"the ravages of time"
同义词: depredation
以上来源于: WordNet
V-T A town, country, or economy that has been ravaged is one that has been damaged so much that it is almost completely destroyed. 摧毁 [usu passive]
The country has been ravaged by civil war.
这个国家被内战摧毁了。
Another fire ravaged the house in 1925.
1925年的另一场火灾则毁坏了这栋房子。
We could see the ravaged exterior of the reactors.
外部严重损毁的反应堆出现在我们面前。
For a hunger-ravaged continent, that is good news indeed.
对于这片始终在与饥荒做斗争的大陆,这的确是个好消息。
"In countries that are incubators of extremism like Yemen, or are ravaged by poverty and natural disasters like Haiti, the odds are long,".
VOA: standard.2010.01.06
According to the group's report, only another war-ravaged state, Somalia,is perceived as being more corrupt.
VOA: standard.2009.11.17
When the earthquake ravaged Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, an estimated 600,000 people fled for the countryside.
VOA: standard.2010.07.16
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