devastating

devastating

美 [ˈdevəˌsteɪtɪŋ] 　英 [ˈdevəˌsteɪtɪŋ]

• adj.毁灭性的；令人难受的；令人印象深刻的；压倒性的
• 网络破坏性的；灾难性的；破坏性极大的

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If you neglect acting on the Word -- no matter how much you hear it -- when trouble comes your way, it may be devastating.

如果你忽视行出这话---无论你听了有多少---当麻烦来到你面前，它将是毁灭性的。

He said Darfur in western Sudan is still reeling from a devastating war exacerbated by a shortage of water and fertile land.

他还提到苏丹西部的达尔富尔仍在遭受一场伴随水资源短缺和土地贫瘠加剧的毁灭性的战争。

First you will write letters for a while, through me. It is devastating to the child to experience a second abandonment.

你们先通信一段时间，由我来做中间人。让孩子再次感受被抛弃是很惨忍的。

Nobody wants to see a repeat of the devastating crash of the early 1980s, which drove hundreds of farms and lenders out of business.

没有人想看到20世纪80年代初毁灭性崩溃的那一幕重演，迫使数百农田和放贷者无法运行。

Yet the financial giant's leaders are hardly alone in trying to harness the force of a devastating crisis to revive a wounded company.

然而，这头金融巨鳄的领导们在毁灭性危机中力挽狂澜，竭力挽救伤痕累累的公司的行动中绝不是孤军奋战。

It was devastating to see the simple plywood platform with a rail around it, where the families of the victims had left notes to them.

看着简单的夹板和围栏搭成的平台，真是很让人触动上面还有遇害者的家属留下的话语。

This would alter the distribution of sunlight across the surface of the planet, devastating our finely balanced weather systems.

那地球表面日照的分布则会与现今不同，破坏了现有已运行良好的平衡气候系统。

He said the European Union, which France currently heads, could not allow such a terribly devastating and unacceptable war.

他说，欧盟不能容许发生这种具有极端毁灭性的战争，这是不能接受的。法国目前担任欧盟轮值主席国。

Something just as devastating as the quake was the tsunami -- this giant ocean wave -- that the quake caused.

和地震同样具有破坏力的还有海啸——地震引起巨大的海浪。

But he was not prepared for the devastating enemy that met him in Moscow ---- the raw, bitter, bleak Russian winter.

但他没有料到在莫斯科他会遭遇劲敌——俄罗斯阴冷凄苦的寒冬。

Writings confirm that this period was a difficult one for Norse settlements in the area, marked by devastating crop failures.

历史记录证实，这一时期对这一地区的北欧定居者来说是相当艰难的时期，最显著的是灾难性的农作物歉收。

That said, the prospect is nothing like as "devastating" as Mr Panetta has warned.

尽管如此，如此大幅削减军事预算的后果也绝非帕内塔所警告的那样具有“灾难性”。

As I said, these consequences probably won't be as bad as the devastating recessions that racked third-world victims of the same syndrome.

如我所言，这些后果极有可能不至于变得像袭击第三世界的破坏性衰退那么糟糕，虽然从表面上看其症状都是一样。

But imagine being told that you're infertile. For people who planned their life around the idea of parenthood, the news can be devastating.

但是设想一下你被告知患了不孕不育症的情形——对于那些生活计划围绕着养育子女展开的人来说，这样的消息称得上是毁灭性的。

Given the likely and devastating chaos, it would be a mistake for a country to choose to leave.

考虑到离开可能发生的灾难性混乱，国家选择离开欧盟可能是个错误。

It was a devastating attack, forcing Downing into a wheelchair for most of the year, and causing him to lose nearly 100 pounds.

这是一个毁灭性的打击，迫使轮椅唐宁为这一年的大部分，并导致他失去了近100磅。

Maybe it would not be such a bad thing for wars to be so devastating to both sides that they would not happen.

敌对双方都不愿意看到毁灭性的场面出现，对战争而言也许不是个坏事。

At least, it made me wonder whether "youth ageism" really was the devastating problem that some experts claim it to be.

至少，它让我揣测：“青年歧视”是否像一些专家所称的那样，真是个灾难性问题。

To hear officers openly arguing "this war cannot be won" would be devastating for morale.

听军方官员公开辩论《此战仍可胜》，士气将会大大受挫。

'Just thinking of him being sick, for someone in your family to be that sick, it's just devastating. '

‘只是想想他在生病，想想家里的人会那样病重就足以让人崩溃了。’

Since the devastating "animal-rights" raid, the reassembly of data had gone far faster than expected.

从那次灾难性的“动物权利”袭击以来，重新汇集资料的工作进行得比预计的快得多。

When he saw the mountain torrents rushing down with a devastating force, he was consternated.

看到山洪来势凶猛时，他惊慌失色。

AS I told my father my devastating news, he looked at me, as a loving father does, and said, " Everything happens for a reason. "

当我告诉父亲落选的消息时，他看着我，像一个充满慈爱的父亲通常作的那样，说：“任何事情的发生都是有原因的。”

Bubbles are usually asymmetric in shape: booms develop slowly but the bust tends to be sudden and devastating.

泡沫的形状通常不对称：繁荣缓慢地成长，但是破灭的趋势却是突然而且毁灭性的。

"It has consequences for us but it would be devastating for Iran, " he said.

“这对我们会有影响，但对伊朗的打击将是毁灭性的，”他说。

After the devastating earthquake and its aftermath, it seems as though even high fashion is searching for a warm embrace.

经历了那场毁灭性的地震以及随之而来的灾难后，似乎就连高端时装界也在寻找一个温暖的拥抱。

Tracey said: 'It was devastating to hear because we thought we had got through the worst, but we know Tarun is a little fighter. '

特蕾西说：“这消息让我们心都碎了，因为我们以为已经度过了最艰难的时期，但我们知道，塔伦是个小斗士。”

The side effects of this treatment can be devastating in terms of weakness, fatigue and a decrease in quality of life.

这种疗法的的副作用是毁灭性的，表现为体质虚弱，疲乏无力，和生命衰减。

The prohibition of heroin has the devastating effect of forcing the price up to a level which can only be characterized as astronomical.

禁用海洛因所造成的严重后果，就是促使药价攀升到只能用「直上云霄」来形容。

Just as in the U. S. today, most Japanese did not initially appreciate how devastating a banking crisis could be to the real economy.

就像在今天的美国，大部分日本人一开始并没有意识到银行业危机对实体经济会造成多么致命性的危害。

This was the first rate cut in almost two years and came in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that hit Christchurch.

这是近两年中首次降息，且在基督城遭大地震袭击之后。

Such restrictions, he said, would be devastating to the economies of all countries, particularly poor nations'.

他说，这样的限制将对所有国家，尤其是贫穷国家的经济造成毁灭性打击。

More importantly, it is only one of many other exotic, potentially devastating livestock ailments that could be spread by insects.

更重要的是，蓝舌病只是许多可以通过昆虫传播的，潜在的破坏性外来牲畜疾病中的一种。

This moving account of the regime's response to a devastating cyclone two years ago is a timely warning against optimism.

对当局两年前应对破坏性风暴举措的一个鲜活的描述，这本书对乐观主义者简直是当头一棒。

"It had a devastating impact on me and pushed me to start Band Aid, " Geldof said of the time.

“它产生了破坏性影响，我推我开始带援助，”格尔多夫说的时候。

There has been a range of speculation about the nature of the threat posed by the botnet, from a wake-up call to a devastating attack.

关于僵尸网络构成的威胁有着广泛的投机，从唤醒命令直至破坏性的攻击。

The controversial filmmaker is "seriously considering" turning the devastating storm and its aftermath into a documentary.

这位颇具争议的导演正在“认真考虑”将这次毁灭性的飓风及其后续事件拍摄成一部纪录片。

It is unlikely that the kind of devastating earthquake and tsunami which hit Japan would strike any of the Indian nuclear plants.

袭击日本的这种灾难性的地震和海啸不太可能袭击印度的任何核电站。

He admitted the devastating earthquake had caused huge losses in quake-hit regions and said reconstruction would be an arduous task.

他承认这次破坏性的地震在受灾地区已造成巨大损失，重建将是一项艰巨的任务。

But a potentially devastating lack of consensus among the main political groups and their leaders still prevails.

但伊拉克的主要政治派别及其领导人之间通常缺乏共识，这具有潜在的毁灭性。

But the recriminations continue about how the monsoon rains turned into such a devastating setback for the economy.

但人们仍在责问，雨季降水何以会对经济造成如此沉重的打击。

It's a stunning work of close observation and simple description, and a devastating study of the psychology of oppression.

这是一部惊人之作。它观察细致、字句简洁，对受压迫者的心理描写入木三分。