devastate
/ˈdɛv.ə.steɪt/
- vt.
- 毁坏
中文释义来自 ECDICT
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- 英语English
devastate
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释义
动词verb
- 1To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
- 2To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
- 3To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
- 4To greatly demoralize, to cause to suffer intense grief or dismay