devastated

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dev·a·stat·ed /ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/ adjective feeling extremely shocked and sad 极度震惊的；悲痛欲绝的 She was left feeling totally devastated. 她因此感到极度悲痛。► see thesaurus at sad, shocked

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devastated• He says that he believes the police action contributed to his gran's death: the whole family are devastated.• His family and friends are devastated.• She says I spoke to people last night, everyone is devastated.• Clare was devastated and swore that she would never go back to school again.• The whole town was devastated by the tragedy, in which fourteen schoolchildren died.• The move comes after bandits stole half of the food aid sent to save starving millions in the devastated country.• When we got back, we were devastated to find that the house had been burgled, and everything of value taken.