"the ravages of time"
同义词： depredation
以上来源于: WordNet
N-PLURAL The ravages of time, war, or the weather are the damaging effects that they have. (时间、战争或天气造成的) 破坏
...the ravages of two world wars.
…两次世界大战造成的破坏。
On Mondays, eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with scrubbing-brushes and hammer and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before.
每到星期一，有八个仆人，包括一个额外的园丁，用硬毛刷、锤子和花园剪刀干了一整天，修补前一天晚上的破坏。
Only this kind of fundamental reform will cure the ravages of inflation.
唯有这样的根本性变革才会治愈通货膨胀之害。
Researchers are exploring the use of such biological tools as stem cells and gene triggers to prevent-and even reverse-the ravages of time.
研究人员正在探索，使用干细胞及基因触发等生物手段，来防止——甚至逆转——时间对皮肤的摧残。
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