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
- 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。 - 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。 - Adam stumbles on, leaving a trail of devastation in his wake
亚当蹒跚而行，沿路留下毁坏的痕迹。 - It's a scene of complete devastation
那是一副满目疮痍的景象。 - 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。 - Qu Yuan in the long journey of exile, the spirit and life suffered devastation and suffering is imagined.
屈原在长期的流放跋涉中，精神和生活上所受的摧残和痛苦是可想而知的。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。