英语释义

• an event that results in total destruction

• the state of being decayed or destroyed

• the feeling of being counfounded or overwhelmed;

  "her departure left him in utter devasation"

• termination by an act of destruction

• plundering with excessive damage and destruction

片语

devastation E破坏

Devastation TrailDevastation Trail is a trail at Hawai?i Volcanoes National Park. The paved trail allows visitors to explore the site of 1959 eruption of Kīlauea Iki crater.

demolition拆除（等于demolishment）；破坏；毁坏

disruption扰乱，打乱，中断

Ecological Devastation生态破坏

Invoked Devastation律令毁灭

Eternal Devastation唱片名

sexual devastation性摧残

英汉例句

• 「there is no other capital in peacetime europe that is being subjected to such devastation for the sake of earning a fast megabuck, 」 the study said.

  「在和平时期，没有哪个欧洲国家的首都遭到这样的破坏，而目的只是为了赚取快钱」，这份研究报告表示。

• after the devastation of europe, the only suitable place in 1945 appeared to be the united states.

  战后的欧洲毁坏严重，1945年惟一适合的地方似乎就是美国了。

• the devastation has spread into every aspect of vegas.

  破坏已经扩展到了维加斯的每个角落。

• protesters say the austerity package will bring poverty and devastation to the debt-stricken nation.

  抗议者表示，紧缩方案将给受债务重创的国家带来贫穷和破坏。

• after the tsunami, for example, relief workers assumed devastation in remote islands that turned out to be relatively unscathed because the locals had escaped to higher ground.

  比如，海啸过后，救援人员估算到偏远岛屿的毁坏程度，结果，相对来说那里没有遭受损失，因为当地人已经逃往较高的地方。

• the images show how the police helicopter first began taking images from afar before moving in to reveal the devastation taking place underneath.

  这些图片显示，警察直升机先从远处拍摄，然后再飞近双塔，揭开下方正在发生的毁灭性的一幕。

• however, far too often we exaggerate its impact and indulge in fearmongering with imagery of devastation of biblical proportions.

  然而我们太过经常夸大它的影响，而且沉迷于用大规模破坏的画像来制造恐慌。

• the search is now on for space-rocks large enough to cause serious devastation if they hit earth.

  现在正在寻找那种如果撞击地球，他们的体积大到足够引起严重毁灭的太空巖石。

• indeed, those wrenching scenes of devastation remind us not only of our common humanity, but also of our common responsibilities," he said.

  的确，那些令人痛苦的灾难景象唤起了我们共有的人道主义精神，也唤醒我们的共同责任感。

• the last time his town was hit by such devastation was in 1929, but even then, the extent of flooding was much lighter, nothing like that seen this summer, he insists.

  他所在的镇子上一次受灾是在1929年，但即使是那一次，水量也比现在小得多，根本不像今年夏天见到的这样，他坚称。

• residents returned to galveston , on the texas coast, and saw for themselves the devastation wreaked by hurricane ike.

  居民返回德州海岸的加尔维斯顿，亲眼目睹到飓风艾克所造成的毁坏惨状。

• in fact, the intense debate about how to care for children and bring them whole out of the war’s devastation was already underway before the end of hostilities.

  实际上，关于如何照顾战后受到创伤的儿童以及如何带领他们走出创伤的激烈争论早在战争结束前就已经开始了。

• avian flu, the appetite for clean energy and the devastation of natural disasters know no borders.

  禽流感、对清洁能源的需求、自然灾害的毁灭性影响都是不分国界的。

• qu yuan in the long journey of exile, the spirit and life suffered devastation and suffering is imagined.

  屈原在长期的流放跋涉中，精神和生活上所受的摧残和痛苦是可想而知的。

• floodwaters also spread west into balochistan, causing devastation there, as well.

  洪水也向西扩展进入俾路支省，也在当地造成破坏。

• natural disasters or stories of other types of devastation can be personalized in the same manner.

  自然灾害或是其它破坏型的故事能够以相同的方式被个性化。

• i witnessed the earthquake devastation in north of pakistan two years back, no one can resist the force of nature but the human will is stronger then that.

  两年前，我目睹了巴基斯坦北部地震带来的破坏。没有人可以抵抗自然灾害的侵犯，但是人们的意志比灾害更强大。

• the new orleans economy stagnated over the last decade and the area's population shrank in the wake of the devastation wrought in 2005 by hurricane katrina.

  新奥尔良在过去十年，经济停滞不前，人口萎缩紧跟着的是2005年的卡特里娜飓风使得变得荒废。

• there is no room for complacency on this issue, or dismissal because the problem is not considered to be on a significant scale – it involves servitude, and therefore the devastation of human lives.

  在这个问题上没有自满或是听之任之的余地，因为这个问题被认为范围不大—尽管它涉及到奴役和人类生命的毁灭。

• but, they report the extent of devastation caused by the powerful quake is hampering their relief efforts.

  但是，他们报告说，强烈地震造成的灾害程度阻碍着他们的救援努力。

相似词

havoc大破坏；浩劫；蹂躏

desolation孤寂；悲哀，忧伤；荒芜，荒凉；废墟；凄凉

destruction破坏，毁灭；摧毁

robbery抢劫，盗窃；抢掠