[VERB 动词]毁坏;破坏;摧毁;蹂躏 If something devastates an area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally.
[V n]
A few days before, a fire had devastated large parts of Windsor Castle.
几天前,温莎城堡的大部分被一场大火烧毁。
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dev·as·tate/ˈdevəsteɪt; NAmEˈdevəsteɪt/verb1devastatesth 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devastatedevastatesdevastateddevastatingdev·as·tate/ˈdevəsteɪt; NAmEˈdevəsteɪt/
1to make someone feel extremely shocked and sad: Rob was devastated by the news of her death.2to damage something very badly or completely: The city centre was devastated by the bomb.► see thesaurus at
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—devastation /ˌdevəˈsteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
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