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
- Avian flu, the appetite for clean energy and the devastation of natural disasters know no borders.
禽流感、对清洁能源的需求、自然灾害的毁灭性影响都是不分国界的。 - The awesome devastation caused by the tsunami made it one of history's worst disasters.
这场海啸造成的破坏令人怵目惊心，可说是史上最严重的灾害之一。 - When US and UK forces invaded Iraq the images I saw of the devastation were deeply painful.
美英军队入侵伊拉克时，我看到的毁灭性景象，令我深感痛苦。 - Why? I would go to meet the people there who have been afflicted by famine and devastation.
为什么？我要去探望受饥饿和劫掠困扰的伊拉克人民。 - Victims of the earthquake, they were no stranger to devastation, destruction, and despair.
作为地震的受害者，他们对破坏、毁灭和绝望并不陌生。 - There is utter devastation across the delta: entire villages washed away;
整个三角洲被完全摧毁了：所有的村庄被冲走； - 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。 - It's a scene of complete devastation
那是一副满目疮痍的景象。 - 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。 - Central Europe recovered steadily from the devastation of the Thirty Years War.
中欧已从三十年战争的废墟中稳步地恢复过来了。