ravage是什么意思,ravage怎么用
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ravage
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📰 外刊例句
When the music and newspaper industries were ravaged by the internet over a decade ago people feared the same fate would befall publishing. 十多年前音乐和报纸产业遭到互联网的劫掠时,人们害怕同样的命运将降临于出版业。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[verb] cause severe and extensive damage to
[动词] 造成严重和广泛的损害
💡 深入解读
Ravage 一词与小站(微信公众号:田间小站)上个月推送的savage十分形似, 该词源自古法语ravage(尤指洪水造成的破坏),17世纪10年代经法语ravager(破坏、毁坏、蹂躏;使荒芜、使成为废墟)进入英语,也是用来表示“损坏、毁坏、蹂躏、劫掠”或“使荒芜”,强调暴力的严重破坏或彻底毁灭,多指由掠夺、入侵、袭击、风暴或洪水等造成的累计破坏,常用被动语态,
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In a country ravaged by civil war, they had to struggle against all kinds of adversity.在一个遭受内战重创的国家,他们不得不同一切困境做斗争。
They had to grin and bear the ravages of inflation.用作名词时, ravage 则常作复数相应表示“损坏、毁坏、蹂躏、劫掠”或“荒废、灾害、灾难”等严重破坏的后果、痕迹或行为,比如:他们不得不默默忍受通货膨胀的恶果。
Their mettle to win has withstood the ravages of time.他们敢于胜利的气魄经受住了时间的考验。
After the Opium War of 1840, however, China was gradually reduced to a semi-colonial, semi-feudal society and suffered greater ravages than ever before. The country endured intense humiliation, the people were subjected to great pain, and the Chinese civilization was plunged into darkness.值得注意的是, ravage 还很容易与 ravish 相混淆,其中后者在小词详解 | enthrall的名人用例中就有出现,主要作书面用语表示“使狂喜、使陶醉、使销魂”,过去或书面用语中也指男子“强暴、强奸”。权威用例1840年鸦片战争以后,中国逐步成为半殖民地半封建社会,国家蒙辱、人民蒙难、文明蒙尘,中华民族遭受了前所未有的劫难。
出自习总书记在庆祝中国共产党成立100周年大会上的讲话(双语全文)
plunder: steal goods from a place or person, typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder devastate: destroy or ruin raze: completely destroy (a building, town, or other settlement)同近义词
🔍 同近义词
- plunder: steal goods from a place or person, typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder
- devastate: destroy or ruin
- raze: completely destroy (a building, town, or other settlement)

