devastating
['devəsteitiŋ]
- adj. 毁灭性的；全然的
- v. 摧毁（devastate的ing形式）；毁坏
英英释意
- 1. making light of;
- "afire with annihilating invective"
- "a devastating portrait of human folly"
- "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
- 2. wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;
- "possessing annihilative power"
- "a devastating hurricane"
- "the guns opened a withering fire"
- 3. physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination;
- "a crushing blow"
- "a crushing rejection"
- "bone-crushing"