| 词汇 | ravaging |
| 释义 | ravaging present participle ofravage ravage verb[ Toften passive ] uk /ˈræv.ɪdʒ/ us /ˈræv.ɪdʒ/ to cause great damage to something: 严重破坏；损坏；毁坏 The area has been ravaged by drought/floods/war.这一地区饱受干旱／洪涝／战争的蹂躏。 Damaging and spoiling adulterant adulterate adulterated adulteration applecart butcher degrade drive a wedge between someoneidiom dry rot eat eat away at something erode foul put something out of jointidiom queer rain on someone's paradeidiom rampage ravage seismic wreck Examples of ravagingravaging In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Both times he was struck by evidence of the city's ravaging by war and famine. Cutting and ravaging the other surrounding cells and tissues, this antisocial cancer grows until it reaches a point where it can expand no more. Unfortunately, the continent soon became troubled by ethnic and racial conflict, political unrest, violent crime, ravaging poverty, economic failure and resignation, predatory leaders and rampant corruption. That means ravaging part of the restored and reclaimed site. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today, in the 21st century, making war can no longer be led by the idea of ravaging or by the idea of maximum damage. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English These atrocities have long been ravaging the country. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English In the past, the ravaging disease of inflation affected pensioners' incomes and savings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the most astounding aspects of this ravaging disease is that unless it is tackled in its initial stages it becomes chronic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You have these bands of demobilised soldiers, penniless themselves but armed—they are the only people who are armed—and therefore formidable, ravaging the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are well aware of the terrible crisis ravaging our continent. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The cost of low inflation is too high and is ravaging the lives of too many of my constituents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is ravaging countries in many parts of the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another important matter is the ravaging of crops by deer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a tragic and deplorable complaint which is ravaging many of the workpeople in a large number of industries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So much for the ridiculous charge that we are ravaging the seed corn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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