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devastation

英 [,devə'steɪʃn] 美

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词desolation destruction robbery

n. 毁坏，荒废

TOEFL低频词

英英释意

1. the state of being decayed or destroyed

2. the feeling of being counfounded or overwhelmed;: "her departure left him in utter devasation"

3. an event that results in total destruction

4. plundering with excessive damage and destruction

5. termination by an act of destruction

英文词源

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.)).

实用场景例句

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

A huge bomb blast brought chaos and devastation to the centre of Belfast yesterday.: 昨天一颗威力巨大的炸弹在贝尔法斯特市中心爆炸，引起一片混乱并造成严重破坏。

They dreaded the devastation of their territories.: 他们害怕自己的国土被摧毁.

Central Europe recovered steadily from the devastation of the Thirty Years War.: 中欧已从三十年战争的废墟中稳步地恢复过来了.

The awesome devastation caused by the tsunami made it one of history's worst disasters.: 这场海啸造成的破坏令人怵目惊心,可说是史上最严重的灾害之一.

The fighting in the second stage will be ruthless, and the country will suffer serious devastation.: 此阶段的战争是残酷的, 地方将遇到严重的破坏.

There was devastation on every side.: 到处都是破坏的创伤.

The devastation of farm roads and drainage systems will be very expensive to repair.: 破坏的道路以及排给水系统维修起来相当昂贵.

Many endured wars and devastation and lived to tell about it.: 许多人度尽战争和蹂躏的劫波,活下来,告知我们.

I wanted to align scale of devastation and immense earth moving with the human scale.: 我想要调整损坏的范围使广阔的地球在人员尺度范围内运动.

If disease is allowed to spread among the crops, it will cause wide spread devastation.: 若是让疾病在庄稼间传播, 就会造成大范围的破坏.

Amid the overwhelming devastation , a point of light has emerged from the earthquake rubble.: 在势不可挡的毁灭之中, 从地震的废墟中浮现了一些亮光.

There is no hospitable place to hide amongst all the debris and devastation.: 在这一片残骸和废墟中,没有好客的地方可以躲藏.

In that devastation, in the utter nakedness of spirit, let us become on in beauty.: 在那毁灭中, 在那精神的完全呈现中, 让我们完美的结为一体吧.

The devastation immediately generated a profound , widespread sense of vulnerability.: 显然这一切都经过恐怖分子精心设计, 希望能达到最大的效果.

These were aimed the areas of what is now Greece and Turkey, and caused great devastation.: 瞄准目标即现在的希腊和土耳其地区, 并造成了巨大的破坏.

I left the hospital alone, in devastation.: 我独自从医院出来, 感到很绝望.

Devastation struck in 1944 , the year of the Dutch famine.: 1944年这一年荷兰遭到饥荒的蹂躏.

I would go to meet the people there who have been afflicted by famine and devastation.: 我要去探望受饥饿和劫掠困扰的伊拉克人民.

Traveling to areas afflicted by famine and devastation.: 在游历了受饥荒侵害的地区后.

In a condition of emotional devastation , immune function is impaired.: 在心情十分恶劣的情况下, 免疫系统也受损.

Information Warfare offers tremendous financial gain to the winner and devastation to the loser.: 信息战争会给胜利者带来巨大财富,使失败者蒙受沉重损失.

Regulation cannot prevent financial crises altogether, but it can minimise the devastation.: 尽管管理方案无法百分之百地防止金融危机的发生, 但是监管方案能够把破坏最小化.

The May 12 earthquake demonstrated to use once again nature's and devastation.: 强地震的破坏力如此之大,又一次淋漓尽致地呈现出来.

He will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he does.: 他必行非常的毁灭,事情顺利,任意而行.

The wind added to the devastation.: 风使灾害变得更加严重了.

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

Adam stumbles on, leaving a trail of devastation in his wake.: 亚当蹒跚而行，沿路留下毁坏的痕迹。

It's a scene of complete devastation.: 那是一副满目疮痍的景象。

A huge bomb blast brought chaos and devastation to the centre of Belfast yesterday.: 昨天一颗威力巨大的炸弹在贝尔法斯特市中心爆炸，引起一片混乱并造成严重破坏。