In the late Middle Ages, it was customary to scrape away the surface of the parchment with an abrasive, which completely wiped out any writing that was there.

在中世纪后期，人们习惯用磨料刮去羊皮纸的表面，把纸上的所有文字都擦得干干净净。

You look wiped out.

你看上去疲惫不堪。

Last year's profits were virtually wiped out.

去年的利润几乎全都赔光了。

Whole villages were wiped out by the earthquake.

地震把整座整座的村庄夷为平地。

Are you feeling wiped out after a session?

一段时间后你是否感到筋疲力尽？

Leamer says the recession permanently wiped out 2.5 million jobs.

利默说，经济衰退彻底摧毁了250万个工作岗位。

A few hardy species wiped out many of the Mediterranean invertebrates.

少数顽强的物种消灭了许多地中海无脊椎动物。

Most of the older organisms were nearly wiped out, although a few hardy species survived.

大多数古老的生物几乎都灭绝了，但也有一些生命力顽强的物种存活了下来。

There were improvements in agriculture that wiped out malaria, but these were small gains.

农业的进步消灭了疟疾，但这些只是微小的进步。

As the distance between their breeding grounds and their food grows, entire colonies could be wiped out.

随着它们的繁殖地和觅食地之间的距离越来越远，整个群落都可能会灭绝。

Warmer sea temperatures caused by climate change and periodic El Nio events have caused large areas of coral to be wiped out in so-called "bleaching" events.

气候变化及周期性的厄尔尼诺现象引起的海水变暖，已经造成了大面积的珊瑚礁在所谓的“漂白”事件中消失殆尽。

Professor Johnson, last night when I was putting the finishing touches on my paper, a computer failure completely wiped out my files, do you think I can have another day to retype it?

约翰逊教授，昨天晚上我对我的论文做最后的润色时，电脑发生故障，我的文件全被清除了。你能不能再给我一天时间，把它重新打一遍？

All the bandits that invaded the border area have been wiped out.

窜犯边境的匪徒已全部被歼。

Most diseases could be wiped out.

多数疾病是可以消灭的。

It may be all but wiped out in Dublin.

或许在都柏林它已是心有余而力不足矣。

Gary Yohe: Communities may be wiped out.

盖里。尤伊：社区可能被彻底摧毁。

Existing shareholders would be wiped out.

现有股东将被逐出门外。

In all, some 85% of sea life was wiped out.

总共大概有85%的海洋生物被歼灭。

He wiped out the table again and again before supper.

晚饭前他把桌子擦了一遍又一遍。

Perhaps a fifth of its cotton crop has been wiped out.

大约五分之一的棉花作物受灾。

They have wiped out the enemy's major military targets.

他们已彻底摧毁了敌人的主要军事目标。

Another beautiful boy is gone, wiped out in an instant.

又一个美男孩走了，消失于瞬间中。

Shareholders were wiped out. Top managers were swept aside.

股东被扫地出门；高级经理被打入冷宫。

The rescue of Bear Stearns wiped out the common shareholders.

对贝尔斯登公司的救助重创了普通股股东。

Entire families were wiped out. Dogs, cats and rats went too.

整个家庭毁于一旦，猫、狗和老鼠也不能幸免。

This sounds like a contradiction: I trust God, but I'm wiped out!

这听上去像是一句自相矛盾的话：我相信上帝，但是我已精疲力尽！

The TV, the radio, the cellular telephones, everything was wiped out.

电视、收音机、手机，所有东西都被破坏了。