付之一炬 meaning in English
set sth. on fire; be destroyed by fire; be burnt down; commit sth. to the flames; confine to the flames; throw ... into the fire [flames]: 侵略者恣意妄为, 把圆明园付之一炬。 the invaders wantonly set fire to yuan ming yuan
Examples
- Even the royal records were burnt .
甚至连王室档案也付之一炬。 - The invaders wantonly set fire to yuan ming yuan .
侵略者恣意妄为，把圆明园付之一炬。 - Six month's rations for the whole city burned up in one night .
一夜之间，足够全市六个月配给量的粮食付之一炬。 - The chancellor threw away the results of five years of painstaking effort by the labour government in getting down inflation .
财政大臣把工党政府为了减少通货膨胀而辛辛苦苦工作了五年的成果全部付之一炬。 - As soon as i shall be convinced, i will instantly retract all my errors, and will myself be the first to seize my writings, and commit them to the flames .
只要你们能使我折服，我就会立即承认我所有的错误，首先亲手将我写的文章付之一炬。