devastating
adjective
uk/ˈdev.ə.steɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈdev.ə.steɪ.t̬ɪŋ/devastatingadjective(VERY HARMFUL)
C2
causinga lot ofdamageordestruction:
毁灭性的，破坏性极大的If thebombhadexplodedin themainshoppingarea, it would have been devastating.如果炸弹在主要商业区爆炸，将会造成毁灭性的后果。
Thedroughthas had devastatingconsequences/effects.干旱造成了极其严重的后果。
- Themissilestrikewas devastating - thetargetwastotallyobliterated.
- We aredeeplysaddenedby this devastatingtragedy.
- A devastatingattackwaslaunchedon therebelstronghold.
- Pesticides have had a devastatingeffecton theenvironment.
- Satelliteimagesshowedclearlythe devastatingimpactof theearthquake.
Dangerous and harmful
- adverse
- adversely
- apocalyptic
- bad actor
- be murder onsomethingidiom
- destructiveness
- detrimental
- devastatingly
- do more harm than goodidiom
- forbidding
- kiss of deathidiom
- malicious
- murder
- negatively
- not dosomeoneany favoursidiom
- rogue state
- suicidally
- troublesome
- unholy
- unwholesome
devastatingadjective(STRONG EFFECT)
C1
making someone veryshockedandupset:
令人震惊的；令人烦乱的devastatingnews令人震惊的消息
used todescribeapersonalqualitythat has apowerfuleffect:
惊人的，令人震撼的，不凡的She had a devastatingbeauty/charm/smilethat few men couldresist.她的美貌／魅力／笑容令人倾倒，几乎没有男人可以抗拒。
Saddening, shocking and upsetting
- affecting
- agonizingly
- arrogance
- baleful
- be cold comfortidiom
- distressingly
- dolorous
- ego trip
- egoism
- egomania
- impiously
- impiousness
- lacerating
- loftiness
- narcissism
- teary
- touching
- touchingly
- tragically
- traumatic
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