单词	ravage
释义	ravagerav‧age /ˈrævɪdʒ/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINravage Origin: 1600-1700 French ravager, from ravage ‘destruction’, from ravir; ➔ RAVISH Verb Table VERB TABLE ravage Simple Form Present I, you, we, they ravage he, she, it ravages Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they ravaged Present perfect I, you, we, they have ravaged he, she, it has ravaged Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had ravaged Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will ravage Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have ravaged Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A ragged tear ravaged the painted face that looked back at her. A year ago John Holman was near death, an opportunistic infection ravaging his intestines. He died alone, his body ravaged by self- abuse. In 1954 he completed the restoration of the chapel, which was ravaged by death-watch beetle. It was thus doomed to fail-but not before it had ravaged every society it touched. Nick made a start at restoring the ravaged wreck, but sadly died before much was done. The Civil War had brought an end to that; few could now afford to leave their ravaged homes. Worcester was burnt, and the shire ravaged, but few people killed: they had fled in all directions. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto destroy an area or place► destroy to damage something so badly that it cannot be repaired: · The earthquake destroyed much of the city.· In Brazil the rainforests are gradually being destroyed.· The factory was almost completely destroyed by fire. ► devastate to cause so much damage over a large area that most of the buildings, trees, and crops there are destroyed: · A huge explosion devastated the downtown area last night.· The country has been devastated by floods.· Years of war have devastated this island nation. ► wreck to deliberately damage a building or room very badly: · He came home drunk again, threatening to wreck the apartment.· Bulldozers were brought in to wreck the tents and shacks that protesters had put up. ► be flattened if an area such as a town or forest is flattened all the buildings or trees there are destroyed by bombs, storms etc: · It will cost $400 million to rebuild the houses that were flattened in the fighting.be flattened by: · Thousands of miles of woodland were flattened by storms last month. ► obliterate to destroy a place so completely that nothing remains, and it is difficult to see or imagine what was once there: · Entire sections of the city were obliterated by the repeated bombing.· Frequent flooding eventually obliterated all traces of the community that used to live there. ► be ravaged by if a place or an area is ravaged by war, fire etc, it is very badly damaged and a lot of it is destroyed - used especially in newspapers and news reports: · The country has been ravaged by civil war for the last 10 years.· North Africa and the Middle East are regularly ravaged by plagues of locusts. ► reduce something to rubble/ashes etc to completely destroy a building: · Their new two-storey house had been reduced to ashes in the fire.· We won't stand by while developers reduce the historic remains of the city to rubble. ► trash informal to deliberately destroy a lot of the things in a room, house, etc: · Someone had broken in and trashed her apartment.· Band members have been accused of trashing their hotel rooms. to damage something very badly:  a country ravaged by civil war His health was gradually ravaged by drink and drugs.GRAMMAR Ravage is usually passive.
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