| 单词 | ravage |
| 释义 | ravage —ravagement, n. —ravager, n. /rav"ij/, v. , ravaged, ravaging, n. v.t. 1. to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief. v.i. 2. to work havoc; do ruinous damage. n. 3. havoc; ruinous damage: the ravages of war. 4. devastating or destructive action. [1605-15; < F, MF, equiv. to rav(ir) to RAVISH + -age -AGE] Syn. 1. ruin, despoil, plunder, pillage, sack. RAVAGE, DEVASTATE, LAY WASTE all refer, in their literal application, to the wholesale destruction of a countryside by an invading army (or something comparable). LAY WASTE has remained the closest to the original meaning of destruction of land: The invading army laid waste the towns along the coast. But RAVAGE and DEVASTATE are used in reference to other types of violent destruction and may also have a purely figurative application. RAVAGE is often used of the results of epidemics: The Black Plague ravaged 14th-century Europe; and even of the effect of disease or suffering on the human countenance: a face ravaged by despair. DEVASTATE, in addition to its concrete meaning (vast areas devastated by bombs), may be used figuratively: a devastating remark. 4. ruin, waste, desolation. Ant. 1. build, repair. 4. creation. |
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