Wide regions had been systematically devastate by the enemy or pulverised in the encounter of the armies

大片大片的地区接连地遭受敌人的破坏，或在两军激战中沦为一片焦土。

If a salesperson reaps many bonuses, he or she might devastate the company with his or her deception.

如果一个推销员得到很多奖金,他或者她可能因其诡计而危害公司。

Corruption, organized crime, and terrorist activities threaten to devastate the process.

贪污盛行、有组织的犯罪和恐怖组织行为对这一过程产生巨大的破坏力

towns devastate d by fire (floods，war)

为火灾(洪水，战争)所毁坏的城镇.

||1: Scores of native speakers of around 50 languages, including Arabic, Dari, Persian, Urdu, Pushup and Bengali, have been hired—some say the NYPD has more Arabic speakers than the FBI. ||2: It has, at times, irritated both the CIA and the FBI, who are jealous guardians of their turf. ||3: But the results have spoken for themselves. ||4: Several plots to devastate New York have been foiled, including plans to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge, the stock exchange and Times Square.

||1:许多会说当地语言的本地人都被雇佣起来了，包括阿拉伯语，波斯语，乌尔都语，Pushup和保加利亚语。其中一部分的人说纽约警方所雇佣的阿拉伯人比FBI还要多。||2:偶尔，这会激怒中情局和联邦调查局两个强势机构，他们都是怀着十分嫉妒情绪的人群。||3:但是事情往往证明了他们的想法。||4:有若干的情节还是会相当严重的，包括破坏布鲁克林大桥，纽交所以及时代广场。

||1:Meanwhile, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said his troops would create a 32km-deep “safe zone” in northern Syria to protect civilians.||2:The announcement came after Mr Erdogan held a phone conversation with Mr Trump, who had threatened to “devastate Turkey economically” if it attacked America’s Kurdish allies, whom Turkey considers to be terrorists.

||1:与此同时，土耳其总统埃尔多安表示，他的军队将在叙利亚北部建立一个32公里长的“安全区”，以保护平民。||2:此前，埃尔多安与特朗普进行了电话交谈。特朗普曾威胁称，若土耳其攻击美国的库尔德盟友（土耳其称其为恐怖分子），那么他将摧毁“土耳其的经济”。

LEON PANETTA: “If the sequester goes into effect and it doubles the number of cuts, then it will truly devastate our national defense.”

帕内塔：“如果查封生效，削减数额将翻倍。这将真正打击到我们的国防。”

Mr. Pinkney says obesity can interfere and impair the ability to have a normal life. It can destroy or devastate personal relationship.

平克尼先生表示，肥胖会干扰和损害正常生活的能力。它可以破坏会摧毁人际关系。

On Sunday President Trump came after Turkey via Twitter, threatening to “devastate Turkey economically.”

周日，特朗普总统通过推特对土耳其进行了攻击，他威胁要在经济上摧毁土耳其。

A trade war of the kind unleashed by the Smoot-Hawley tariff could devastate the entire world trading system.

《斯姆特-霍利关税法》引发的同类贸易战争可以摧毁全球贸易体系。

A hailstorm may devastate a few cantons, but it rarely causes famine.

冰雹可能毁坏一些国家的行政区，却很少造成饥荒。

But force would devastate the image of a state that he exalts as the pinnacle of good governance.

但是武力将会破坏他鼓吹的完美统治的国家形象。

When cyclones devastate a city, when homes collapse in a sudden earthquake, the most urgent need is medical attention.

当气旋毁灭一座城市，房屋在突如其来的地震中倒塌时，人们最迫切需要的是就医。

Quantitative analysis shows that natural disasters devastate grassland, therefore, they restrict development of milk cow industry.

定量分析说明，自然灾害通过破坏草原，从而制约了奶牛业的发展。

The upshot is that we’re horrifyingly nonchalant at the prospect that rising carbon emissions may devastate our favorite planet.

关键是，我们对于不断增加的碳排放可能毁坏我们地球家园的前景采取了可怕的漠视态度。

The fear is that a cap-and-trade bill may expand a promising new sector but devastate a struggling, larger one.

令人担忧的是，排放限制与额度交易法案会繁荣一个生机盎然的新领域，但同时也会摧毁一个挣扎中的更大领域。

Martin Wolf described banking as “virtually the only business able to devastate entire economies” .

马丁-沃尔夫（MartinWolf）将银行业形容为“实质上是唯一能够拖垮整个经济的行业”。

Margaret Thatcher knew the single currency would devastate Europe Margaret Thatcher knew the single currency would devastate Europe

玛格丽特·撒切尔早知道单一货币会毁掉欧洲

Man ’s anger , blows woman ’s pit of the stomach, can devastate the towering big tree .

男人的怒气吹进女人的心坎，会摧残参天大树

If they need an additional procedure, follow-up costs can devastate their financial lives.

如果术后还需要进一步的治疗，后续的费用会摧毁她们的正常生活。

Allowing these species to continue to come in and devastate our economy and ecology isn’t an acceptable solution.

西玛说，“允许这些物种继续进入国内、摧毁我们的经济和生态是不能容忍的解决方案。”

A US air blitz would devastate North Korea’s industry, ports, transport and political targets.

一个美国的空中突击行动将摧毁朝鲜的工业，港口，运输和政治目标。

So a permanent shift toward smaller cars would devastate industry profits.

因此，无止尽地向小型汽车转移可能会破坏汽车行业的利润。

Promising a bit more aid is easier than dismantling food subsidies that favour Western farmers but devastate African ones.

允诺提供多一点的援助要比取消粮食补贴更加容易。粮食补贴惠及发达国家的农民，但对非洲农民来说则是灾难。

In India, massive habitat loss continues to devastate Bengal tiger populations.

在印度，大量的栖地流失造成孟加拉虎的数量持续减少。

The bugs could potentially devastate crops in warm southern states.

这些臭虫很可能摧毁掉温暖宜人的南方各州的作物。

The protesters probably haven’t stopped to examine how demographic trends are set to devastate government finances in the developed world.

这些示威者也许并没有停下来冷静思考：人口结构和变化的趋势如何破坏发达国家的财政。

Such problems can devastate an organization’s ability to drive revenue, address new market opportunities, and maintain customer loyalty.

这些问题可能严重影响到组织获取收益、抓住新的市场机会，以及维持客户资源等方面。