devastate

devastate怎么读

英式音标：[ˈdevəsteɪt]

美式音标：[ˈdɛvəˌstet]

devastate基本解释

vt. 毁灭；毁坏

devastate的意思释义

vt.

破坏；毁灭；蹂躏；使荒废

变形

过去式：devastated过去分词：devastated现在分词：devastating第三人称单数：devastates

英英释义

v.

devastate or ravage

同义词：lay waste towastedesolateravagescourge

overwhelm or overpower

\"He was devastated by his grief when his son died\"

devastate用法及例句

双语例句

用作及物动词(vt.)

They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.

他们企图一举摧毁全城。

Our Embassy was devastated by three bombs of NATO.

我们的使馆被北约的三枚炸弹炸毁了。

The country was devastated by a long war.

该国因遭到长期战争的破坏而荒废。

I was devastated by the news of the wreck.

我获悉失事的消息感到十分震惊。

例句参考

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devastate词源

devastate

devastate: [17] Etymologically as well as semantically, devastate is related to ‘lay waste’. It comes from the past participle of Latin dēvāstāre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and vāstāre ‘lay waste’. This was a derivative of vāstus ‘waste’, source of English waste.=> vast, waste

devastate (v.)

1630s, perhaps a back-formation from devastation. Apparently not common until 19c.; earlier verb form devast is attested from 1530s, from Middle French devaster. Related: devastated; devastating.

devastate相关例句

1.Wide regions had been systematically devastate by the enemy or pulverised in the encounter of the armies.

大片大片的地区接连地遭受敌人的破坏，或在两*激战中沦为一片焦土。

10.to devastate; to break

使垮掉