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devastate + noun/pronoun (physical destruction)
用于指物理上的大规模破坏。
The hurricane devastated the entire region.
飓风毁坏了整个地区。
摧毁；毁坏；使沦为废墟
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摧毁；毁坏；使沦为废墟
To destroy or ruin a place or thing completely, often over a large area or beyond repair.
The hurricane devastated the entire region.
飓风毁坏了整个地区。
大面积毁坏大量事物,如城市的大部分建筑、区域的多个城市或森林的树木
To 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.
摧毁一系列相关的想法、信念和坚定观点
To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
破坏到无法修复,只能废弃或清除残骸后重新开始
To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
使极度沮丧,引起强烈的悲伤或惊愕
To greatly demoralize, to cause to suffer intense grief or dismay
devastate
Base
原形
devastates
3rd person
第三人称单数
devastating
-ing
现在分词
devastated
Past
过去式
devastated
Past participle
过去分词
The storm devastates the coast every year.
暴风雨每年都摧毁海岸。
The war devastated the entire region.
战争摧毁了整个地区。
The news has devastated her family.
这个消息使她的家人遭受重创。
及物动词，规则变化。
The earthquake devastated the entire city, leaving thousands homeless.
地震摧毁了整个城市，导致数千人无家可归。
The news of his death devastated his family and friends.
他去世的消息使他的家人和朋友悲痛欲绝。
A wildfire can devastate a forest in just a few hours.
一场野火只需几小时就能毁掉一片森林。
用于指物理上的大规模破坏。
The hurricane devastated the entire region.
飓风毁坏了整个地区。
被动语态，常表示情感上受到强烈冲击。
She was devastated by the sudden loss of her job.
她被突然失业的消息彻底击垮了。
主动语态，侧重某人情感上被摧毁。
The criticism devastated him.
批评使他备受打击。
Not this
The earthquake devastated on the city.
Use this
The earthquake devastated the city.
devastate是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词'on'。
Not this
The storm devastated.
Use this
The storm devastated the area.
devastate是及物动词，必须跟宾语，不能单独使用。
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摧毁城市
The earthquake devastated the city, leaving thousands homeless.
地震摧毁了这座城市，导致数千人无家可归。
毁坏庄稼
The drought devastated the crops, causing a severe food shortage.
干旱毁坏了庄稼，造成严重的粮食短缺。
使经济崩溃
The financial crisis devastated the economy of the entire region.
金融危机使整个地区的经济崩溃。
使某人精神崩溃
The loss of her husband devastated her emotionally.
失去丈夫使她在精神上崩溃了。
使希望破灭
The rejection letter devastated his hopes of getting into that university.
拒绝信使他进入那所大学的希望破灭了。
严重破坏环境
The oil spill devastated the environment along the coast.
石油泄漏严重破坏了沿海的环境。
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de-加强+vast巨大+ate动词，想象巨大破坏使荒废。
register: mixed; contexts: natural disasters, emotional shock, physical destruction; note_zh: 该词在不同语境下意义不同，多用于正式或书面语，既可指物理上的彻底毁坏，也可指情感上的压倒性打击。
The words 'debate', 'create', and 'inflate' share the same final sound /eɪt/ as in the last syllable of 'devastate' (though stress differs). The words 'private', 'delicate', and 'immediate' end in /ɪt/ or /ət/ and are spelling lookalikes with different sounds.
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