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。

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。