And seeing the devastating effect it has not only on the person who has it, but also on the family."

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

So this sort of structural repetition creates a crescendo that leads then to the finaland most devastating plague which is the slaughter of the Egyptian firstborn sons.

所以这种结构上的反复，创造了一种渐渐加强的效果,最终到了最后一个，也是最具毁灭性的瘟疫,对埃及人长子的屠杀。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So it is not anything like, even as one reads it in retrospect, a wholesale repudiation or even really a very devastating critique of Levi-Strauss.

所以即使是我们回过头来看，这也不是对列维观点的全面否认,更不是对他的毁灭性批判。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"It's devastating to the space program if it's approved by Congress, and I really hope that more level heads will prevail.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

So it will be devastating for a very long time.

所以那会让人难过很久。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"We see the collusion between local police and the Department of Homeland Security, and the devastating effect on our families.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

It's a devastating, frequently fatal infectious disease.

它是一种毁灭性的,频繁发病的致命疾病

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

If uncontained,experts say oil could saturate beaches and marine habitats as far away as Florida, devastating fishing and tourism.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

Under-nutrition--now I'm going -this slide has a lot of information on it and I'm going to come back to it in the class where we talk about hunger, but I show it today because of course undernutrition can affect every single system of the body and can have devastating consequences on people's health.

营养不良,这张幻灯片上有很多关于营养不良的信息,以后讲到饥饿的时候,我会再回头来讲这张幻灯片,我今天让大家看是想告诉大家,营养不良一定会影响身体的每一个系统,并对人们的健康造成巨大的破坏

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Scotland Yards Anti-Terror chief, John McDowall says had the plot been carried out, it could have been devastating.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

This is a devastating and, I think, brilliant argument.

我认为这是压倒性的，极其精彩的论证。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

But he also wants to remind people about Haiti, and its struggle to rebuild following a devastating earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

We need to challenge governments, decision-makers and community leaders to stand together to fight TB and eventually wipe out this devastating disease."

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

(OMITTED) He says earthquakes are natural events, but if homes were built properly, the L'Aquila quake would not have been so devastating.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

Scientists warn climate change will lead to rising sea levels, more devastating floods and hurricanes, longer lasting droughts and other extreme weather phenomena.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

It also says that a truce will allow the rebels to recover from the devastating defeat they have suffered in the past year.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

"So they have themselves experienced what it is like to be survivors of a devastating natural disaster."

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

Texas Democrat Al Green said the proposals Geithner outlined do what is necessary to prevent the failure of large institutions from devastating the economy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"Well,if the oil did get into the interior of the wetlands it could be very devastating.

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

Plans were in place for a 25th anniversary re-recording of "We Are The World" when Haiti was shaken by a devastating earthquake on January 12.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

Studies say rising temperatures will melt glaciers on the high Himalayas, cause devastating floods,heatwaves, and make monsoon rains more erratic, resulting in smaller farm yields.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Instability and the devastating effects of prolonged drought are causing tens of thousands of Somalis to take to their feet in search of a safe refuge.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

After the most lethal and devastating terrorist attack ever, 7.5 years without a repeat is not a record to be rebuked and scorned, much less criminalized."

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

Kingsley says she wants Olympics visitors to understand the devastating effects of prostitution.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

The report pinpoints several factors, which make the current crisis particularly devastating.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

When boll weevils destroyed the cotton harvest in 1915, it was devastating.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

The toads have been devastating to Australia's unique wildlife freshwater crocodiles, snakes and marsupials that try to eat the toads have been no match for the toxins they secrete.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

Dr.Craig Smith,the chief executive of Electro Optic Systems, says laser beams fired from the ground could protect astronauts and satellites by targeting space junk that travels at potentially devastating speeds.

VOA: standard.2010.07.24

"While you get ready to vote, I appeal to you to remember our children who are still suffering the devastating injuries and the destruction inflicted upon them by the occupying power,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Reagan says almost from the time his father first learned he was ill, he has been part of a national campaign to raise public awareness about this devastating and heartbreaking illness.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04