devastate

• vt. 毁灭；毁坏

de-, 强调，整个的。vast, 广阔的。即整个摧毁。

1. devastate or ravage;

"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

2. overwhelm or overpower;

"He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

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.

Action to restore appropriate price incentives, notably through corrective carbon pricing, is urgently needed to lower the risk of irreversible and potentially devastating effects of climate change.

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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。

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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。

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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.

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They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.

他们企图一举摧毁全城.

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The Maoists, however, have done more to devastate schooling.

相对而言, 毛派份子对尼泊尔教育造成的伤害可能还是要大一些.

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Man's anger, blows woman's pit of the stomach, can devastate the towering big tree.

男人的怒气, 吹进女人的心坎, 会摧残参天大树.

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Not just for fish, anything else will finally devastate if they lead a lazy life.

不只是鱼, 其它的人事物只要过得安逸,终将走上毁灭.

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Devastate deals damage to the target.

毁灭打击对目标造成伤害.

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Is there any reason at all to use Sunder Armor when you have Devastate?

那么当我点出毁灭打击后,我还有必要使用破甲 吗 ?

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Does Devastate generate more threat per hit than Sunder Armor?

毁灭打击比破甲产生更多的威胁值 吗 ?

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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.

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Does Devastate always generate more threat per rage point spent than Sunder Armor?

那么对比破甲而言,毁灭打击是否比其拥有更高的每点怒气产生威胁值?

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Is Devastate necessary for any type of tanking?

对于任何种类的坦克,毁灭打击都是必要的 吗 ?

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What exactly happens when I hit the Devastate button?

我点击毁灭打击这个技能后,到底会发生什么?

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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.

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Devastate can crit and therefore generate added threat from the extra damage.

毁灭打击可以产生致命一击,因此可以从额外的伤害中获取额外的威胁值.

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Historically, governments feared opium because they saw it devastate China.

回顾历史, 日本政府很怕鸦片,因为他们目睹鸦片如何毒害中国.

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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.

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The best plan is a broad plan, so that a failure devastate.

最好的计划是(范围)广阔的计划, 这样,个别的挫折不至于使整个计划失败.

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In what ways is Devastate better than Sunder Armor?

毁灭打击到底在哪些方面比破甲好?

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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.

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Situations that would devastate others may be dealt with in constructive ways.

破坏他人的情况会转变为有意义的方式.

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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.

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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.

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The testing method used to figure out the innate threat of Devastate is described here.

查看关于毁灭打击产生额外威胁值的测试方法请看这里.

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The Eclipse was also intended to devastate entire worlds.

日蚀级亦能够把任何一个世界从版图上抹去.

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This is the Weapon Damage component of Devastate for our example tank.

这就是样本坦克用于毁灭打击计算中的武器伤害.

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That's because an economic disaster can devastate families and communities just as a flood or tornado.

因为经济灾难就像洪水和龙卷风一样能摧毁家庭和社会.

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