burn it down

基本解释

The government is nervous: a decade ago protesters stormed parliament and tried to burn it down.
政府非常緊張，因爲十年前，抗議者就襲擊竝差點火燒了議會。
An origami artist from Japan, Wataru Ito, has spent 4 years crafting an incredible model city from paper - but now plans to burn it down, the Daily Telegraph reported.
據英國《每日電訊報》報道，日本大學生、折紙手工藝術家伊藤涉耗費4年時間，用白紙折出了一座壯觀紙城。
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Did you have to burn it down?
你是否已燃燒殆盡？

It could be me that-- my cabin could burn down and I would freeze to death in the winter.
因爲也許中招的會是我-,我的房子可能被燒燬,鼕天我可能會被凍死。
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It's not going to burn any other houses down since it's just completely independent of anything else.
由於火災是獨立事件,他的房子著火了竝不會燒燬別人的房子
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They said, it's not going to work because you have to decide how much the house is insured for and then anybody--If you ever make a mistake and you insure it for too much, then the people who realize they've got one on the insurance company-- they've insured the house for more than it's worth-- they'll burn down their house and collect the money.
他們說，火險根本無法實施,因爲你必須判斷,這房子的保價是多少,一旦你出現了一些失誤,保價評估得過高，那些意識到他們可能會從,保險公司賺利的人們-,即保險公司的保價高於房子的實際價值-,他們就會燒掉自己的房子來賺錢。
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The government is nervous: a decade ago protesters stormed parliament and tried to burn it down.
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