1. Don is anticipating a career in comedy, but Yael pretty well quashes his ambition. 唐一直很想参与有关喜剧的工作。但是叶漂亮地粉碎了他的雄心壮志。
2. The dating, carried out last year but announced this week, makes the book a century older than scholars had previously thought and quashes some theories about its origin. 这个星期,于去年开始的年代测定结果被公布,使这部书的年代比学者之前推测的要提前一个世纪,也因此粉碎了许多关于其起源的学说。