单词：devastated
a. 毁坏的; 极为震惊的
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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