the ravages of something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe ravages of somethingthe ravages of something literaryDAMAGEthe damage caused by something a building that has survived the ravages of time the ravages of war → ravagesExamples from the Corpusthe ravages of something• Its dreamlike construction of our sceptred isle as an ethnically purified one provides a special comfort against the ravages of decline.• Quarterback John Elway, 36, continues to defy the ravages of time.• I had to make up for the ravages of time.• Not even the quest for scientific knowledge is immune from the ravages of extremists in the environmental movement.• For a long time now, he has appeared indifferent to the ravages of his problem.• His skin was unmarked, unlined; the flesh of youth, untouched by time or the ravages of experience.• Benedict was near thirty, and yet his face and form had withstood the ravages of time and circumstance.

单词	the ravages of something
释义	the ravages of something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe ravages of somethingthe ravages of something literaryDAMAGEthe damage caused by something a building that has survived the ravages of time the ravages of war → ravagesExamples from the Corpusthe ravages of something• Its dreamlike construction of our sceptred isle as an ethnically purified one provides a special comfort against the ravages of decline.• Quarterback John Elway, 36, continues to defy the ravages of time.• I had to make up for the ravages of time.• Not even the quest for scientific knowledge is immune from the ravages of extremists in the environmental movement.• For a long time now, he has appeared indifferent to the ravages of his problem.• His skin was unmarked, unlined; the flesh of youth, untouched by time or the ravages of experience.• Benedict was near thirty, and yet his face and form had withstood the ravages of time and circumstance.
随便看	there’s more to somebody/something than meets the eye there’s no (such thing as a) free lunch there’s no comparison there’s no danger of something there’s no denying (that/something) there’s no doing something there’s no escaping (the fact) there’s no free lunch there’s no harm in doing something/it does no harm to do something there’s no holding somebody (back) there’s no knowing there’s no law against something there’s no need (for somebody) to do something there’s no smoke without fire there’s no such person/thing etc as somebody/something there’s no such thing as a free lunch there’s no telling what/how etc there’s no time like the present there’s no time to lose there’s not enough room to swing a cat there’s nothing for it but to do something there’s nothing in/to something there’s nothing like there’s nothing like something there’s nothing to stop somebody (from) doing something