rav·age
verb/ˈrævɪdʒ/
/ˈrævɪdʒ/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ravage | /ˈrævɪdʒ/ /ˈrævɪdʒ/ |
| he / she / it ravages | /ˈrævɪdʒɪz/ /ˈrævɪdʒɪz/ |
| past simple ravaged | /ˈrævɪdʒd/ /ˈrævɪdʒd/ |
| past participle ravaged | /ˈrævɪdʒd/ /ˈrævɪdʒd/ |
| -ing form ravaging | /ˈrævɪdʒɪŋ/ /ˈrævɪdʒɪŋ/ |
- ravage something to damage something badly
毁坏；损坏；严重损害 - a country ravaged by civil war
遭受内战重创的国家 - a recession that has ravaged the textile industry
使纺织业遭受重创的经济萎缩 - The countryside has been ravaged by pollution.
乡村已被污染严重毁坏。 - the flood-/quake-/tornado-/war-ravaged country
遭受洪水／地震／龙卷风／战争摧残的国家
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRavage is used with these nouns as the subject:- storm
- country
- countryside
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French ravager, from earlier ravage, alteration of ravine ‘rush of water’. - a country ravaged by civil war