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devastation n.大面积破坏；极度震惊或悲伤 (1) 可是，浩劫后的恢复工作却要历时数年。(2) 她的离开使他陷入了极度痛苦中。(3) 这次失败使Tom感到极为痛苦。 When a natural disaster causes widespread death and destruction, that's devastation. This is a strong word that suggests serious damage has occurred, leaving almost nothing left. One knocked over car isn't devastation, but a whole town being wiped out is. People can also feel devastation — it's a kind of extreme sadness or state of feeling emotionally wrecked.

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英 [ˌdevə'steɪʃn] 美 [ˌdevə'steɪʃn] (1) But it can take years to recover from the devastation.(2) Her departure left him in utter devastation.(3) The failure brought great devastation to Tom. 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. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](大面积的严重)毁坏，破坏 Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage. A huge bomb blast brought chaos and devastation to the centre of Belfast yesterday.昨天一颗威力巨大的炸弹在贝尔法斯特市中心爆炸，引起一片混乱并造成严重破坏。

英语单词	devastation
英美音标	英 [ˌdevə'steɪʃn] 美 [ˌdevə'steɪʃn]
中文释义	n.大面积破坏；极度震惊或悲伤
英语例句	(1) But it can take years to recover from the devastation. (2) Her departure left him in utter devastation. (3) The failure brought great devastation to Tom.
中文例句	(1) 可是，浩劫后的恢复工作却要历时数年。 (2) 她的离开使他陷入了极度痛苦中。 (3) 这次失败使Tom感到极为痛苦。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	When a natural disaster causes widespread death and destruction, that's devastation. This is a strong word that suggests serious damage has occurred, leaving almost nothing left. One knocked over car isn't devastation, but a whole town being wiped out is. People can also feel devastation — it's a kind of extreme sadness or state of feeling emotionally wrecked.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](大面积的严重)毁坏，破坏 Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage. A huge bomb blast brought chaos and devastation to the centre of Belfast yesterday. 昨天一颗威力巨大的炸弹在贝尔法斯特市中心爆炸，引起一片混乱并造成严重破坏。

Devastation Brought Feel People Widespread 英 ˌdevə'Steɪʃn] 美 ˌdevə'Steɪʃn