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ravage

n.破坏,蹂躏,劫掠后的痕迹,创伤 v.毁坏,掠夺

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ravage为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:ravager 动词过去式:ravaged 过去分词:ravaged 现在分词:ravaging 第三人称单数:ravages

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rap,rav=to snatch(攫夺)

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damage  destroy  devastate  ruin  wreck  preserve    

ravage


/'rævɪdʒ; `rævɪdʒ/
v [Tn]
1 damage (sth) badly; destroy 严重损坏(某物); 毁坏
*forests ravaged by fire 毁于火灾的森林
* (fig 比喻) a face ravaged by disease, eg covered with marks after smallpox 因疾病而破相(如患天花後留有麻子).
2 (of armies, etc) rob and plunder (sth) with violence (指军队等)抢劫, 掠夺(某物)
*Bands of soldiers ravaged the countryside. 成群的士兵洗劫了乡村.

ravage


v [T usually passive]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French;Origin: ravager, from ravage 'destruction', from ravir; RAVISH]
to damage something very badly
 a country ravaged by civil war
 His health was gradually ravaged by drink and drugs.