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
使极度悲痛；使震惊；使沮丧；彻底推翻；粉碎（理论、信念等）；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；摧毁一系列相关的想法、信念和坚定观点；破坏到无法修复,只能废弃或清除残骸后重新开始
To destroy or ruin a place or thing completely, often over a large area or beyond repair.
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
一般现在时
The storm devastates the coast every year.
暴风雨每年都摧毁海岸。
一般过去时
The war devastated the entire region.
战争摧毁了整个地区。
现在完成时
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。
用法提示：动词的过去式形式，表示彻底破坏
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。
用法提示：动词的过去式形式，表示精神上的摧毁
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。
用法提示：动词原形，表示物理上的毁灭
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。
多用于情感或精神上，强调彻底压制
强调物理上的彻底毁坏，比devastate更常用
可用于抽象或具体，语气较强
既可用于物理压碎，也可用于情感或比赛中击败
专指建筑物等结构物的彻底拆除，语气正式
grammar · medium
易错句子The earthquake devastated on the city.
正确表达The earthquake devastated the city.
devastate是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词'on'。
grammar · medium
易错句子The storm devastated.
正确表达The storm devastated the area.
devastate是及物动词，必须跟宾语，不能单独使用。
destroy 泛指破坏，程度可轻可重；devastate 强调彻底摧毁并留下荒凉
damage 指部分损害，不一定是完全破坏；devastate 指彻底毁灭
ruin 常用于抽象事物（如名声、希望）或彻底毁坏到无法修复；devastate 侧重物理上的荒芜
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。
de- + vast + -ate
vast (root)
de- + stroy (build)
cre (grow) + -ate
地震常导致大规模破坏，与devastate的物理摧毁义相关。
洪水可造成广泛破坏，与devastate的毁灭性后果相关。
战争带来毁灭与荒凉，与devastate的彻底破坏义吻合。
海啸的破坏力极强，常用来描述devastate的情景。
坍塌或崩溃常是devastate的结果，强调系统或结构的毁灭。
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