devastating

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基本釋義

adj.
毀滅性的; 令人震驚的; 給人印象深刻的
v.
毀壞; 使震驚( devastate的現(xiàn)在分詞)

詞性變化

實用例句

a devastatingly handsome man

富有魅力的美男子

牛津詞典

Her smile was devastating.

她的笑容令人傾倒。

牛津詞典

a devastating attack on the President's economic record

針對總統(tǒng)的經(jīng)濟業(yè)績發(fā)動的猛烈攻擊

牛津詞典

his devastating performance in the 100 metres

他在100米賽跑中的驚人表現(xiàn)

牛津詞典

the devastating news that her father was dead

她父親去世的驚人消息

牛津詞典

It will be a devastating blow to the local community if the factory closes.

如果這家工廠倒閉,將給當?shù)鼐用褚詺缧缘拇驌簟?/p>

牛津詞典

He received devastating injuries in the accident.

他在這次事故中受到致命傷害。

牛津詞典

Oil spills are having a devastating effect on coral reefs in the ocean.

海上溢油對海洋里的珊瑚礁有著毀滅性影響。

牛津詞典

a devastating explosion/fire/cyclone

毀滅性的爆炸 / 火災 / 臺風

牛津詞典

I was devastating, if I do say so myself.

如果讓我來說的話,我真是棒極了。

...a devastating display of galloping and jumping...

令人難忘的騎馬飛奔和跳躍表演

The diagnosis was devastating. She had cancer.

診斷結果令人震驚:她得了癌癥。

Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.

婚外情確實會對婚姻造成毀滅性的影響。

The city of Ormac took the full force of the winds and devastating floods...

奧馬克城受到了狂風和災難性洪水的猛烈襲擊。

Sichuan along one of Asia's biggest tectonic faults, making it prone to devastating earthquakes.

四川亞洲建筑缺陷最嚴重的地區(qū), 它在地震中很受到損失.

期刊摘選

A year after the devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan province, we look at the recovery effort.

在中國四川省遭受到特大地震災害的一年之后, 我們關注著重建工作的成就.

期刊摘選

However as known to you, we are allowed to prevent an even more devastating scenario.

然而,你們也知曉的是, 我們是可以阻止大規(guī)模的毀滅性行徑的.

期刊摘選

Failure that is so mortifying and so devastating that it makes you try to become invisible.

失敗是如此壓抑,如此具有破壞性,它讓你變成隱形人.

期刊摘選

Third, shifting from devastating forests for arable land to returning farmland to forests.

三是由毀林開荒向退耕還林的轉變.

期刊摘選

It'saddens me to think that such a simple phrase can have such a devastating impact.

這種令人沮喪的結果迫使我思考原來這樣簡單的三個字可以帶來這樣大的消極影響.

期刊摘選

It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.

這是20年來破壞性最大的風暴.

《簡明英漢詞典》

It is the easiest thing to do for us, but the most devastating for the lies.

這是我們能做到的最簡單的事情, 但是對于謊言,卻是最具有毀滅性.

期刊摘選

And they have quite devastating effects. Many species become extinct as a result of introduced mammals.

它們造成了災難性的破壞, 一些物種已經(jīng)因此滅絕了.

期刊摘選

A little spark can kindle a devastating bushfire.

星星之火會引起毀滅性的林區(qū)大火.

期刊摘選

Yet the NFA study commissioned by Museveni concludes that ecological and economic losses would be devastating.

然而穆塞韋尼委托國家森林管理局所做的調研結論是生態(tài)和經(jīng)濟的損失是災難性的.

期刊摘選

Nearly 15,000 died in this devastating earthquake.

近15,000人死于這次破壞性地震.

期刊摘選

That's a devastating move.

這著棋十分利害.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

真題例句

Action to restore appropriate price incentives, notably through corrective carbon pricing, is urgently needed to lower the risk of irreversible and potentially devastating effects of climate change.

2017年6月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

But today's report is the starkest warning yet of the potentially devastating impact of climate change and human exploitation on the Antarctic's delicate ecosystems.

2019年12月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

In Nigeria, where tomatoes are a staple of local diets, the insect's effects are devastating.

2017年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section A

英英釋義

Adjective
  • 1. making light of;

    "afire with annihilating invective"

    "a devastating portrait of human folly"

    "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert

  • 2. wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;

    "possessing annihilative power"

    "a devastating hurricane"

    "the guns opened a withering fire"

  • 3. physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination;

    "a crushing blow"

    "a crushing rejection"

    "bone-crushing"

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