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
- 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。 - 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's a scene of complete devastation
那是一副满目疮痍的景象。 - It was amidst this devastation that I developed a deep respect for life and those who work to preserve it.
就是在这样的毁灭中，我学会了尊重生命和那些为了保护它而工作的人们。 - Protesters say the austerity package will bring poverty and devastation to the debt-stricken nation.
抗议者表示，紧缩方案将给受债务重创的国家带来贫穷和破坏。 - 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。 - Reversing the devastation of our planet will require a massive international effort and vast sums of money.
扭转对我们星球的破坏要求付出大规模的国际努力和巨额的金钱。 - 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； - The receding waters left muddy devastation.
退去了的洪水留下了满地的泥泞和毁坏痕迹。 - 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。