devastate
英 [ˈdevəsteɪt]
美 [ˈdevəsteɪt]
v. 彻底破坏; 摧毁; 毁灭; 使震惊; 使极为忧伤; 使极为悲痛
过去分词：devastated 过去式：devastated 现在分词：devastating 第三人称单数：devastates 复数：devastates
Collins.1 / BNC.7732 / COCA.6414
牛津词典
verb
- 彻底破坏；摧毁；毁灭
to completely destroy a place or an area- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city.
这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city.
- 使震惊；使极为忧伤；使极为悲痛
to make sb feel very shocked and sad
柯林斯词典
- VERB 毁坏;破坏;摧毁;蹂躏
If somethingdevastatesan area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally.- A few days before, a fire had devastated large parts of Windsor Castle.
几天前，温莎城堡的大部分被一场大火烧毁。
- A few days before, a fire had devastated large parts of Windsor Castle.
英英释义
verb
- overwhelm or overpower
- He was devastated by his grief when his son died
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
双语例句
- Earthquakes can also cause tsunamis, which devastate coastal regions.
地震还引发海啸，它直接破坏海岸地区的人和物。 - At times, they devastate whole communities.
有时候，龙卷风会毁灭整个社区。 - Advanced technologies are potential threats to devastate the living environment.
先进的技术是破坏生存环境的潜在因素。 - They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.
他们企图一举摧毁全城。 - Thus says the Lord, Arise, go up to Kedar And devastate the men of the east.
耶和华如此说、迦勒底人哪、起来上基达去、毁灭东方人。 - A few days before, a fire had devastated large parts of Windsor Castle.
几天前，温莎城堡的大部分被一场大火烧毁。 - HIV/ AIDS continues to devastate the WHO Africa Region, which has11% of the world's population but60% of the people living with HIV.
艾滋病毒/艾滋病继续蹂躏着世卫组织非洲区域，该区域的人口占世界人口的11%，但是60%的人感染了艾滋病毒。 - Martin Wolf described banking as "virtually the only business able to devastate entire economies".
马丁•沃尔夫（MartinWolf）将银行业形容为实质上是唯一能够拖垮整个经济的行业。 - The companies that control the US electric grid and transport network lack a business need to invest in safer infrastructure, experts say, and an attack on either could devastate the US economy.
专家指出，控制着美国电网和运输网络的公司，都缺少投资建设更安全基础设施的商业需求，而只要其中任何一家受到攻击，都可能摧毁美国经济。 - Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands.
让我们下定决心，我们绝不会给我们的子孙后代留下一个海平面上升、饥荒蔓延、可怕风暴蹂躏我们家园的世界。