今天我们要学的词是devastate。 Devastate, 是破坏的意思。8月29号是卡特里娜飓风来袭两周年的日子。媒体报导说，"Two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, there is still much work to be done," 意思是新奥尔良和墨西哥湾遭受卡特里娜飓风袭击两年后的今天，还有很多工作没有完成。

Devastate, 还可以用来指对经济造成伤害，或使人受到沉重打击。"The parents were devastated by the death of their son in Iraq," 意思是在伊拉克从军的儿子阵亡，使父母受到了沉重的打击。好的，今天我们学习的词是devastate...