ravage

verb

1. 毁坏；损坏；严重损害
   to damage sth badly
   1. a country ravaged by civil war
      遭受内战重创的国家

1. VERB 毁坏;摧毁;搞垮
   A town, country, or economy that has been ravaged is one that has been damaged so much that it is almost completely destroyed.
   1. For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention.
      20年来，这个国家一直被内战外侵所蹂躏。
   2. ...the ravaged streets of Sarajevo.
      萨拉热窝那些被毁坏的街道
   3. ...Nicaragua's ravaged economy.
      尼加拉瓜被摧毁的经济

1. For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention.
   20年来，这个国家一直被内战外侵所蹂躏。
2. Making changes for the future, he said, should not ravage funding in education or basic science and research.
   他说，为未来做出改变，不应损害对教育或基础科研的投入。
3. For example, what if I ( as the original article's author did) added in an evil paperboy to ravage unsuspecting customer wallets?
   例如，如果我（像原文章的作者所做的那样）添加了一个坏报童，去抢劫那些不知情客户的钱包，又会怎么样？
4. Genesis warns that after seven years of plenty, seven years of famine will come  .  .  .   and the famine will ravage the land.
   《创世纪》曾警告，在七个丰年之后，随后又要迎来七个荒年，全地必被饥荒所灭。
5. Welfare reform did not ravage the poor.
   福利改革没有掠夺穷人。
6. You, mister, can ravage me in two weeks.
   再过两周你就能随心所欲了。
7. Growing seasons in temperate regions will expand, while droughts are likely to ravage further the semiarid regions of Africa and southern asia.
   温带地区的植物生长季节将增长，而在非洲和南亚缺水区域，乾旱将更为严重。
8. The HIV virus, which causes AIDS, continues to ravage Africa and parts of Asia.
   引发艾滋病的艾滋病毒（人类免疫缺陷病毒）继续肆虐非洲和亚洲部分地区。
9. Hunger pains will ravage your stomach, and you will be having visions of your favorite foods.
   饥饿的疼痛将折磨的胃，并且出现看到自己最喜爱的食物的幻觉。
10. As the HIV epidemic continues to ravage the developing world, effective ways of preventing its spread are needed more urgently than ever.
    随着艾滋病的传染继续折磨着发展中国家，有效预防其蔓延的手段比以往更加迫切。
11. Improved Ravage – Removed and replaced by the new talent Fury of the Wild.
    强化毁灭-删除，被新天赋野性狂暴取代。
12. Old age comes on apace to ravage all the clime& James Beattie, poet and philosopher.
    年华易老，风流终被雨打风吹去&詹姆斯。贝蒂，诗人和哲学家。
13. This slow-moving mammal cannot move quickly enough to escape the deadly fires which perennially ravage the land.
    这种行动迟缓的哺乳动物跑得不够快，无法逃过那些不断破坏土地的致命火灾。
14. Tiger's fury damage should now scale properly when used with shred and ravage.
    狂暴和撕碎，创伤一起使用时将造成完全伤害。
15. Redesign, not ravage, so check your tendency to act rashly.
    记住，是重新规划而不是去破坏，要防范自己鲁莽行事的趋势。
16. Since Chinese culture experienced a ravage in 20th century, outstanding Chinese people has established a new pattern of civilization.
    摘要中国文化经历了20世纪的重创剧痛之后，先进的中国人开始探索构建新的文明形态。
17. The darkness and ravage ruled the city.
    之后黑暗和毁坏笼罩了城市。
18. Finally, cashing out especially if, as is likely, it coincides with a period of increased NPLs could ravage confidence in the Chinese banks.
    最后，兑现出局特别是如果这一时机与不良贷款增长的时期恰好重合（存在这种可能性）可能伤害投资者对中资银行的信心。
19. Again and again they returned to plunder and ravage, to seize everything of value.
    为了攫取一切有价值的东西，他们一次又一次地回来蹂躏抢劫。
20. Destroy crops in ( land, etc), esp during a war; ravage sth
    毁坏（地里的）作物（尤指战时）；使某处荒芜
21. The Mongols defeat a Polish and Teutonic army, but do not ravage Western Europe.
    蒙古人击败了波兰和土耳其人的军队，但是没有蹂躏西欧。
22. The conditions are ripe for outbreaks of dengue to ravage parts of this region time and time again.
    登革热暴发的条件已经成熟，它将一次又一次肆虐这个区域的某些地区。
23. Any nose may ravage with impunity a rise.
    任何一个鼻子都可以夺走蔷薇的芳香而不受惩罚。
24. In this region, drought, crop failure, livestock deaths, and human starvation ravage the Horn of Africa in the worst food security crisis experienced in decades.
    这个区域正经历几十年来最严重的粮食安全危机，干旱、作物歉收、牲畜死亡以及人类饥荒在肆虐非洲之角。
25. Skin coarseness is changed by age or environment factors. Analysis methods which can quantificationally describe skin texture and have no ravage are very significant on the research about skin physiology or pathology and the efficacy evaluation of specific cosmetic.
    皮肤粗糙度随着年龄或外界的影响而变化，采用无创性定量描述皮肤纹理的分析方法，对皮肤生理和病理学研究或特殊类型化妆品的功效评价有重要意义。
26. During the anti-Japanese war, Chinese high schools suffered great damages under the ravage of Japanese invaded aggressor.
    抗日战争时期，在日寇铁蹄的蹂躏下，中国的高等教育事业遭受到近代以来空前的劫难和绝大的损害。
27. The expansion of the Japanese modern sea power made a great significant influence to the international pattern, making surrounding neighbors suffered serious ravage.
    日本近代海权的对外扩张给国际格局产生了重大的影响，使得周边邻国遭受了严重的蹂躏。
28. The cyber crime is not ravage only in the western developed countries, but also flood in our country, which causes tremendous losses all over the world.
    网络犯罪不仅在西方发达国家肆虐成灾，在我们国家也是处处为祸，网络犯罪给世界各国造成了巨大的损失。

  ruin ravage spoil【导航词义：破坏】

  ruin v. 毁坏，毁掉

〔辨析〕强调程度，指完全毁掉，用于具体的事物时，指该事物虽然被毁坏，但依然存在。

  ravage v. 摧毁，严重破坏

〔辨析〕强调程度严重，通常用被动语态。

  spoil v. 毁掉，破坏

〔辨析〕指使某物的优良特性或特征不复存在，但此物依然存在，语气没有ruin 强。

noun

1. (usually plural) a destructive action
   1. the ravages of time
   2. the depredations of age and disease

   Synonym:    depredation

verb

1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
   1. The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

   Synonym:    lay waste towastedevastatedesolatescourge

2. make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

   Synonym:    harry