"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.
实用例句
1. This tape will self-destruct in 30 seconds.
这盘磁带将在30秒后自毁。
来自《权威词典》
2. They're going to be famous, but unless something happens, they're going to self-destruct.
他们将会出名，但如果照现在这样发展下去，他们会自毁前程。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The explosives in Challenger's self - destruct system might have been set off by a stray radio signal.
“挑战者”号的自毁装置中的炸药可能是由偶然出现的无线电信号引起爆炸的.
来自辞典例句
4. It has a self - destruct mechanism if the wrong code is entered.
如果输入了错误的密码它有自爆机制.
来自电影对白
5. What's up with the need to hit the self - destruct button?
