"to destroy," 1958, probably a back-formation from destruction in the jargon of U.S. aerospace and defense workers to refer to deliberate destruction of a missile in flight by a friendly agent; popularized 1966 in form self-destruct in the voice-over at the beginning of popular TV spy drama "Mission Impossible." OED records an isolated use of destruct from 17c., in this case probably from Latin destruct-, past participle stem of destruere.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. This tape will self-destruct in 30 seconds.
這盤磁帶將在30秒后自毀。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. They're going to be famous, but unless something happens, they're going to self-destruct.
他們將會(huì)出名，但如果照現(xiàn)在這樣發(fā)展下去，他們會(huì)自毀前程。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. The explosives in Challenger's self - destruct system might have been set off by a stray radio signal.