英
['dev?ste?t]
美
['dev?ste?t]
- vt. 毀壞;使荒蕪;使震驚
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devastate的英文翻譯是什么意思,詞典釋義與在線(xiàn)翻譯:
詳盡釋義
v. (動(dòng)詞)
- 使荒蕪,使荒涼,使荒廢
- 毀壞,毀滅,摧毀,(徹底)破壞,蹂躪,劫掠
- 在感情上壓垮 ,制服,壓倒,使垮掉,使震驚,使不知所措,使陷于混亂
- 使成為廢墟,夷為平地
- 使極為憂(yōu)傷,使極為悲痛
英英釋義
Verb:
-
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly;
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
-
overwhelm or overpower;
"He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
devastate的用法和樣例:
例句
用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)
- They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.
他們企圖一舉摧毀全城。 - Our Embassy was devastated by three bombs of NATO.
我們的使館被北約的三枚炸彈炸毀了。 - The country was devastated by a long war.
該國因遭到長(cháng)期戰爭的破壞而荒廢。 - I was devastated by the news of the wreck.
我獲悉失事的消息感到十分震驚。
經(jīng)典引文
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France would have to rebuild all the areas devastated by war.
出自: P. H. Gibbs -
She probably died of heart disease. Dickens was devastated.
出自: P. Rose