ravage

英 ['rævɪdʒ] 美 ['rævɪdʒ]

• v. 毁坏；破坏；掠夺
• n. 破坏；蹂躏

英英释义

Noun:

1. (usually plural) a destructive action;

   "the ravages of time"
   "the depredations of age and disease"
   

Verb:

1. make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

2. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly;

   "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The forests were ravaged by fire.
   森林毁于火灾。
2. Is it for you to ravage seas and land?
   你认为海洋和陆地将被破坏吗？
3. Bands of soldiers ravaged the village.
   成群的士兵洗劫了村庄。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.
   对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
2. I will gain strange powers in this ravage.
   于是我在这毁灭中获得诡异的力量。
3. As the disease begins to ravage the self-network, people may undergo strange changes in personality.
   等到这个疾病开始蹂躏自我的神经网络时，病人的个性就可能出现奇怪的转变。
4. Soldiers ravage the land in search of another Dragon Ball, destroying anything that gets in their way.
   士兵们肆意蹂躏着这片土地，以横扫一切的势头搜寻着另一颗龙珠。

经典引文

• Six centuries have been unable to repair the ravages of four years.

  出自： J. H. Newman

• The ravages of chicken pox on..their faces.

  出自： Sloan Wilson

• The Danes..started..to ravage all the land of Wessex.

  出自： J. K. Jerome

• Floods ravaged the eastern..parts of the country.

  出自：Hindu

近反义词

【近义词】

• devastate 毁坏
• wreck 使…失事
• destroy 破坏
• damage 损害
• ruin 毁灭
• despoil 夺取
• desolate 荒凉的
• raze 夷为平地
• pillage 掠夺
• plunder 掠夺
• sack 袋子
• lay waste 荒芜(尚未开垦)...
• ransack 彻底搜索
• prey 牺牲者
• pirate 海盗
• havoc 大破坏
• mischief 淘气
• desolation 荒芜
• depredation 掠夺
• waste 废物
• lay waste to 糟蹋
• scourge 灾难
• harry 不断骚扰

【反义词】

• preserve 保护