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    devastates查询结果如下:

    音标:['devəsteɪt] 现在分词:devastating
    过去式:devastated 过去分词:devastated
    第三人称单数:devastates 词频:高频常用词
    基本释义/说明:查询词devastatesdevastate的第三人称单数形式
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    及物动词
    毁坏;使荒芜;使震惊
    -同义词和反义词
    -devastates的不同词性形态

    形容词 变体/同根词

    causing devastation
    Freud credits himself with striking the third and most devastating blow to human narcissism.
    Her jaw dropped when she heard the devastating news that she would soon be laid off.
    There was, arguably, no more devastating wit in the twentieth century than Winston Churchill.
    devastating; highly destructive
    Ruined, ravaged. || Extremely upset and shocked.

    名词 变体/同根词

    one who devastates.
    So Kaupepee resigned his kingship to his brother, and became a fighter, a devastator.
    It has from time immemorial been known to man in all the countries it inhabits as the devastator of his flocks of sheep.
    Margaret looked coolly enough at this devastator of hearts, and thought that her own cousin Carlos was far handsomer.
    The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste. || (law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit.
    The ashes and the smoke from the devastation drifted through the air throughout the city for days after the tragic event.
    There are no words to describe the sense of devastation felt by both families.
    Ashley stood on the hillside looking down at the devastation below in disbelief.
    devastavit
    同义词: devastation
    (property law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastation. || (property law) In full, writ of devastavit: a writ issued against an executor or administrator claiming compensation for such misapplication of assets.
    例句

    The crowding-out effect devastates not only individuals, but entire regions, that narrowly focus on profit margins.

    不仅对个人,而且对只狭隘地关注利润的地区,这种挤出效应会变得更具有破坏性。

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