学个词Learn a Word 第279期 Devastate

今天我们要学的词是devastate¹。 Devastate, 是破坏的意思。8月29号是卡特里娜飓风来袭两周年的日子。媒体报导说，"Two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated² New Orleans and the Gulf³ Coast, there is still much work to be done," 意思是新奥尔良和墨西哥湾遭受卡特里娜飓风袭击两年后的今天，还有很多工作没有完成。

Devastate, 还可以用来指对经济造成伤害，或使人受到沉重打击。"The parents were devastated by the death of their son in Iraq," 意思是在伊拉克从军的儿子阵亡，使父母受到了沉重的打击。好的，今天我们学习的词是devastate...

 

1 devastate   

v.使荒芜，破坏，压倒

参考例句：

• A few days before,a fire had devastated large parts of Windsor Castle.几天前，温莎城堡的大部分被一场大火烧毁。
• Earthquakes can also cause tsunamis,which devastate coastal regions.地震还引发海啸，它直接破坏海岸地区。

2 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

3 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。