| 单词 | the ravages of something |
| 释义 | the ravages of somethingthe ravages of something literary DAMAGEthe damage caused by something 某事物造成的破坏[损害] a building that has survived the ravages of time 一座历久不衰的建筑物 the ravages of war 战争造成的破坏 Examples from the Corpus the ravages of something• Its dreamlike construction of our sceptred isle as an ethnically purified one provides a special comfort against the ravages of decline.• Quarterback John Elway, 36, continues to defy the ravages of time.• I had to make up for the ravages of time.• Not even the quest for scientific knowledge is immune from the ravages of extremists in the environmental movement.• 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.• She was beautiful - painfully thin, but beautiful, even with the ravages of drug abuse drawing her face.• Benedict was near thirty, and yet his face and form had withstood the ravages of time and circumstance. → the ravages of something at ravages(1) |
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