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　

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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
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• overwhelm or overpower
  1. He was devastated by his grief when his son died
• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  1. The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
  Synonym:lay waste towastedesolateravagescourge

双语例句

• 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。
• We will never break, though they devastate, we shall motivate.
  我们永远不会打破，但他们摧毁，我们应鼓励。
• Diseases such as HIV/ AIDS not only exacerbate malnutrition but can devastate labour, farm productivity and livelihoods.
  诸如艾滋病等疾病不仅让营养不良恶化，而且还可能破坏劳动、农场生产力和生计。
• Does Devastate generate more threat per hit than Sunder Armor?
  查看关于毁灭打击产生额外威胁值的测试方法请看这里。
• 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。
• The Lurker focuses on spies, cloaks and subterfuge to devastate opponents.
  潜行者专注于使用间谍，掩饰，和诡计去摧毁敌人。
• Devastate deals more damage ( and threat) as your gear improves.
  随着你的装备提升，毁灭打击产生更多的伤害和威胁值。
• But the side effects of these treatments can devastate a patient physically and emotionally.
  但，上述治疗的副作用能够对患者的生理及心理造成严重的影响。
• Anything that you do would hurt somebody or devastate something.
  无论做任何一件事，都会造成某部份人、事、物的伤害；
• 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。