devastate
US /ˈdɛvəˌstet/
・UK /'devəsteɪt/
B1 中級英檢高級
v.t.及物動詞毀壞 ； 蹂躪 ； 摧毀 ； 破壞
Natural disasters devastate our land many times each year
v.t.及物動詞使...極度悲傷；使...崩潰
The news of the accident will devastate her.
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【阿滴】VidTalk 萬聖節大哉問 (All About Halloween)
15:59
- "Ruin" means to destroy, to devastate, to wreck, like Ray ruined my game.
"Ruin" 就是毀掉，就像 Ray 毀了我的遊戲
- So, the word "ruin", when used as a verb, means to wreck, to devastate.
所以 "ruin" 當作動詞就是毀了、搞砸的意思
BBC 6 Minute English July 28, 2016 - Heritage sites
06:07
- The crown-of-thorns starfish preys on coral and large outbreaks of these starfish can devastate reefs.
荊棘冠海星以珊瑚為食，這些海星的大量爆發會破壞珊瑚礁。
是蓬蓬林咖啡館! (It's the Pompompurin Cafe!)
11:07
- I don't want to devastate him. This is super cute
我不想破壞他。這真是太可愛了
我們衡量颶風強度的方式有什麼問題？ (What’s Wrong With The Way We Measure Hurricane Intensity)
05:35
- These systems can devastate large areas,
這些系統可以破壞大片區域。
蒙古遊牧民族古老的、對地球友好的智慧--胡蘭-巴楚雅格 (The ancient, earth-friendly wisdom of Mongolian nomads | Khulan Batkhuyag)
11:31
- can devastate a nomadic family.
可以摧毀一個遊牧家庭。
漁民冒著生命危險，只為這80元的貝類。 (Fishermen Risk Their Lives for This $80 Shellfish)
05:40
- A bad storm can devastate their entire business.
一場惡劣的風暴可能會摧毀他們的整個業務。
聲音 (the voice)
08:31
- Having been on the other side, I know like it's gonna devastate my brother.
我一直在另一邊，我知道這是要摧毀我的兄弟。
埃及金字塔消毒以阻止冠狀病毒的傳播 (Egypt's Pyramids Sanitized to Stop Coronavirus)
02:39
- Government officials fear an outbreaks could devastate the country that has a weakened health care system after years of war.
政府官員擔心疫情爆發可能會摧毀國家, 因為長年的戰爭削弱了國家的醫療健保體系。