- If a storm devastates your town, it comes pretty close to destroying it. To devastate is to cause destruction to or overwhelm.
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- vt. 毁灭；毁坏
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1. The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city.
这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
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2. It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.
这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
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3. I was devastated by the news of the crash.
我获悉失事的消息感到十分震惊。
- devastate (v.) 1630s, perhaps a back-formation from devastation. Apparently not common until 19c.; earlier verb form devast is attested from 1530s, from Middle French devaster. Related: devastated; devastating.
dev·as·tate / ˈdevəsteɪt ; NAmE ˈdevəsteɪt / verb 1 devastatesth to completely destroy a place or an area 彻底破坏；摧毁；毁灭 ◆ The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。 2 [often passive ] devastatesb to make sb feel very shocked and sad 使震惊；使极为忧伤；使极为悲痛 devastate devastates devastated devastating dev·as·tate / ˈdevəsteɪt ; NAmE ˈdevəsteɪt /
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