burn it down

基本解释

The government is nervous: a decade ago protesters stormed parliament and tried to burn it down.
政府非常紧张，因为十年前，抗议者就袭击并差点火烧了议会。
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.
据英国《每日电讯报》报道，日本大学生、折纸手工艺术家伊藤涉耗费4年时间，用白纸折出了一座壮观纸城。
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Did you have to burn it down?
你是否已燃烧殆尽？

It could be me that-- my cabin could burn down and I would freeze to death in the winter.
因为也许中招的会是我-,我的房子可能被烧毁,冬天我可能会被冻死。
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It's not going to burn any other houses down since it's just completely independent of anything else.
由于火灾是独立事件,他的房子着火了并不会烧毁别人的房子
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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.
他们说，火险根本无法实施,因为你必须判断,这房子的保价是多少,一旦你出现了一些失误,保价评估得过高，那些意识到他们可能会从,保险公司赚利的人们-,即保险公司的保价高于房子的实际价值-,他们就会烧掉自己的房子来赚钱。
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The government is nervous: a decade ago protesters stormed parliament and tried to burn it down.
ECONOMIST: Energy in eastern Europe