devastation
devastation 英 [ˌdevəˈsteɪʃn] 美 [ˌdevəˈsteɪʃn]
n. 毁坏，荒废
名词复数:devastations
- When there's devastation, there's terrible destruction. You can see the devastation from a violent hurricane and feel devastation over all the people that were injured.
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- n. 毁坏，荒废
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1. “If there’s anyone in a position to ride this out, it is the Japanese,” despite the devastation seen today, he said.
他说，尽管我们今天看到已造成巨大破坏，但“如果有谁能安然度过这种灾难，那么一定是日本人民。”
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2. However, far too often we exaggerate its impact and indulge in fearmongering with imagery of devastation of biblical proportions.
然而我们太过经常夸大它的影响，而且沉迷于用大规模破坏的画像来制造恐慌。
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3. The devastation has spread into every aspect of Vegas.
破坏已经扩展到了维加斯的每个角落。
- devastation (n.) mid-15c., from Middle French dévastation, from Late Latin devastationem (nominative devastatio), from past participle stem of Latin devastare "lay waste completely," from de- "completely" (see de-) + vastare "lay waste," from vastus "empty, desolate," from PIE *wasto-, extended suffixed form of root *eue- "to leave, abandon, give out."
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