devastate是什么意思
2023-11-24 09:38:17
devastate
vt. 毁坏;使荒芜;使震惊
副词:devastatingly 名词:devastation 过去式:devastated 过去分词:devastated 现在分词:devastating 第三人称单数:devastates
近义词:destroy,ruin,wreck,ravage,demolish,spoil,overwhelm,overcome,confound,shock,pirate,distress,upset,despoil,shatter,waste,laywasteto,desolate,scourge,
详细释义
v.(动词)
- 使荒芜,使荒凉,使荒废
- 毁坏,毁灭,摧毁,(彻底)破坏,蹂躏,劫掠
- 在感情上压垮 ,制服,压倒,使垮掉,使震惊,使不知所措,使陷于混乱
- 使成为废墟,夷为平地
- 使极为忧伤,使极为悲痛
英英释义
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"
例句
用作及物动词(vt.)
- They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.他们企图一举摧毁全城。
- Our Embassy was devastated by three bombs of NATO.我们的使馆被北约的三枚炸弹炸毁了。
- The country was devastated by a long war.该国因遭到长期战争的破坏而荒废。
- I was devastated by the news of the wreck.我获悉失事的消息感到十分震惊。