devastated

/dev-uh-stey-tid/US // ˈdɛv əˌsteɪ tɪd //

惨不忍睹,满目疮痍,崩溃的,惨不忍睹的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : laid waste; made desolate:After the earthquake there were concerns about asbestos in the rubble of many of the devastated houses.
- : overwhelmed or shocked, especially by profound loss, disappointment, humiliation, etc.:I’m grateful that no one I knew personally died in the hurricane, but my heart goes out to all those devastated families.

verbdemolish, destroy

Synonyms

Air travel around the world has been devastated by the fallout from the pandemic, which raised health concerns over flying on the part of consumers and authorities.
Covid-19 was the second pandemic of the decade for Liberia, which was devastated by Ebola just five years ago.
It’s a phenomenon that risks increasing inbreeding, which could devastate the already endangered species.
The theater’s president, whose parents founded the theater, held a press conference Friday to say she and her staff were “heartbroken and devastated” by the stories they’d heard.
In an op-ed an educator who works at the High Tech High Graduate School of Education warns that the new state budget’s new formula for school funding could devastate schools across California.
Their home probably will be devastated, too, but they received no demolition notice.
Of course, the South was much stronger than in the 1870s, not devastated by a war and extremely well represented in Congress.
Fallin has received high marks for her leadership after a tornado devastated the town of Moore.
Devastated and utterly embarrassed, I meekly raised my hand.
When Dan Honig was getting ready to slaughter a steer for the first time, he expected to feel devastated.
When Edward reached Durham city, he was apprised of the passage of the Scots by a track of smoking ruins and devastated fields.

/dev-uh-stey-tid/US // ˈdɛv əˌsteɪ tɪd //

惨不忍睹,满目疮痍,崩溃的,惨不忍睹的

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : laid waste; made desolate:After the earthquake there were concerns about asbestos in the rubble of many of the devastated houses.
- : overwhelmed or shocked, especially by profound loss, disappointment, humiliation, etc.:I’m grateful that no one I knew personally died in the hurricane, but my heart goes out to all those devastated families.

verbdemolish, destroy

Synonyms

Air travel around the world has been devastated by the fallout from the pandemic, which raised health concerns over flying on the part of consumers and authorities.
Covid-19 was the second pandemic of the decade for Liberia, which was devastated by Ebola just five years ago.
It’s a phenomenon that risks increasing inbreeding, which could devastate the already endangered species.
The theater’s president, whose parents founded the theater, held a press conference Friday to say she and her staff were “heartbroken and devastated” by the stories they’d heard.
In an op-ed an educator who works at the High Tech High Graduate School of Education warns that the new state budget’s new formula for school funding could devastate schools across California.
Their home probably will be devastated, too, but they received no demolition notice.
Of course, the South was much stronger than in the 1870s, not devastated by a war and extremely well represented in Congress.
Fallin has received high marks for her leadership after a tornado devastated the town of Moore.
Devastated and utterly embarrassed, I meekly raised my hand.
When Dan Honig was getting ready to slaughter a steer for the first time, he expected to feel devastated.
When Edward reached Durham city, he was apprised of the passage of the Scots by a track of smoking ruins and devastated fields.