每日一詞 279 devastate：破壞

今天我們要學(xué)的詞是devastate。 Devastate, 是破壞的意思。8月29號(hào)是卡特里娜颶風(fēng)來襲兩周年的日子。媒體報(bào)導(dǎo)說，"Two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, there is still much work to be done," 意思是新奧爾良和墨西哥灣遭受卡特里娜颶風(fēng)襲擊兩年后的今天，還有很多工作沒有完成。

Devastate, 還可以用來指對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)造成傷害，或使人受到沉重打擊。"The parents were devastated by the death of their son in Iraq," 意思是在伊拉克從軍的兒子陣亡，使父母受到了沉重的打擊。好的，今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是devastate...