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devastate是什么意思

2023-11-24 09:38:17
devastate
美[devəsteɪt]  英[devəsteɪt]
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)
  1. 使荒芜,使荒凉,使荒废
  2. 毁坏,毁灭,摧毁,(彻底)破坏,蹂躏,劫掠
  3. 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
  4. 使成为废墟,夷为平地
  5. 使极为忧伤,使极为悲痛

英英释义

Verb
  1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly;

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

  2. overwhelm or overpower;

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

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.他们企图一举摧毁全城。
  2. 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。
  3. The country was devastated by a long war.该国因遭到长期战争的破坏而荒废。
  4. I was devastated by the news of the wreck.我获悉失事的消息感到十分震惊。