中英互译
devastate
英 /ˈdevəsteɪt/美 /ˈdevəsteɪt/
基本释义
- v.毁坏,破坏;使极度震惊,使伤心欲绝
第三人称单数devastates
现在分词devastating
过去式devastated
过去分词devastated
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词语例句
毁坏,破坏vt.
六级The tsunami devastated parts of Indonesia and other countries in the region.
这次海啸严重破坏了印度尼西亚和该区域其他国家的部分地区。
The insect, also known as the tomato leaf miner, devastates crops by feeding on fruits and digging into and moving through stalks.
这种昆虫,也被称为番茄叶虫,通过以水果为食和在茎里挖掘与移动而破坏农作物。
使极度震惊,使伤心欲绝vt.
She was devastated by her father's death.
父亲的逝世令她伤心欲绝。
- A big worry is that these transplanted megafauna might devastate plants and animals that are native to the western United States.最让人忧心的就是这些转移过来的巨型动物可能会毁灭美国西部一些土生土长的动植物。
- The unscrupulous commodification of food and the destruction of foodstuffs will continue to devastate soils, livelihoods and ecologies.无所顾忌的粮食商品化和对食品的破坏将继续破坏土壤、生计和生态。
- The bugs could potentially devastate crops in warm southern states.这些臭虫有可能摧毁气候温暖的美国南方诸州作物。
网络短语
- devastate-ruin损坏
- devastate e使荒废;毁灭;蹂躏;压倒
- to devastate残害;毁坏;破坏
- Destroy devastate破坏
- devastate devastate是荒废
词语扩展
词义分布
毁灭
58.8%
毁坏
17.6%
摧残
11.8%
蹂躏
11.8%
英英释义
- v.devastate or ravage
- v.overwhelm or overpower
- v.to damage an area or a place very badly, or to destroy it completely
毁坏;破坏;摧毁- The earthquake devastated parts of Indonesia.地震摧毁了印度尼西亚的一些地区。
词源
- devastate摧毁de-, 强调,整个的。vast, 广阔的。即整个摧毁。
- devastate彻底破坏来源于拉丁语动词vasto, vastare, vastavi, vastatus(毁坏)。 同源词:vast, waste