But he also wants to remind people about Haiti, and its struggle to rebuild following a devastating earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

This is a devastating and, I think, brilliant argument.

我认为这是压倒性的，极其精彩的论证。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

So this sort of structural repetition creates a crescendo that leads then to the finaland most devastating plague which is the slaughter of the Egyptian firstborn sons.

所以这种结构上的反复，创造了一种渐渐加强的效果,最终到了最后一个，也是最具毁灭性的瘟疫,对埃及人长子的屠杀。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

It also says that a truce will allow the rebels to recover from the devastating defeat they have suffered in the past year.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

So it is not anything like, even as one reads it in retrospect, a wholesale repudiation or even really a very devastating critique of Levi-Strauss.

所以即使是我们回过头来看，这也不是对列维观点的全面否认,更不是对他的毁灭性批判。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"So they have themselves experienced what it is like to be survivors of a devastating natural disaster."

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

So it will be devastating for a very long time.

所以那会让人难过很久。

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Plans were in place for a 25th anniversary re-recording of "We Are The World" when Haiti was shaken by a devastating earthquake on January 12.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

It's a devastating, frequently fatal infectious disease.

它是一种毁灭性的,频繁发病的致命疾病

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Instability and the devastating effects of prolonged drought are causing tens of thousands of Somalis to take to their feet in search of a safe refuge.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

After the most lethal and devastating terrorist attack ever, 7.5 years without a repeat is not a record to be rebuked and scorned, much less criminalized."

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

A long-standing drought, along with recent devastating bushfires and widespread floods have given some scientists more reason to think that the vast continent is likely to be one of the countries hardest hit by a shifting climate.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

In previous years, the U.N.Children's Fund has classified Haiti as a country 'in crisis.' Since the devastating earthquake struck, UNICEF has increased its efforts to restore shattered lives and protect children and women who are among the most vulnerable victims of this disaster.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

Indeed,volatile food prices, population growth, low agricultural productivity and the potentially devastating effects of climate change make it a particularly daunting challenge. The IFAD president says over the past 30 years, agricultural productivity in developing countries has been stagnant or in decline. He blames it on years of under-investment.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29