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vt. 毁灭；毁坏
vt.
破坏；毁灭；蹂躏；使荒废
变形
过去式：devastated过去分词：devastated现在分词：devastating第三人称单数：devastates
英英释义
devastate[ 'devəsteit ]
v.
devastate or ravage
同义词：lay waste towastedesolateravagescourge
overwhelm or overpower
"He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
双语例句
用作及物动词(vt.)
They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.
他们企图一举摧毁全城。
Our Embassy was devastated by three bombs of NATO.
我们的使馆被北约的三枚炸弹炸毁了。
The country was devastated by a long war.
该国因遭到长期战争的破坏而荒废。
I was devastated by the news of the wreck.
我获悉失事的消息感到十分震惊。
权威例句
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devastate
devastate: [17] Etymologically as well as semantically, devastate is related to ‘lay waste’. It comes from the past participle of Latin dēvāstāre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and vāstāre ‘lay waste’. This was a derivative of vāstus ‘waste’, source of English waste.=> vast, waste
devastate (v.)
1630s, perhaps a back-formation from devastation. Apparently not common until 19c.; earlier verb form devast is attested from 1530s, from Middle French devaster. Related: devastated; devastating.
1. Wide regions had been systematically devastate by the enemy or pulverised in the encounter of the armies.
大片大片的地区接连地遭受敌人的破坏，或在两军激战中沦为一片焦土。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. Oil spills devastate the natural environment, endanger public health, imperil drinking water and disrupt the economy.
石油泄漏破坏自然环境,危害公众健康,污染饮用水且扰乱经济。
-- 来源 -- dict.cnki.net
3. This September I was invited to devastate the moors of a friend in the north.
这年九月我被北方一个朋友邀请去遨游他的原野。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. Any prolonged injury to Rooney or Saha, in particular, would devastate United.
任何一些有关鲁尼和萨哈的长期伤病都可能毁了曼联。
-- 来源 -- bbs.qieerxi.com.
5. At times, they devastate whole communities.
有时候，龙卷风会毁灭整个社区。
-- 来源 -- 新闻英语通(2) - Chapter 12 Weather Reports(1)
6. I have sent you a Healthy Forests Initiative, to help prevent the catastrophic fires that devastate communities, kill wildlife, and burn away millions of acres of treasured forest.
我向你们提交了一项"健康森林倡议"，帮助防止灾难性大火毁灭社区、毁灭野生动物、毁灭数百万英亩的宝贵森林。
-- 来源 -- 英汉非文学 - 政府文件 - guoqingziwen
7. They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.
他们企图一举摧毁全城。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
8. In order to achieve their end, the Rightists, who are anti-Communist, are making a desperate attempt to stir up a typhoon above force 7 in China, strong enough to devastate crops and houses.
有反共情绪的右派分子为了达到他们的企图，他们不顾一切，想要在中国这块土地上刮起一阵害禾稼、毁房屋的七级以上的台风。
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
9. Corruption, organized crime, and terrorist activities threaten to devastate the process.
贪污盛行、有组织的犯罪和恐怖组织行为对这一过程产生巨大的破坏力,
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
10. to devastate; to break
使垮掉
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
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