invasion of the so-called elpistostegalians—distant relatives of the coelacanth—"got wiped out by these extinction events, " McGhee explained.