devastation

US [ˌdevəˈsteɪʃ(ə)n]
UK [.devə'steɪʃ(ə)n]
  • n.灾难；巨大的破坏；损坏；蹂躏
  • Web毁坏；毁灭；荒废

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devastation
n.
1.
（尤指大面积的）毁灭，破坏，蹂躏great destruction or damage, especially over a wide area
The bomb caused widespread devastation.
炸弹造成大面积破坏。

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AllAll,灾难灾难,巨大的破坏巨大的破坏,损坏损坏,蹂躏蹂躏,毁坏毁坏,毁灭毁灭,荒废荒废
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1.
The gulf oil spill put New Orleans through devastation it had not seen since the hurricane.
墨西哥湾原油泄漏事件使新奥尔良面临着那场毁灭性的飓风之后从未经受过的最恐怖的灾难。
mò xī gē wān yuán yóu xiè lòu shì jiàn shǐ xīn ào ěr liáng miàn lín zhe nà chǎng huǐ miè xìng de jù fēng zhī hòu cóng wèi jīng shòu guò de zuì kǒng bù de zāi nàn 。
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2.
"The next day it was devastation. Every tree down, every stoplight down. I walked out onto campus and found a dead owl, " he said.
“第二天，飓风破坏性极大。每棵树都倒了下来，每个红绿灯都躺在地上。我走出了寝室就进了校园，就发现一只猫头鹰死了，”他说。
" dì èr tiān , jù fēng pò huài xìng jí dà 。 měi kē shù dōu dào le xià lái , měi gè hóng lǜ dēng dōu tǎng zài dì shàng 。 wǒ zǒu chū le qǐn shì jiù jìn le xiào yuán , jiù fā xiàn yī zhī māo tóu yīng sǐ le , " tā shuō 。
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3.
After the devastation of Europe, the only suitable place in 1945 appeared to be the United States.
战后的欧洲毁坏严重，1945年惟一适合的地方似乎就是美国了。
zhàn hòu de ōu zhōu huǐ huài yán zhòng , yī jiǔ sì wǔ nián wéi yī shì hé de dì fang sì hū jiù shì měi guó le 。
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4.
After the verdicts, Susan Lewis, 46, of Great Yarmouth, told of her devastation at having to turn in her own son to the police.
在陪审团的裁决做出以后，来自于GreatYarmouth学院46岁的苏珊·刘易斯讲述了她不得不将儿子向警察局告发所受的毁灭性打击。
zài péi shěn tuán de cái jué zuò chū yǐ hòu , lái zì yú GreatYarmouth xué yuàn sì shí liù suì de sū shān · liú yì sī jiǎng shù le tā bù dé bù jiāng ér zǐ xiàng jǐng chá jú gào fā suǒ shòu de huǐ miè xìng dǎ jī 。
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5.
It is too soon to know just how much devastation the Japanese earthquake and tsunami have caused, in human or economic terms.
现在讨论日本大地震及海啸造成多少人员伤亡和经济损失还为时尚早。
xiàn zài tǎo lùn rì běn dà dì zhèn jí hǎi xiào zào chéng duō shao rén yuán shāng wáng hé jīng jì sǔn shī hái wèi shí shàng zǎo 。
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6.
Order has been established. At the price of a paralysis of the spirit, a deadening of the heart, and devastation of life.
秩序已经建立起来，其代价是精神上的麻痹、心灵的麻木、生活的荒芜。
zhì xù yǐ jīng jiàn lì qǐ lái , qí dài jià shì jīng shén shàng de má bì 、 xīn líng de má mù 、 shēng huó de huāng wú 。
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7.
And then fade up: the player recovers control of their avatar, and can crawl out of the debris, only to see devastation, and die.
一片黑暗，接着音乐渐渐加强：玩家恢复控制他们的化身，并能爬出来的碎片，只看到灾难，死亡。
yī piàn hēi àn , jiē zhe yīn yuè jiàn jiàn jiā qiáng : wán jiā huī fù kòng zhì tā men de huà shēn , bìng néng pá chū lái de suì piàn , zhǐ kàn dào zāi nàn , sǐ wáng 。
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8.
But there was latent in the atmosphere a storm, carrying with it a furious and complete devastation.
但空气中潜伏着暴风雨，它会把一切都给毁掉的。
dàn kōng qì zhōng qián fú zhe bào fēng yǔ , tā huì bǎ yí qiè dōu gěi huǐ diào de 。
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9.
It is paltry consolation that such a strike, taking out a city or two, would not cause the devastation of a nuclear war between superpowers.
一个微不足道的安慰就是这样的袭击，能毁灭一两个城市，但不会引起超级大国之间的核战争的大毁灭。
yī gè wēi bù zú dào de ān wèi jiù shì zhè yàng de xí jī , néng huǐ miè yì liǎng gè chéng shì , dàn bú huì yǐn qǐ chāo jí dà guó zhī jiān de hé zhàn zhēng de dà huǐ miè 。
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10.
"It is just a scene of utter devastation, " Prime Minister John Key said after rushing to the city within hours of the quake.
“这仅仅是一个彻底的破坏现场，”总理约翰基冲后表示，在地震发生的时间到城市。
" zhè jǐn jǐn shì yī gè chè dǐ de pò huài xiàn chǎng , " zǒng lǐ yuē hàn jī chōng hòu biǎo shì , zài dì zhèn fā shēng de shí jiān dào chéng shì 。
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