devastate

英 ['devəsteɪt] 美 ['devəsteɪt]

• vt. 毁坏；使荒芜；使震惊

详尽释义

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。

经典引文

• 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

近反义词

【近义词】

• destroy 破坏
• ruin 毁灭
• wreck 使…失事
• ravage 毁坏
• demolish 拆毁
• spoil 宠坏
• overwhelm 打击
• overcome 战胜
• confound 使困惑
• shock 震惊
• pirate 海盗
• distress 不幸
• upset 心烦的
• despoil 夺取
• shatter 粉碎
• waste 废物
• lay waste to 糟蹋
• desolate 荒凉的
• scourge 灾难