ravage
英 [ˈrævɪdʒ]
美 [ˈrævɪdʒ]
v. 毁坏; 损坏; 严重损害
复数：ravages 过去式：ravaged 过去分词：ravaged 现在分词：ravaging 第三人称单数：ravages
Collins.1 / BNC.14626 / COCA.11974
同义词辨析
ruinv. 毁坏，毁掉
〔辨析〕
强调程度，指完全毁掉，用于具体的事物时，指该事物虽然被毁坏，但依然存在。
〔例证〕
The illness has ruined his career.
这个病毁掉了他的事业。
The bad weather ruined their picnic.
恶劣的天气毁掉了他们的野餐。
The rain ruined her newly cut hair.
这场雨毁了她新剪的头发。
这个病毁掉了他的事业。
The bad weather ruined their picnic.
恶劣的天气毁掉了他们的野餐。
The rain ruined her newly cut hair.
这场雨毁了她新剪的头发。
ravagev. 摧毁，严重破坏
〔辨析〕
强调程度严重，通常用被动语态。
〔例证〕
People lived a hard life as the country had been ravaged by civil war.
该国由于内战满目疮痍，人们生活非常艰难。
His health was gradually ravaged by excessive drinking.
由于酗酒，他的身体渐渐垮了。
该国由于内战满目疮痍，人们生活非常艰难。
His health was gradually ravaged by excessive drinking.
由于酗酒，他的身体渐渐垮了。
spoilv. 毁掉，破坏
〔辨析〕
指使某物的优良特性或特征不复存在，但此物依然存在，语气没有ruin 强。
〔例证〕
The whole scenic spot is spoiled by litter.
整个景区环境都被垃圾破坏了。
Don't let the incident spoil our party.
别让这件事毁了我们的聚会。
整个景区环境都被垃圾破坏了。
Don't let the incident spoil our party.
别让这件事毁了我们的聚会。
牛津词典
verb
- 毁坏；损坏；严重损害
to damage sth badly- a country ravaged by civil war
遭受内战重创的国家
- a country ravaged by civil war
柯林斯词典
- VERB 毁坏;摧毁;搞垮
A town, country, or economy thathas been ravagedis one that has been damaged so much that it is almost completely destroyed.- For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention.
20年来，这个国家一直被内战外侵所蹂躏。 - ...the ravaged streets of Sarajevo.
萨拉热窝那些被毁坏的街道 - ...Nicaragua's ravaged economy.
尼加拉瓜被摧毁的经济
- For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention.
英英释义
noun
- (usually plural) a destructive action
- the ravages of time
- the depredations of age and disease
verb
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
- make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes