单词	ravages
释义	ravagesrav‧ag‧es /ˈrævɪdʒɪz/ noun literary Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Bureaucracy was also a necessary evil to cope with the ravages of war. Doubtless photography is making the same ravages on this side of the Channel as it is with us. His skin was unmarked, unlined; the flesh of youth, untouched by time or the ravages of experience. Perhaps she chose to save herself from what she foresaw as the ravages of vengeance. Quarterback John Elway, 36, continues to defy the ravages of time. She was beautiful - painfully thin, but beautiful, even with the ravages of drug abuse drawing her face. The ravages of the Napoleonic Wars hit the merchant guilds particularly hard. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► the ravages of time  a building that has survived the ravages of time Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the ravages of something Benedict was near thirty, and yet his face and form had withstood the ravages of time and circumstance. For a long time now, he has appeared indifferent to the ravages of his problem. His skin was unmarked, unlined; the flesh of youth, untouched by time or the ravages of experience. I had to make up for the ravages of time. Its dreamlike construction of our sceptred isle as an ethnically purified one provides a special comfort against the ravages of decline. Not even the quest for scientific knowledge is immune from the ravages of extremists in the environmental movement. Quarterback John Elway, 36, continues to defy the ravages of time. She was beautiful - painfully thin, but beautiful, even with the ravages of drug abuse drawing her face. the ravages of something the damage caused by something:  a building that has survived the ravages of time the ravages of war
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