[with obj.]cause severe and extensive damage to 彻底毁灭,毁坏,蹂躏 fears that a war could ravage their country. 战争会把他们的国家毁掉的种种担心。
noun
(ravages)the severely damaging or destructive effects of something 破坏的痕迹;灾害,灾难 his face had withstood the ravages of time. 他的脸顶住了岁月的摧残。 ■acts of destruction 大破坏,毁灭,蹂躏 the ravages committed by man. 人类犯下的滔天罪行。
派生 ravager noun 语源
early 17th cent.: from French ravager, from earlier ravage, alteration of ravine 'rush of water'