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 devastate ['devәsteit]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 毁坏

[法] 使荒废, 毁灭, 掠夺


  1. 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。
  2. I was devastated by the news of the wreck.
    我获悉失事的消息感到十分震惊。
  3. She was devastated by his death.
    她因他去世而悲痛欲绝。


devastate


Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Devastated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devastating}.] [L. devastatus,
p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste,
vastus waste. See {Vast}.]
To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.

Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay.

Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder;
pillage.

  1. Gulf Coast officials say erratic weather patterns and pollution have combined to devastate the local oyster reefs.
  2. Separate studies for the Defense and Energy departments identified varying worst-case environmental effects if the Iraqi leader follows through on his threats to devastate Kuwait's oil industry.
  3. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Black Monday will devastate the securities industry's fourth-quarter financial results.
  4. But the prohibition was reversed a day later after Motorola argued that the chip sales ban could devastate outside computer makers that depend on its microprocessors to run their machines.
  5. "That wouldn't devastate us," he said, adding that many employers already were planning on a federally mandated increase.
  6. Climbing insects, such as ants, can devastate a fruit crop.
  7. Its only roads not blocked by war are those leading through Serbia and Montenegro, which comprise what remains of Yugoslavia. Western diplomats believe the sanctions will devastate Serb-held territory, already impoverished after a year of war.
  8. While Japanese bankers are concerned by Brazil's debt moratorium, they don't seem to believe that failure to reach a rescheduling agreement would devastate them.
  9. Sununu and others in the administration contend that committing to carbon dioxide reduction goals would devastate the U.S. economy because of the heavy dependence on fossil fuels.
  10. It could be years before claims against Showa Denko are settled in U.S. courts, but analysts here agree that the burden of compensating EMS victims could devastate the company financially.
  11. "I'm told, on the one hand, that I want to protect an endangered species," Lujan said. "On the other hand, I hear that's going to devastate the entire Northwest lumber industry.
  12. But he stayed the order a day later after Motorola argued that the chip ban could devastate outside computer makers that depend on Motorola microprocessors to run their machines.
  13. A university study said closing the base could devastate the area.
  14. Not only could this devastate the balance of life in the Everglades, but it also poses a direct threat to the long-term supply of fresh water for Miami and other rapidly growing cities of south Florida.
  15. Kasting said a shutdown of the timber industry would devastate his business.
  16. Such declines can devastate business and investment plans through steady erosion rather than sudden collapse.
  17. Earlier in the day, thousands of residents and visitors attended dedications, re-dedications and other events commemorating the flood, the first and worst of three major floods to devastate this city in the last century.
  18. Military officials say the United States has no ready defense against the explosives, which could devastate oil fields, air bases and troops, the newspaper reported.
  19. The US patents of its most important product, Naprosyn, expire this month and effects will devastate the company. Naprosyn's US sales were Dollars 760m last year, compared with group pharmaceuticals turnover of Dollars 1.8bn.
  20. Tourism officials said the loss of the bridge at the peak surf fishing season could devastate Hatteras' economy.
  21. But he admits that the scandal may devastate the industry he befriended: "There's a real possibility that the generic-drug industry may be totally discredited," he says.
  22. Officials indicate that legislation is being drafted that would prohibit the receipt of foreign funds by certain anti-government groups, a move that could devastate those whose supporters within South Africa are mostly poor.
  23. Washington state is seeking clarification from the federal government on whether the state can kill some sea lions that annually devastate a run of seagoing trout, officials said Friday.
  24. But that would devastate Siberian marshes, environmentalists showed.
  25. It was believed to be a rapidly spreading Asiatic strain of citrus canker, which can devastate groves.
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