\\\"the ravages of time\\\"
\\\"the depredations of age and disease\\\"
Verb:
make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly;
\\\"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion\\\"
造句
用作動詞(v.)
The forests were ravaged by fire. 森林毀于火災(zāi)。
Is it for you to ravage seas and land? 你認為海洋和陸地將被破壞嗎？
Bands of soldiers ravaged the village. 成群的士兵洗劫了村莊。
用作名詞(n.)
The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them. 對鄉(xiāng)村的掠奪給他們造成嚴重創(chuàng)傷。
I will gain strange powers in this ravage. 于是我在這毀滅中獲得詭異的力量。
As the disease begins to ravage the self-network, people may undergo strange changes in personality. 等到這個疾病開始蹂躪自我的神經(jīng)網(wǎng)絡(luò)時，病人的個性就可能出現(xiàn)奇怪的轉(zhuǎn)變。
Soldiers ravage the land in search of another Dragon Ball, destroying anything that gets in their way. 士兵們肆意蹂躪著這片土地，以橫掃一切的勢頭搜尋著另一顆龍珠。
常用短語
Six centuries have been unable to repair the ravages of four years.
出自：J. H. Newman
The ravages of chicken pox on..their faces.
出自：Sloan Wilson
The Danes..started..to ravage all the land of Wessex.