单词:devastates
v overwhelm or overpower
devastate的用法和样例:
例句
- 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。
经典引文
France would have to rebuild all the areas devastated by war.
出自:P. H. GibbsShe probably died of heart disease. Dickens was devastated.
出自:P. Rose
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