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

• 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。
• The rally comes as the worst heat wave and drought in more than a century continues to devastate grain crops in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
  小麦涨价之际，一个多世纪来最严重的炎热和干旱正继续摧毁俄罗斯、乌克兰和哈萨克斯坦的粮食作物。
• They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.
  他们企图一举摧毁全城。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Scientists could breed those genes into domesticated rice in Africa where water shortages can devastate crops.
  科学家们可以将这些（有利的）基因转入家养水稻，比如非洲，那里的水资源匮乏经常导致颗粒无收。
• Their next move was to found yet another start-up-this time, one that threatened to devastate the television industry.
  他们的下一步打算是创建一家新兴公司，而这一次，将可能摧毁电视产业。