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Meaning of 玉石俱焚

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玉 yù 石 shí 俱 jù 焚 fén
to burn both jade and common stone; to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
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1
保罗所指的帝国
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似乎不太喜欢软着陆
,
反而喜欢轰轰烈烈
,
玉石俱焚
。
Empires, Paul noted, don't tend to enjoy soft landings, but crash and burn.
2
记忆存在细胞里
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在身体里面
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与肉体永不分离
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要摧毁它
,
等于玉石俱焚
。
The memory exist in our cell, in our body, and it can't seperate from your physical. It means crush and burn if you want to destroy it.
3
改变小行星轨道的方法有好几个
,
最简单易行的方法就是让一架宇宙飞船和这个大石头玉石俱焚
。
There are several ways to change an asteroid' s orbit, the simplest of which is to run a spacecraft into the hurtling rock.
4
但也不是所有的初创企业都成为成功的典范
:
网景和安然承诺过要彻底改变其行业
,
结果却落了个玉石俱焚的下场
。
And not all start-ups were models of success: Netscape and Enron promised to revolutionise their industries only to crash and burn.