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英式音标:[ˌdevəˈsteɪʃn]英式读音
美式音标:[ˌdevəˈsteɪʃn]美式读音
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概况:

n. 毁坏,荒废

词义:

n.

毁坏;荒废;极度震惊或悲伤;

英英释义

devastation[ ,devə'steiʃən ]

n.

the state of being decayed or destroyed

同义词:desolation

the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed

"her departure left him in utter devastation"

an event that results in total destruction

同义词:desolation

plundering with excessive damage and destruction

同义词:ravaging

the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

同义词:destruction

用法:

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

The bomb caused widespread devastation.
炸弹造成大面积破坏。

But it can take years to recover from the devastation.
可是,浩劫后的恢复工作却要历时数年。

Her departure left him in utter devastation.
她的离开使他陷入了极度痛苦中。

The failure brought great devastation to Tom.
这次失败使Tom感到极为痛苦。

权威例句

Earthquake devastation and recovery in tourism: the Taiwan case.

Devastation of prey diversity by experimentally introduced predators in the field

End-Cretaceous devastation of terrestrial flora in the boreal Far East

The devastation of Bam: an overview of health issues 1 month after the earthquake

Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation

Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation by Jonathan Lear

Mycosphaerella graminicola: latent infection, crop devastation and genomics.

Whole World on Fire: Organizations, Knowledge, and Nuclear Weapons Devastation

Coral reefs of the world are facing widespread devastation: Can we prevent this through sustainable management practices?

Early Triassic carbon isotope excursions from South China: proxies for devastation and restoration of marine ecosystems following th...
同义词:lay waste,disruption,demolition
同根词:devastating,devastate
英语词源:

devastation (n.)

mid-15c., from Middle French dévastation, from Late Latin devastationem (nominative devastatio), from past participle stem of Latin devastare "lay waste completely," from de- "completely" (see de-) + vastare "lay waste," from vastus "empty, desolate" (see waste (v.)).

造句:

1. the receding waters left muddy devastation.

退去了的洪水留下了满地的泥泞和毁坏痕迹。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

2. forest devastation

森林荒废

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例

3. complete, utter devastation

完全的、 彻底的毁灭.

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

4. The wind added to the devastation.

风使灾害变得更加严重了。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

5. prohibition of devastation

禁止荒废

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

6. prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom.

对毁灭和最终厄运的预示。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

7. Widespread destruction;devastation.

大范围的破坏;浩劫

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

8. There was devastation on every side.

到处都是破坏的创伤.

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

9. It caused devastation by burrowing,

这给澳洲大陆造成了毁灭性的破坏,

-- 来源 -- 新概念英语第四册 - A man-made disease

10. I left the hospital alone, in devastation.

我独自从医院出来,感到很绝望。

-- 来源 -- 网友提供

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