devastation

devastation

美 [ˌdevəˈsteɪʃ(ə)n] 　英 [.devə'steɪʃ(ə)n]

• n.灾难；巨大的破坏；损坏；蹂躏
• 网络毁坏；毁灭；荒废

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The gulf oil spill put New Orleans through devastation it had not seen since the hurricane.

墨西哥湾原油泄漏事件使新奥尔良面临着那场毁灭性的飓风之后从未经受过的最恐怖的灾难。

"The next day it was devastation. Every tree down, every stoplight down. I walked out onto campus and found a dead owl, " he said.

“第二天，飓风破坏性极大。每棵树都倒了下来，每个红绿灯都躺在地上。我走出了寝室就进了校园，就发现一只猫头鹰死了，”他说。

After the devastation of Europe, the only suitable place in 1945 appeared to be the United States.

战后的欧洲毁坏严重，1945年惟一适合的地方似乎就是美国了。

After the verdicts, Susan Lewis, 46, of Great Yarmouth, told of her devastation at having to turn in her own son to the police.

在陪审团的裁决做出以后，来自于GreatYarmouth学院46岁的苏珊·刘易斯讲述了她不得不将儿子向警察局告发所受的毁灭性打击。

It is too soon to know just how much devastation the Japanese earthquake and tsunami have caused, in human or economic terms.

现在讨论日本大地震及海啸造成多少人员伤亡和经济损失还为时尚早。

Order has been established. At the price of a paralysis of the spirit, a deadening of the heart, and devastation of life.

秩序已经建立起来，其代价是精神上的麻痹、心灵的麻木、生活的荒芜。

And then fade up: the player recovers control of their avatar, and can crawl out of the debris, only to see devastation, and die.

一片黑暗，接着音乐渐渐加强：玩家恢复控制他们的化身，并能爬出来的碎片，只看到灾难，死亡。

But there was latent in the atmosphere a storm, carrying with it a furious and complete devastation.

但空气中潜伏着暴风雨，它会把一切都给毁掉的。

It is paltry consolation that such a strike, taking out a city or two, would not cause the devastation of a nuclear war between superpowers.

一个微不足道的安慰就是这样的袭击，能毁灭一两个城市，但不会引起超级大国之间的核战争的大毁灭。

"It is just a scene of utter devastation, " Prime Minister John Key said after rushing to the city within hours of the quake.

“这仅仅是一个彻底的破坏现场，”总理约翰基冲后表示，在地震发生的时间到城市。

He lives in Michigan and has seen the devastation of local industry and unemployment that often seems to provide the motivation for Moore.

他居住在密歇根，亲眼目睹了当地产业的毁灭和似乎常常给摩尔带来创作灵感的失业现象。

It caused devastation by burrowing and by devouring the herbage which might have maintained millions of sheep and cattle.

它们在地下打洞，吞食掉本来可以牧放数百万只羊和牲口的牧草，造成了破坏。

it caused devastation by burrowing and by devouring herbage which might have maintained millions of sheep and cattle.

这种兔子挖洞掘穴，吃掉本可以饲养数百万头牛羊的牧草，从而给澳大利亚造成了毁灭性破坏。

"If there's anyone in a position to ride this out, it is the Japanese, " despite the devastation seen today, he said.

他说，尽管我们今天看到已造成巨大破坏，但“如果有谁能安然度过这种灾难，那么一定是日本人民。”

THE devastation wrought by the great recession is still all too real for millions of Americans who lost their jobs, businesses and homes.

对于那些失去工作、企业和住房的数百万美国人来说，这次大衰退造成的破坏再真实不过了。

But war is always a dangerous thing and brings with it destruction and devastation.

但是，战争永远是危险的，并带来毁灭和破坏。

WHO has appealed for 12. 5 million dollars to help Sri Lanka recover from the devastation of the tsunami over the next six months.

世界卫生组织已发出呼吁，需要1250万美元以帮助斯里兰卡在今后六个月中从海啸造成的破坏中获得恢复。

Right back in 1990, Mrs Thatcher foresaw with painful clarity the devastation it was bound to cause.

早在1990年，撒切尔夫人就清晰地预见单一货币必将带来的灾难和痛苦。

Behind these questions is for me a practical concern with the relentless devastation of the natural world.

这些问题背后是个现实的担忧，对自然世界无情的摧毁的担忧。

The storm caused damage across the eastern part of the island but not the widespread devastation seen after hurricanes Gustav and Ike.

自古斯塔夫和埃克飓风以来，帕洛玛对东部部分岛地造成破坏，但没有全部破坏该地区。

Mr. Bush added that American servicemen do not revel in the devastation of war, but do not flinch in the face of danger.

布什总统还说，美国军人并不因战争造成破坏而感到快乐，但是他们在危难面前也毫不畏缩。

If disease is allowed to spread among the crops, it will cause wide spread devastation.

若是让疾病在庄稼间传播，就会造成大范围的破坏。

However, a few managed to survive the devastation, reaching the relative safety of great underground vaults.

不过少数人及时躲入了大型的地下避难所，幸运地躲开了这次灾难。

The search is now on for space-rocks large enough to cause serious devastation if they hit Earth.

现在正在寻找那种如果撞击地球，他们的体积大到足够引起严重毁灭的太空岩石。

History, and geology, tell you that the Earth has periodically experienced a crustal shift, with predictable and survivable devastation.

历史和地理都告诉你们，地球会定期经历一次地壳移位，并且是可预测的，造成毁坏后可以存活下来。

After a week, when people returned to the village, they discovered a horrible devastation.

一周以后，当村民回到村庄的时候，他们看到了洪水令人惊悚的破坏情景。

Bukowski turned his grief and devastation into a powerful series of poems and stories lamenting her passing.

布可维斯基把他的悲伤与颓废寄予在一系列感情强烈的诗歌和小说中，来缅怀他的过去。

Though Friday's tsunami caused tremendous devastation in northern Japan, its impact elsewhere appears to have been modest.

虽然周五的海啸使日本北部遭受巨大破坏，但在其他地方的影响似乎不大。

And we had a chance to tour some of the devastation that has been taking place in some of the subdivisions here.

而我们有机会视察在这里的一些地方发生过的大灾难。

Still, it should have been held accountable for the colossal devastation the recent flood has caused. Instead, it has been rewarded.

然而，政府其实应该主动对最近洪水造成的巨大灾难负起责任，而不是只知道接受救助。

Seeing only the devastation that the war in Uganda brought, I began looking for signs of life.

看到战争给乌干达带来的破坏，我开始审视人生。

Tens of billions of dollars have been spent or committed by BP on cleaning up the devastation and compensating victims.

BP公司承诺将花费数百亿美元用来进行污染的处理和对受害者的赔偿。

It also worked with other local organizations as partner on emergency basis during the early days of the devastation.

而在最初几天的紧急救灾活动中，行动援助也是和当地的民间组织开展工作的。

Still, they'd never faced anything like the devastation that visited their campus when the tornado hit that February evening.

但是当龙卷风周五晚上袭来时，他们做梦都不会想到会有这么大的破坏力。

But the utter devastation of this building, with no air pockets visible, left little hope that anyone inside could have survived.

可是这栋建筑毁灭性的坍塌，不留任何空隙，让人不敢指望会有人生还。

MANY comparisons may be made between the devastation being wrought on America's financial system today and the Wall Street crash of 1929.

人们或许将如今美国金融系统遭遇的重创同1929年的华尔街大崩盘做了许多比较。

The U. N. chief got a first-hand look at the devastation left by three weeks of Israeli air and ground attacks on Hamas targets.

在以色列从空中和地面对哈马斯目标进行袭击达3星期之后，联合国秘书长潘基文亲眼看到了这里所受到的破坏。

As soon as he heard of the attack and its devastation, he quit his job and left for New York to volunteer.

他一得知袭击的事和袭击造成的破坏，就立即辞了工作，到纽约做志愿者。

But there is also physical paralysis in reconstruction and recovery, the result of the devastation's scope and the large number of victims.

但是在重建和恢复工作中也有些停滞，这是遭到破坏的范围以及大量的受害者导致的结果。

Courage and optimism shine on these faces despite the daily struggle with poverty and devastation caused by years of war and armed conflict.

在饱受战火蹂躏，生活贫乏的环境下，当地人仍能乐天知命，勇敢面对困难，实在值得我们学习。