devastation
英 [ˌdevəˈsteɪʃn]
美 [ˌdevəˈsteɪʃn]
n. (尤指大面积的)毁灭,破坏,蹂躏
复数:devastations
Collins.1 / BNC.11134 / COCA.9119
牛津词典
noun
- (尤指大面积的)毁灭,破坏,蹂躏
great destruction or damage, especially over a wide area- The bomb caused widespread devastation.
炸弹造成大面积破坏。
- The bomb caused widespread devastation.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT (大面积的严重)毁坏,破坏
Devastationis severe and widespread destruction or damage.- A huge bomb blast brought chaos and devastation to the centre of Belfast yesterday.
昨天一颗威力巨大的炸弹在贝尔法斯特市中心爆炸,引起一片混乱并造成严重破坏。
- A huge bomb blast brought chaos and devastation to the centre of Belfast yesterday.
英英释义
noun
- the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
- plundering with excessive damage and destruction
- an event that results in total destruction
- the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed
- her departure left him in utter devastation
- the state of being decayed or destroyed
双语例句
- Reminding us that, even in the midst of utter devastation, miracles can happen.
这告诉我们,即使在惨祸中,也是可以发生奇迹的。 - Behind these questions is for me a practical concern with the relentless devastation of the natural world.
这些问题背后是个现实的担忧,对自然世界无情的摧毁的担忧。 - While Soviet policies caused huge devastation to Mongolian society, Mongolians also remember centuries of conflict with China.
前苏联的政策对蒙古社会造成了巨大破坏,但蒙古人也没有忘记与中国长达数个世纪的冲突。 - Scourge: A source of widespread, dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war.
灾难,灾祸:涉及面广的令人害怕的苦难和破坏的根源,例如由瘟疫或战争引起的。 - But it can take years to recover from the devastation.
可是,大破坏后的恢复工作却需要花上数年。 - This resulted in a lot of devastation across the world.
这导致了大量的破坏世界各地的。 - Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom.
对毁灭和最终厄运的预示。 - These were aimed in the areas of what is now Greece and Turkey, and caused great devastation.
那些目标地区就是现在的希腊和土耳其,造成了极大的破坏。 - It has been a year of devastation for capital values.
对资产价值来说,这是毁灭性的一年。 - Unutterable destruction and devastation were wrought last autumn.
去年秋天造成了无以言宣的破坏和毁灭。