同义词： devastation
"a ravaging illness"
以上来源于: WordNet
V-T A town, country, or economy that has been ravaged is one that has been damaged so much that it is almost completely destroyed. 摧毁 [usu passive]
The country has been ravaged by civil war.
这个国家被内战摧毁了。
We were walking along the bank of the Niger river, searching for the tracks of a hippopotamus that was ravaging the corn on Karim's farm.
我们沿着尼日尔河岸走着，寻找一头河马的足迹，它毁坏克莱姆村农场农作物。
A ravaging famine often visited his province.
他家所在的省经常闹饥荒。
Their share will grow-at a time when older diseases are still ravaging the poor.
这一比例还将上升——当穷人仍然受着老年疾病的困扰的时候。
The Germans,by a remarkable combination of air bombing and heavily armored tanks, have broken through the French defenses north of the Maginot Line, and strong columns of their armored vehicles are ravaging the open country, which for the first day or two was without defenders.
VOA: special.2011.05.12
But Burkina Faso is not the only West African country struggling with the ravaging affects of the floods.
VOA: standard.2009.09.13
But today conservationists say it is degrading mangrove swamps and ravaging fish stocks.
VOA: standard.2010.03.29
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