[ADJ 形容词]惨重的;毁灭性的;严重的 A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very great or severe one.
[ADJ n]
[emphasis]
...since their crushing defeat in the local elections.
自从他们在地方选举中惨败后
...a crushing burden of debt...
沉重的债务负担
His loss would be a crushing blow to Liverpool's title hopes.
他的缺阵将是对利物浦队夺冠希望的致命打击。
Oxford
crush·ing/ˈkrʌʃɪŋ; NAmEˈkrʌʃɪŋ/adjective[usually before noun ]used to emphasize how bad or severe sth is (强调糟糕或严重的程度)惨重的,毁坏性的◆a crushing defeatin the election 在选举中的惨败◆The shipyard has been dealt another crushing blowwith the failure to win this contract. 由于未能赢得这份合同,造船厂又遭到了一次惨重的打击。▶crush·ing·ly/ˈkrʌʃɪŋli; NAmEˈkrʌʃɪŋli/adverbcrush·ing/ˈkrʌʃɪŋ; NAmEˈkrʌʃɪŋ/crush·ing·ly/ˈkrʌʃɪŋli; NAmEˈkrʌʃɪŋli/
LDC
crushingcrush‧ing /ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/ adjective [usually before noun]
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Collocations
1very hard to deal with, and making you lose hope and confidence: The Eighth Army had suffered a crushing defeat. Failing his final exams was a crushing blow (=made him lose hope and confidence). the crushing burden of debt2a crushing remark, reply etc contains a very strong criticism—crushingly adverb: ‘That’s fairly obvious,’ she replied crushingly.
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