| 词汇 | example_english_devastation |
| 释义 | Examples of devastationThese 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. There can be no one in any country who, voluntarily, would commit his nation to the devastations of a nuclear war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result of those devastations, many fell into disrepair or were abandoned. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The social devastations of the 18th and 19th centuries saw the gradual emergence of various similar congregations of men, dedicated primarily to education. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The massive devastations of inhabited areas of course also included church buildings and other church-owned real estate. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. From the devastation and despair of losing a relative or a friend, the affirmation of life begins with simple acts ofkindness. Despite its numerous devastations, the medieval city's layout has been largely preserved. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The church and the monastery did not avoid the devastations of history. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The central political purpose of conventional warfare is to wreak as much devastation as possible to force opponents to submit. One poem reveals the devastation that follows when a love affair goes bad and a woman feels herself forsaken. Firstly, the scale of devastation cannot be understood by considering the events of the years immediately preceding the famine. The earthquake alone caused substantial damage, but what followed wrought even greater devastation and suffering. The devastations of the war resulted in a severe population drop: only 30 inhabitants remained. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The line of moving bodies speaks of the devastation of war which is not paid for by military systems, but by people. The atom could be a source not only of devastation but also of inspiration. The resulting physical devastation of a city and the psychological weakening of a population, however, also present opportunities. Why did some neighbourhoods and groups experience greater devastation than others ? One protagonist believes the way to achieve this is through a cleansing war, but this leads only to suffering and devastation. The devastation of the war of independence and the emigration of pieds-noirs deprived the country of much of its skilled labour force. Finally, "he was very positive" and this permitted patients to feel hopeful following the devastation of diagnosis. The staggering devastation caused by the famines, in turn, left countries more susceptible to imperialist penetration. Though not a combatant, he witnessed first-hand the devastations of modern warfare. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While such stories are intended to be humorous, they foreground the desperation of the rural tenantry, who suffered from periodic famine long before and after the devastation of the 1840s. What is needed to make taking the risk a rational choice is the belief that the devastation need not certainly occur-that we really may all escape it. Should we give them extra time so that they can continue with their devastation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must never forget that, nor should we forget the devastation that took place in that country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No single year's programme could possibly rectify six years' devastation such as my own constituency has suffered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We saw terrible devastation, including the only proper road north completely taken away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was also agricultural and horticultural devastation in particular. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A nuclear war would present us and the enemy with devastation and misery on a scale which we cannot even imagine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I admit the devastation that there was to our woodlands during the war, but there is a certain amount of mature timber in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The devastation that occurred made a deep impression on me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be 1,200 families involved initially, but the scale of devastation will be much worse than that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When amenities are taken away little by little, it is not easy fully to appreciate how much devastation of the countryside is taking place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, we must be able to withstand a long war, as well as envisaging a short, horrible nuclear exchange that would end with mutual devastation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You would transfer the burden from the 60,000,000 of people responsible for the devastation to the 40,000,000 who were the victims of the devastation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Never mind the devastation to millions of individuals and millions of families. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Absolutely nothing but a bleak devastation in which no human being could exist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it is not done, the devastation will be even more terrible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot isolate the steel industry from the devastation that the monetarist policy is causing to our economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is this devastation a prospect to which there is no alternative? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Had that not been done, immense devastation would have been caused to hill farming areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She told me of the resulting devastation in the family. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In anticipation of their use, what devastation would be inflicted on our environment and population worldwide? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he did, could he anticipate some of the devastation that they would inflict on the environment and on the people of this planet? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 None of us could believe that the last war and its devastation, with its millions of young men destroyed, would ever be repeated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of their biggest failures in this matter has been the devastation that they have caused in manufacturing industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Rural areas often contain former mining communities, and the devastation caused to people who cannot afford the transport costs involved will be just as great. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know the devastation that they cause to people of my age and others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no guarantee of safety in nuclear generation, and the potential for devastation is greater than has even been known on this planet. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have this unholy combination of war as opposed to peace and devastation and destitution caused by climatic change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What saddens me is the devastation that has taken place over the years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The economic devastation meant that reconstruction was needed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was enormous concern about the devastation of employment which then occurred. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do provide large amounts of humanitarian aid which is required as a result of the devastation caused by the continuing war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In truth, that devastation is directly due to the usual ravages of rent control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have the practical evidence of the results of war every time they look at their own cities and see the devastation there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their closure created economic devastation and social corrosion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There would undoubtedly be very serious devastation, but there would be life on this island. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From my personal experience, we are creating devastation in and around that area and calling it peacekeeping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have seen devastation, waste of life and misery engendered by unbridled national sovereignty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The amount offered is far from sufficient to cope with the devastation in the west midlands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No matter what devastation is caused, they continue to operate the same economic principles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can give some figures to show the scale of the devastation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why, then, do we tolerate such devastation of the ancient landscapes of the seabed? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The devastation that would result today from a nuclear exchange in a theatre war would be immeasurably worse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where, against the background of increasing unemployment and the increasing devastation of our industrial base, is any wasteful expenditure to be found? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought that we were very grateful we had avoided much of the devastation which those countries suffered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The problems of tourism are serious but temporary; the devastation suffered by the steelworking communities is permanent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Outside the area of complete devastation they would give very useful protection, which is why we leave them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The primary requirement is to stop the degradation and devastation of the timber forest and to develop a sustainable timber industry that can support it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we did win, the result would be a devastation much greater than that which could be produced by other less violent means. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are two main causes for that devastation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We wanted to do something positive to reverse that catastrophic and usually futile devastation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are people who love their homes, the safety of their streets and the character of their district, threatened with devastation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let them go into the districts threatened with devastation and let them see what the working men think about the destruction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are witnessing the devastation of the southern environment to bring prosperity to the north. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want that kind of devastation again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not dispute any of my noble friend's facts about the devastation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were bound to be heavy, because the devastation was terrible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The extent of the devastation and the resulting human suffering have deeply shocked us all. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Many of us still wanted to believe that it was possible to avoid the war, which we sensed would cause great devastation. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We now know that smoking wreaks devastation on the population's health. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their effect was devastation over a huge area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can that be in the terrible circumstances of modern war, with its widespread devastation and degradation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although the passage of an army could alarm civilians in its path, there is little evidence for mass devastations. At the same time that major advances are made in the understanding of ecological systems, the rate of environmental devastation increases. A reservoir 1,400 feet above sea level and holding 200 million gallons of water burst and caused great devastation and loss of life. They may have been of impermanent materials, such as wood, or the countries may have suffered greater devastation than their neighbours. I spoke to him as one man who had coped with devastation to another. The second chapter is concerned with environmental devastation. Furthermore, the devastation caused in both cases is equal in relative magnitude, leaving undeniable scars for years afterward. If these emissions are not controlled global warming will continue, leading to inevitable global devastation. Nonetheless, the landscape remained checkered with benign country vistas adjacent to areas of industrial devastation. Another possibility is that the lack of development evident on the embryonic lordships was due, at least in part, to military devastation. The corollary of this interpretation of the harrying of the north is that the universal equation of waste with physical devastation is inaccurate. Despite precautions human carelessness can precipitate the utter devastation caused by fire. The devastation of dispossession made it difficult to find such a "distinguished" person. In the days immediately following the earthquake courage was virtually a prerequisite for survival amid scenes of death, devastation and despair. Meanwhile, the leaping fire not only animates the devastation but also casts intense light on the women's bare flesh. 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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