1·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。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·It will be a devastating blow to the local community if the factory closes.
如果这家工厂倒闭，将给当地居民以毁灭性的打击。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·In Nigeria, where tomatoes are a staple of local diets, the insect's effects are devastating.
在尼日利亚，西红柿是当地人的主食，这种昆虫的影响是毁灭性的。
4·French political commentators noted the devastating fire had succeeded where Macron had failed in uniting the country.
法国政治评论人士指出，马克龙未能团结全国致使这场毁灭性的大火成功烧了起来。
5·The government proposes to reduce the population by using a virus that has caused devastating epidemics in rabbit populations elsewhere.
政府计划通过使用一种病毒来减少兔子的数量，这种病毒已经在其他地方的兔子种群中造成了毁灭性的流行病。
1·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。
2·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以恢复适当的价格激励政策，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。
3·Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.
外遇着实对婚姻有极具破坏性的影响。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·If some other party discovered the secret, though, the message exchange would be compromised, with potentially devastating results for the parties to the exchange.
但是，如果其他方发现了这个秘密，那么消息交换就会泄漏，并会为消息交换方带来潜在的破坏性结果。
5·How could one formula pack such a devastating punch?
一个公式怎么能产生这种破坏性冲击？
1·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。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·That radiation release forced the evacuation of numerous towns and villages, further devastating industry and agriculture in Fukushima prefecture.
核辐射的泄漏迫使几个城镇和村庄居民被迫疏散到其他地区，并且进一步摧毁福岛县的工业和农业。
3·Flee from dream killers ream killers are devastating to your success. Your friends, colleagues, and even loved ones can be one of your dream killers.
摆脱梦想杀手：梦想杀手正在摧毁你的成功，你的朋友，同事甚至你所爱的人都可能成为你的梦想杀手。
4·Flee from dream killers: dream killers are devastating to your success. Your friends, colleagues, and even loved ones can be one of your dream killers.
摆脱梦想杀手：梦想杀手正在摧毁你的成功，你的朋友，同事甚至你所爱的人都可能成为你的梦想杀手。
1·Wildfires raged across Russia this summer, killing dozens, leaving thousands homeless, and devastating vast tracts of farmland.
森林大火在这个夏天肆虐俄罗斯全境，数十人死亡，几千人流离失所，并且毁坏了大片农田。
2·Following its escape, the snail became a serious pest to rice in the region by devastating rice paddies.
但它们逃跑之后，毁坏稻田，成了该地区水稻的重大害虫。
3·The result, unfortunately, is the familiar, and potentially devastating, misalignment of surgeon and patient expectations.
很遗憾的是，结果就像大家熟悉的那样，潜在的毁坏性，外科医生与病人期待的错位。
4·Back in the 1990s a huge tornado tore through the Minnesota countryside, devastating many farms, houses, and half of a small town.
在九十年代，一个巨大的龙卷风席卷明尼苏达州的郊区，毁坏了某个小镇许多农场和房屋，这小镇一半瘫痪了。