| 单词 | devastate |
| 释义 | devastatedevastatesdevastateddevastatingdevastatedevastate /ˈdevəsteɪt/ verb [transitive]1to damage something very badly: Bombing raids devastated the city of Dresden.bombraiddevastate一次次的轰炸将德累斯顿炸为废墟。2to make someone feel extremely shocked and sad—devastationdevastationsdevastation /ˌdevəˈsteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]THESAURUS: devastatedestroy to damage something very badly, so that it no longer exists, or cannot be repaired: Their house was destroyed by a bomb.bedestroyWe are destroying our planet.bedestroydevastate to damage a large area very badly and destroy the buildings, trees etc in it: Large areas of the city were devastated by an earthquake.areabedevastatewreck to damage a building, room, car etc very badly, especially so that it is in pieces: The fans wrecked the train.fanwreckHundreds of homes were wrecked by the storm.hundredhomebewreckruin to spoil something completely, especially so that it looks very bad: My new carpet was ruined.beruinThe new houses will ruin the view.housedemolish to completely destroy a building, either deliberately or by accident: The cinema had to be demolished because it was unsafe.havedemolishbeThe explosion demolished the school.demolishknock down to get rid of a building, wall etc, especially in order to build something new: We decided to knock down the old wooden garage.decideWe could knock down this wall to make the room bigger.canbig |
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