The volcano erupted in 1980, devastating a large area of Washington state.(这座火山1980年喷发,摧毁了华盛顿州的大片地区。)
Today's report is the starkest warning yet of the potentially devastating impact of climate change and human exploitation on the Antarctic's delicate ecosystems.(今天的报告是迄今为止对气候变化和人类开发对南极脆弱生态系统的潜在破坏性影响发出的最严厉警告。)
Action to restore appropriate price incentives, notably through corrective carbon pricing, is urgently needed to lower the risk of irreversible and potentially devastating effects of climate change.(我们迫切需要采取行动恢复适当的价格激励,特别是通过纠正碳定价,以降低气候变化产生不可逆转和潜在破坏性影响的风险。)
Oil spills are having a devastating effect on coral reefs in the ocean.(海上溢油对海洋里的珊瑚礁有着毁灭性影响。)
The most devastating form of brain damage is a condition in which someone is understood to be brain dead.(最具破坏性的一种脑损伤是一种被认为是脑死亡的情况。)
The "cheating death" could have devastating impacts on societies, the economy, the environment, and family life.(“欺骗性死亡”可能会对社会、经济、环境和家庭生活造成毁灭性的影响。)
In the early years of the century, the boll weevil began devastating the cotton farms in the south.(在上世纪初期,棉铃象甲开始破坏南部的棉花农场。)
The devastating 7.9 magnitude Sichuan earthquake which killed about 90,000 people in western China.(四川破坏力极强的7.9级地震导致中国西部约9万人死亡。)
It is a devastating experience.(这是一次毁灭性的经历。)
Cases such as this demonstrate that even diseases that are not normally fatal can have devastating consequences when they strike an immunologically defenseless community.(这样的案例表明,即使是通常不致命的疾病,当它们袭击一个免疫防御能力不强的社区时,也会造成毁灭性的后果。)