| 单词 | ravage |
| 释义 | ravage (rævɪdʒ ) Word forms: ravages , ravaging , ravaged verb [usually passive] A town, country, or economy that has been ravaged is one that has been damaged so much that it is almost completely destroyed. For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention. [be VERB-ed] The camerawork makes the ravaged streets of New Orleans look exquisite. [VERB-ed] ...Nicaragua's ravaged economy. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: destroy, ruin, devastate, wreck Collocations: ravage a region War has ravaged the region for months but airlines have still flown over it. The Sun Civil war has ravaged the region since independence in 2011 and left 1.2 million homeless. The Sun The expedition was unsuccess because the snow was abundant and the rain in the three years ravaged the region. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And actually a series of calamities befell the urban population, since cattle and grapes were struck by disease, and the plague ravaged the region in the following year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As famine and death ravage the city, five northern prisoners of war decide to escape by the unusual means of hijacking a balloon. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1906, it was reduced to a skeleton by the earthquake and fire which ravaged the city. The Times Literary Supplement The annual celebration marks the end of a plague that ravaged the city in 1577. Times, Sunday Times Typhoid and diphtheria ravaged the cities. Times, Sunday Times During his term of service, a meningitis epidemic ravaged the city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They will reduce our country to the status of the ravaged countries they have fled. The Sun (2015) Some are refugees from the ethnic violence that ravaged the country after disputed elections at the end of last year. Times, Sunday Times (2008) In the next two years, competing warlords ravaged the country. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Translations: Chinese: 摧毁 Japanese: 荒廃させる |
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