| 单词 | devastate |
| 释义 | devastate (once / 572 pages) v If a storm devastates your town, it comes pretty close to destroying it. To devastate is to cause destruction to or overwhelm. Really bad news can devastate a person, or leave them devastated. They are so upset, they feel crushed. A basketball team can devastate an opponent by running roughshod over their defense. The root of the word is the Latin vastare which means to lay waste, which comes from vastus meaning desolate or empty. Imagine a city laid waste after a major earthquake and you've got the picture! WORD FAMILYdevastate: devastated, devastates, devastating, devastation+/devastating: devastatingly/devastation: devastations USAGE EXAMPLES“We’re putting Vaseline on these babies to potentially prevent a very devastating disease.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The running back’s early punishment sets up devastating play-action passes later. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) “A right-wing demagogue in charge of the world’s most influential repository of democratic values,” wrote Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf, “is a devastating fact.” Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1v cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly Syn|Hypo|Hyper desolate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste ruin reduce to ruins destroy, ruin destroy completely; damage irreparably 2v overwhelm or overpower He was devastated by his grief when his son died Hyper overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli |
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