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devastate vt.毁坏；使荒芜；使震惊 (1) 他们企图一举摧毁全城。(2) 我们的使馆被北约的三枚炸弹炸毁了。(3) 该国因遭到长期战争的破坏而荒废。(4) 我获悉失事的消息感到十分震惊。 Really bad news can devastate a person, or leave them devastated. They are so upset, they feel crushed. A basketball team can devastate an opponent by running roughshod over their defense. The root of the word is the Latin vastare which means to lay waste, which comes from vastus meaning desolate or empty. Imagine a city laid waste after a major earthquake and you've got the picture!

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英 ['devəsteɪt] 美 ['devəsteɪt] (1) They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.(2) Our Embassy was devastated by three bombs of NATO.(3) The country was devastated by a long war.(4) I was devastated by the news of the wreck. If a storm devastates your town, it comes pretty close to destroying it. To devastate is to cause destruction to or overwhelm. 1[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。

英语单词	devastate
英美音标	英 ['devəsteɪt] 美 ['devəsteɪt]
中文释义	vt.毁坏；使荒芜；使震惊
英语例句	(1) They intended to devastate the town at one stroke. (2) Our Embassy was devastated by three bombs of NATO. (3) The country was devastated by a long war. (4) I was devastated by the news of the wreck.
中文例句	(1) 他们企图一举摧毁全城。 (2) 我们的使馆被北约的三枚炸弹炸毁了。 (3) 该国因遭到长期战争的破坏而荒废。 (4) 我获悉失事的消息感到十分震惊。
vocabulary简明	If a storm devastates your town, it comes pretty close to destroying it. To devastate is to cause destruction to or overwhelm.
vocabulary扩展	Really bad news can devastate a person, or leave them devastated. They are so upset, they feel crushed. A basketball team can devastate an opponent by running roughshod over their defense. The root of the word is the Latin vastare which means to lay waste, which comes from vastus meaning desolate or empty. Imagine a city laid waste after a major earthquake and you've got the picture!
柯林斯解释	1 [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。

Devastate Devastated News 英 Devəsteɪt] 美 Devəsteɪt Vt.毁坏；使荒芜；使震惊 Intended