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单词 unravaged
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unravagedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈravɪdʒd/, U.S. /ˌənˈrævɪdʒd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, ravaged adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + ravaged adj.
Not ravaged.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective] > despoiled > not
unspoiledc1500
unspulyied1513
unransacked1529
unpilled1569
unrifled1583
unpillaged1593
unplundered1637
unforageda1649
unravaged1728
spoilless1818
undespoiled1846
1728 D. Defoe Plan Eng. Commerce iii. v. 368 Places where 100000 People may immediately plant and build,..Unravaged by Lions and Tygers, Elephants and Monsters, as in Africa.
1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 21 These obscene harpies..leave nothing unrent, unrifled, unravaged.
1829 S. T. Bloomfield tr. Thucydides History I. ii. xix. 329 The Athenians, while their lands were yet unravaged, would make some concession, as being loath to suffer them to be devastated.
1888 St. James's Gaz. 11 Feb. 7/1 Few collections..can be more interesting, than underground and unravaged Cyprus.
1925 R. Graves Poetic Unreason viii. 168 There he finds a virgin scene, a nut tree quite unravaged.
1971 C. O. Sauer 16th Cent. North Amer. ii. vii. 142 The prosperous unravaged gateway to the Great Plains.
2011 M. Soames Daughter's Tale xix. 347 The discussions actually took place in Babelsburg, an unravaged residential suburb.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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